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Nards Barley wrote:

Does your phone look like this?

S铆, se帽or.

However, calling it a 鈥淐heap Elder Person鈥� phone -- as per that link -- is a rude judgment call.

Calling it a Sleek, Cost-Efficient, No-Frills celu would be better.

I leave the fancy-priced smart-phones to the aforementioned adolescentes .. others who have more tech-smarts than me .. those who love their apps .. and folks who didn鈥檛 have enough experience during the 20th century, if any, to know how to live well without typing on aparatos with their thumbs.

Not that there鈥檚 anything wrong with that.

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Mobile data is Internet content delivered to mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets over a wireless cellular connection (as opposed to a wifi connection)

My approach over the past couple years was to always have mobile data turned off on my smartphone, in part because it always seemed in the past that it would kill my balance if I had it on, without actively doing anything on the internet such as browsing.聽 I have heard this happening to other expats as well when they buy a smart phone for the first time.

However, I am now a more mature user of a smartphone and have made the commitment to manage and monitor my mobile data in such a way that I can always have it enabled 24 hours a day.聽 To that end, a few days ago I signed up for a new Movistar prepaid plan聽 which they call "" that gives you聽 20 minutes of calling, 20 SMS texts 200 megabytes and 100 MB of Whatsapp (texting only) any time you make a recarga of $3.聽 聽Apparently you have 7 days to use your combo or you lose the benefits.

Although, this combo is optional and you have to elect-in to get it, it seems many places where you buy a prepaid chip will sign you up without asking. I observed that this weekend while I was with a friend of mine at a Movistar Kiosk at Monay Shopping.

While I assume this is a good deal, I have no way to compare it with what I had before since I never had mobile data turned on and I never paid attention to how many calling minutes I was getting before.聽 I hope to shed some light on this

Nards Barley wrote:

[img align=c]https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRwCC-4cT00p6dxZSnwCXqukzRCnsTDc5lytQR6r47WIiAO68YeAQ[/url] is the newest wireless carrier on the scene in Ecuador.聽 聽While I have no idea if their service is any good those prepaid plans are a good value in absolute terms.聽 聽However, I am sticking with my $3 combo from Movistar since it meets my needs for now.

The聽 most attractive thing about the tuenti plan to me is the unlimited calling to other tuenti users. I don't think anyone else does that with a prepaid combo.

They also deserve consideration for this commercial they produced which was being played for a couple weeks on Youtube.聽

I think the movistar deal is the best on the market especially for those who don't use a lot data. Tuenti(and btw catchy name 20) sounds good and is probably a good deal if the service is similar to other networks as you pointed out, especially for people getting a new line, but personally the unlimited calls is not appealing because I usually don't call and if I do I don't know a single person who has tuenti.聽 聽

The video is cool and definitely tailored for young people and btw the bowling scene is from Cosmic Bowling at Quicentro.

vsimple wrote:

While at a mall today I spotted a Tuenti booth, and their other offers are real good.

$5 with 500 MB data and valid 7 days.
$10 with 1000 MB data and valid 15 days.
$15 with 2000 MB and valid 30 days.

These are good prepaid packages for tourists who will be here a week or two. Residents who are still on prepaid the 30 day package is good聽 too for $15.

You saw the same thing as me. However, I only talked about the $5 plan.聽 聽If that $10 plan was for 30 days I would give it a try.聽 聽

Below are their three combo offerings. I can't even tell from their website whether they offer "pospago" plans like the other carriers.

Nards Barley wrote:

I decided to go to downtown today since the sun was out which is quite rare of late.聽 Since I had no saldo on my phone, I went ahead and put saldo on my phone using my online JEP account.聽 聽Then I called *100# to activate my Movistar "combo semanal", and leave it to beaver, there was a new "combo semanal" available. (Item #2). The story continues in the next informative post, possibly later today.

Cutting right to the chase,聽 Movistar modified these prepaid combo plans recently so the minutes megas, minutes and SMS rollover.聽 聽This is acutally quite big new for someone like me since there are weeks I don't use my phone outside a wifi zone.聽 However, I think the rollover only occurs if you renew your combo each week, which should happen automatically if you have sufficient saldo.

This is all explained in their video or in the terms and conditions available at the bottom of the following web page.

Bigbrad2008 wrote:

Do they have phones or do get an unlocked on

They offer all sorts of mobile phones. But, it will be cheaper to bring an unlocked sim-card ready phone from abroad. Customs allows up-to 2 mobile phones. A new one and a used one. So, not 2 new ones.