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Mobile phone usage in Majorca
Am I able to phone home (UK) using my Sagem MYX-5 in Majorca? Would the cost be similar to the phone in the hotel? Thanks
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.As soon as you turn on your phone in Majorca, it will log onto a local network that lets it, then you'll get a text from your home network explaining how to make calls. You should automatically be able to receive calls and texts but it's worth checking with your network before you go.
As soon as you are no longer on your home network (in the UK), you are "Roaming". If you call or text someone, you will pay for the entire cost and it will more than likely be more expensive than using your phone at home (though probably cheaper than the hotel phone).
If someone calls or texts you when you are away, then they pay the same as they would to call you if you were still at home and you pay to have the call diverted to where you are.
I would strongly advise you to switch off your mobile phone whilst away. Especially if its pay as you talk.
The mobile phone networks charge extortionate fees for using your phone outside of the UK, and they also charge you for recieving calls, and for people leaving you messeges.
Leave your phone off and just use payphones outside the hotel. You will save yourself about �30 per week
Payphone - UK = � 0.20 - � 0.40 per minute ( 14/28p)
Hotel phone - UK = � 0.50 - � 0.80 per minute ( 35/56p)
Mobile - UK = �1.50 - �2.00 per minute (and 70p per minute if someone phones you!)
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