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mcewena
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Jun 11, 2021

New phone recommendations for cross border

So I’ve got a sweetheart grandfathered voice/text Plan in Canada ($20/mth) and when I’ve traveled to the USA in the past I’ve added a 2nd SIM to my phone for use voice and data. Rather that then paying for a big data plan plus roaming.

US travel isn’t in the short term, but I need a new phone now, the list of dual SIM phones is pretty small. Do I buy another dual SIM model from ASUS or go another route?

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  • mcewena wrote:
    valhalla360 wrote:
    mcewena wrote:
    valhalla360 wrote:
    We just keep a little plastic packet in the computer bag and keep the spare SIM cards in that.


    Is your original # offline or do you forward one to the other?


    We keep a skype number (any IP based system would work) so we can use the original number anywhere.


    So you forward your CDN cell to your US Skype? Why that and not to your US cell?


    The skype number is our master permanent number (you can transfer a cell number to skype...at least we did a few years back).

    The cell number is simply whatever we get where ever we get it.
  • valhalla360 wrote:
    mcewena wrote:
    valhalla360 wrote:
    We just keep a little plastic packet in the computer bag and keep the spare SIM cards in that.


    Is your original # offline or do you forward one to the other?


    We keep a skype number (any IP based system would work) so we can use the original number anywhere.


    So you forward your CDN cell to your US Skype? Why that and not to your US cell?
  • mcewena wrote:
    valhalla360 wrote:
    We just keep a little plastic packet in the computer bag and keep the spare SIM cards in that.


    Is your original # offline or do you forward one to the other?


    We keep a skype number (any IP based system would work) so we can use the original number anywhere.
  • The newer Apple phones have dual sim card capabilities.
    When we travelled south, we went to Walmart and got an inexpensive phone on a pay as you go. It served our purposes.

    Ken
  • valhalla360 wrote:
    We just keep a little plastic packet in the computer bag and keep the spare SIM cards in that.


    Is your original # offline or do you forward one to the other?
  • We just keep a little plastic packet in the computer bag and keep the spare SIM cards in that.

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