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Ultra Mobile is a prepaid carrier with a focus on international features and even offers support in English, Spanish, and Mandarin
Ultra Mobile is a prepaid carrier with a focus on international calling and multi-month savings. Ultra Mobile includes free calls and texts to 90 international destinations, including China and India. Ultra Mobile even offers customer support in English, Spanish, and Mandarin, making it a great fit for those that have recently moved to the U.S. that don’t want to try to troubleshoot problems in a second language.
Does Amazon ship internationally?
Amazon arranges international shipping automatically, but you have options. Here's what to know
While Amazon is more than happy to ship to customers in North America and offers some great shipping deals at a price (usually an Amazon Prime subscription), international customers may be wondering just how the details work. And though Amazon has many regional sites, those sites don't always have the same stock and availability as its U.S. site. Customers often wonder if they can order from a different Amazon region and get the product shipped to their country.
Does Mint Mobile work in Canada?
Mint Mobile allows for international roaming, including in Canada, but it can get expensive rather quickly.
Mint Mobile is a prepaid carrier that offers data plan packages with discounts for those willing to purchase multiple months at once. Mint Mobile is owned by T-Mobile and uses the T-Mobile network for its coverage, including full access to 5G. While Mint's plans mostly focus on domestic usage, they do come with free calls to Mexico and Canada. If you're actually visiting one of these countries, though, the prices can get steep.
Does Visible work in Canada?
If you sign up for Visible+, you get talk, text, and data access while traveling in Mexico or Canada.
Visible is a prepaid carrier owned by Verizon that offers two cheap unlimited plans using Verizon LTE and 5G networks. Visible's cheapest plan, Visible, is a simple unlimited data plan with no frills and no international roaming. If you want more, upgrading to Visible+ for $15 more per month gives you faster 5G data and many more international perks. If you're traveling to Canada or Mexico frequently, Visible can be a great pick as long as you don't need too much data.
Does Mint Mobile work in Mexico?
Mint Mobile supports international roaming, but the cost is steep if you use more than a few MB.
Mint Mobile is a prepaid carrier that uses the T-Mobile network for coverage. The company offers multi-month plans for domestic use in the U.S., but if you add credit, you can still connect while traveling abroad. While Mint's plans come with free texts and calls to Mexico and Canada, roaming in those countries requires you to pay by the minute, text, or MB, which can get expensive fast.
Does Mint Mobile work internationally?
It may come as a surprise that Mint Mobile's barebones phone plan includes international roaming, but what's more surprising are the rates
While you’re on a work trip overseas, you wake up one morning to discover that you’re trapped inside a wooden box with nothing but a lighter, a pen, and your mobile phone. Luckily, you have a full service, but it hits you just before you dial out for help. You ask yourself: Does Mint Mobile work internationally?
AT&T juices up its most expensive wireless plan with one key advantage over T-Mobile
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AT&T is going to bat for its high-flying, high-paying customers by boosting several amenities in its Unlimited Elite service plan and International Day Pass for data needs while traveling. These upgrades bring the carrier into line with what T-Mobile offers for its top-tier subscribers.
Samsung is now rolling out the September security patch to multiple T-Mobile phones
A continuously updated roundup of all Samsung phones with this month's patch
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Samsung has been pretty quick to update their devices with the latest security patches in the past couple of years, and it looks like not much is going to change for the month of September. The company is continuing to update its lineup of phones from the past few years, starting with the Exynos Galaxy Note9.
Grab an international Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra as low as $980 on eBay
Significantly cheaper than the US models
Some people are always looking for a way to get the best and newest for cheaper and there are those who are able to provide it. eBay seller sobeonline1 is one of those providers and they have just provided the Galaxy Note20 Ultra in its international, dual-SIM, 256GB form, for $150 off the price of the 128GB U.S., single-SIM version.
Vivo's gimbal camera-toting X50 Pro is coming to international markets
Along with the regular X50 model and TWS Neo true wireless earbuds
Vivo's impressive gimbal camera system was first announced with the Apex 2020 concept phone in March this year but made its way into a handset people can buy soon after. The flagship series unveiled in China last month consisted of an X50, X50 Pro, and X50 Pro+. The priciest Pro+ model is still only available in China, but the other two are set to come to global markets over the coming months.
We've got a month left before the Galaxy Note20 phones make their way to store shelves, but if you're looking to maximize your value on a smartphone purchase, perhaps you should look to a Galaxy Note10. New, dual-SIM international units are currently on sale for $610, but you might need to act now to get this price.You probably know the deal with the Note10 because it's been out for so long (if you don't, lucky you, we've got a review up of the Note10+, which is a close-enough analogue). And, if you're a loyal AP reader, you might also recall that we last marked a deal of a similarly-configured Note10 in April at $630.
Charging isn't just something you have to do at home, that's why they make portable chargers/battery packs and super-small wall warts. But sometimes, you can't be sure where you'll get your power — not just in terms of which coffee shop or hotel you'll plug in at, but which country. If you travel a lot for work, you're used to the added complexity that travel adapters impose, but with a compact design thanks to gallium nitride, one 30W USB-C port, and three USB-A ports, Zendure's Passport Go might save some space in your rollaboard. It's a decent value at $39 right now, but it's set to get more expensive later.
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However many banks Google adds to its list of supported institutions, there are always more waiting. We've got quite a few of them here in the 'States (I think they're reproducing somehow), but a few previously unincluded international banks also made the cut in the last week or so, adding 27 more in total — 23 in the US and four in other countries.
We're not even two months away from the first day the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ officially went on sale, but we've already seen plenty of deals on these smartphones. Both of Samsung's latest flagship phones are solid contenders for the contents of your wallet, and now the dual-SIM variant of the S9+ is here to tempt you at 9.99 on eBay. That's the lowest price we've seen so far.
Amazon announced a new feature today that makes it easier for international users to import goods from the United States. The new service, which Amazon is calling the International Shopping Experience, offers access to a wide selection of products with understandable pricing that includes import fee estimates.
For a couple of years now, Samsung has sold their flagships with Snapdragon chips in the US and Exynos chips everywhere else. The performance (and development, interestingly enough) is superior on the Exynos models nowadays, and the dual-SIM capabilities of these SM-G965F/DS variants can often come in handy. You can now pick up a dual-SIM S9+ for 4.99, which is lower than previous deals we've posted about.
Many people swear by the Exynos versions of Samsung's Galaxy flagships, as performance is often better and there's more development. Others require a phone with the ability to use two SIM cards at once. If you belong to either (or both) of those parties, you may want to have a look at these deals for the dual-SIM Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ on eBay.
We just posted a deal on the dual-SIM versions of the Galaxy S9 and S9+ yesterday, but now the Note8 has been discounted by the same seller. The current price of $699.99 makes this cheaper than both the S9 and S9+, and this is the lowest price we've ever seen for a dual-SIM Note8.
If you have been waiting for a deal on the dual-sim variety of the Galaxy S8, then you are in luck. Whether you need it for travel, work, or novelty, availability is starting to pick up. Right now over at eBay, you can grab the dual-sim Exynos version for a cool $730, and the Qualcomm variant runs $820, both of which are less than the inflated prices at places like Amazon.