onespots Posted October 31, 2017 #1 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Hello We are traveling to these locations at the end of November. We are from Arizona (USA). We are taking the Galaxy 8 phone which is android & our carrier is Sprint at home. We will use the phone only while land, to confirm our excursions. We are doing a 6 day DIY trip in the Port Douglas Area & then arriving for 2 days in Sydney prior to boarding a Celebrity Vessel for a cruise from Sydney to Auckland. Would appreciate any advise, thanking you in advance, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted October 31, 2017 #2 Share Posted October 31, 2017 HelloWe are traveling to these locations at the end of November. We are from Arizona (USA). We are taking the Galaxy 8 phone which is android & our carrier is Sprint at home. We will use the phone only while land, to confirm our excursions. We are doing a 6 day DIY trip in the Port Douglas Area & then arriving for 2 days in Sydney prior to boarding a Celebrity Vessel for a cruise from Sydney to Auckland. Would appreciate any advise, thanking you in advance, John I’d buy a prepaid Sim when you land. Probably Telsta for the best coverage, but make sure your phone isn’t locked to your current provider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted October 31, 2017 #3 Share Posted October 31, 2017 I’d buy a prepaid Sim when you land. Probably Telsta for the best coverage, but make sure your phone isn’t locked to your current provider. What he said! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted October 31, 2017 #4 Share Posted October 31, 2017 What he said! :D Just had a thought though, will Telstra work in NZ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlep Posted October 31, 2017 #5 Share Posted October 31, 2017 You can buy a travel sim for Australia and New Zealand from simcorner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted October 31, 2017 #6 Share Posted October 31, 2017 You can buy a travel sim for Australia and New Zealand from simcorner. You still have to get two SIMs and they aren't cheap. There are better deals from local phone shops at the airports etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted October 31, 2017 #7 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Just had a thought though, will Telstra work in NZ?? I don't think so, except under international roaming and that's expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted October 31, 2017 #8 Share Posted October 31, 2017 I don't think so, except under international roaming and that's expensive. Yeah so one in each country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlep Posted October 31, 2017 #9 Share Posted October 31, 2017 The advantage of using simcorner for New Zealand is, it can be ordered ahead of time, so the op can use it to confirm shore excursions as soon as the ship comes within range of cell towers, rather than waiting till getting to a port that has stores that sell sim cards. Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onespots Posted October 31, 2017 Author #10 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Thank you all for the information provided to us. If Sprint Plan for international is too high, we will go & purchase sims cards for the phone. Appreciate the nice & timely answers. Happy Travels, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X1HYCB Posted November 15, 2017 #11 Share Posted November 15, 2017 I’d buy a prepaid Sim when you land. Probably Telsta for the best coverage, but make sure your phone isn’t locked to your current provider. Will tmobile phone work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrYellowDuck Posted November 15, 2017 #12 Share Posted November 15, 2017 The networks in Australia and NZ are all GSM. tmobile uses GSM too and so in principle the phone should work so long as you have a roaming package. If you're swapping the sim for a local AU/NZ one then the phone needs to be unlocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherylc Posted November 15, 2017 #13 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Does Spring have a similar program to Verizon where you can purchase a travelpass? We pay 10 dollars per 24 hours with Verizon to have our phone "as if" we were in the USA. Same unlimited minutes, texts, data at our usual limits, etc. That is what we are planning on doing on port days. Take a look at Spring Global Roaming https://support.sprint.com/support/international/roaming/Kurri%20Kurri%2C%20Australia/dvc10880000prd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrYellowDuck Posted November 16, 2017 #14 Share Posted November 16, 2017 A prepay "skinny" sim is good choice for NZ. For $20 you can get a months usage on a plan that is popular with the locals. The sim cards are available from a range of retailers and in NZ no ID is needed to get a prepay sim. Skinny runs on the spark network which has much better coverage than vodafone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X1HYCB Posted November 16, 2017 #15 Share Posted November 16, 2017 The networks in Australia and NZ are all GSM. tmobile uses GSM too and so in principle the phone should work so long as you have a roaming package. If you're swapping the sim for a local AU/NZ one then the phone needs to be unlocked. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagtail_syd Posted November 16, 2017 #16 Share Posted November 16, 2017 This offering from Vodafone looks like it could be a good deal for you: https://vha.secure.force.com/NZPack It would give you a prepaid sim in in Australia and option for roaming in NZ without the hassle of having to buy an additional SIM when you arrive there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markanddonna Posted November 16, 2017 #17 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Our TMobile worked fine in Australia and New Zealand but we did not make any calls to the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfegizmo Posted December 4, 2017 #18 Share Posted December 4, 2017 The sprint global plan was great for us. Once we bought a ships internet package, we were on sprint Wi-Fi and could make all of the calls we wanted for no extra charge. Data and texting was always free no matter where we were. When we were in port, calls were $.20 a minute. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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