ZZ英国留学买SIM卡指南~各种Plan比较，非签手机哦

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刚到英国的直奔着某款傻手机而去，除了O2无第二选择，故想也没想就签了。最近因为本人通话需求改变，把从国内带来的旧手机拿出来一起用了。研究了一下各种SIM Only的Plan，就是只买张SIM卡。分享给大家。undefined

基本扫盲：

-以下英国的主要移动通信提供商名称：O2, Vodafone, TalkMobile, Orange。
-英国接电话免费。
-英国的Mobile Plan分两种：Pay as You Go和Pay Monthly。Pay as You Go就跟国内的神州行差不多，充多少打多少。Pay Monthly类似动感地带，包月，跟国内不同的是一签至少12个月。
-英国多数SIM卡本身是免费的，O2的SIM卡目前是£9.99。
Pay as You Go

Orange, Canary:  Better when using with agents, plus better for movie and PizzaExpress lovers

UK:
£30 top-up: 240mins FREE evening & weekend calls* to ANY UK network, reward monthly
*evening: 7p.m. to 7 a.m.;  weekend: 7p.m. Fri to 7 a.m. Mon
Out of the Plan:
10p per text
20p per min call
25p per min call to 08 numbers

Extra:
-2 for 1 cinema tickets every Wednesday, text film to 241, cost 35p
-Reserve Tank: never run out of credit
-get £5 free credit when you sign up for our automatic and text top-up alert

一次性充值30镑，每个月都送240分钟。
每周三在跟Orange有合作的电影院(很多)，电影票买一赠一。最近Pizza Express (跟必胜客类似的)同样一个main course买一赠一。

Orange网站：http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/sim/payg_sim

About the Agents:
Text to agent to top-up £5 credits each time. Calls to China cost less than 1p/min.
Use by calling a landline number starting with 02.

代理，跟电话卡的概念差不多，打中国每分钟1p不到。

TalkMobile, World: Better when making direct calls to China

International:
4p per minute to China, US
4p per minute to EU landlines*
15p per minute to EU mobile phones
15p per text to China, US, EU
*15p min charges per call

UK:
15p per min for the first 3mins per day, 8p after
10p per text

Extra:
-Rewards from time to time, not promised

很多学生在用的一种SIM卡，单价看最便宜。如果你希望省省钱，这是能让你有个手机可以跟国内偶尔打打电话，能和英国的朋友保持联络，又能把每个月花费控制在几镑的最佳方案。
TalkMobile网站：http://www.talkmobile.co.uk/world.html

O2: Better if frequently calling to O2 or certain local UK landlines

O2, Favourite Place
£30 top-up: unlimited calls to landlines and O2 mobiles from your registered postcode

O2, Unlimted
£15 top-up: unlimited calls and texts to O2 mobiles

O2,  Text Anytime
£30 top-up: unlimited texts to any UK mobiles

跟英国本地的固定电话或者O2的手机(比如iphone)通话多的很合算。
O2网站：http://shop.o2.co.uk/tariffs/pay_and_go/sim_only

Pay Monthly

12 months contracts with more than £35 per monthgenerally offeryou unlimited landline calls, which give you massivesavings if you arecalling abroad heavily when using with agents.Available with O2,Orange, and others.

However, short pay monthly plans (last 12 months), such as Vodafone, could be nice.

Vodafone, 12-month contract
£ 15 per month, inclusive 600 mins and unlimited texts.

600分钟，无限短信，一般人都够用了。15镑一个月，在各种Pay Monthly的套餐中算很便宜的了。
要签合同，一签12个月。
Vodafone网站：http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/ ... antSkuIds=sku690047

Note: Some of the prices shown include VAT. (at 15% or 17.5%) , such as Vodafone. Some do not, such as O2.

All information comes from official websites of mobile services, updated by June 14, 2009.

针对一般需求的结论：
Vodafone的Pay Monthly最合算，600分钟和无限短信是够用的，可以有效控制开销。
如果电话基本很少，只需保持基本的联系。Talk Mobile的Pay as you go是很好用的。

针对特殊需求的结论：
请自行比较查看。

BTW：

-在英国加入某个电话公司的网络时候，经常会有这样或那样的促销优惠，比如CashBack之类，由店员自行控制，比较随机，本文给出的是官方网站的Online Traiffs，仅关注了不签手机的SIM Only——签手机当然会贵多一些...

-Skype等网络通讯软件常常有Free Landline， Free SMS等活动，或者各类便宜的包月。在线通话如QQ，MSN之类当然是不要钱的。替代方案很多。

-对于不住学校宿舍，自己租房的同学：住处如果有固定电话，也有很多优惠的通话方案可选。另外，签宽带服务可以送固定电话通话时间，签电视服务也可以送固定电话……后者在英国一些小地方不提供服务——比如St Andrews...囧。


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