Can anybody give me some info where i can purchase a sim card when i arrive in Negril? Bringing my unlocked iphone and am looking for the best rates..any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
john
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Can anybody give me some info where i can purchase a sim card when i arrive in Negril? Bringing my unlocked iphone and am looking for the best rates..any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
john
Hi John,
Go to the Digicel store next to Burger King and get a sim. Data connect will cost approx 110 JA for 48 hrs of 4G where available (3G most anywhere) and half a gig of data. If you're not leaving Negril it will be 4G most of the time.
Compare that with the data packages in the US!
Cap
are you saying that i can pay as much as i want for the card depending on how much im going to use it? not sure what this thing is gonna cost me
so 10 days =550j.. what about calls?
Don't know much about iphones but there is another phone shop across the street from Burger King that sells phones and sim cards up stairs on the second floor the cambio is in front of the building
I think thats the Lime store chigirl...it's where I go...cheap
The Lime store is upstairs from Value master. Probably cheaper than Digicel but not sure, I use Lime but on a regular Android. You don't have to get the data if you don't want to, you can use the internet at Wifi Hot spots.
My Sim card at Lime cost me $300 JA, that's about 3US
so do u buy the sim card and then buy minutes? never done it before so excuse the ignorance
Yes, you can get the minutes while you are there as well. And just top up if needed.
Thanks Rastagal! piece of cake then
you can get sim card at lime or digicel store they are both good choices and u can by whether $1000JMD or $1200JMD international minutes to call overseas or from $100JMD up wards for local minutes. I am a local private tour operator in the island of Jamaica and im also base in the Negril area if you want any further information or transportation to any of the local stores or any form of transportation please feel free to contact us at
tell#: 1876 798-8382
Email: luxuriouscaribtours@yahoo.com
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There is a mountain of previous posts on this valid topic. I personally will be getting a complimentary phone from my airport transfer, Kingsley James at Take Care Tours. I have, however, rented in the past. I now understand that you can actually purchase a "throw away" phone for about $1,000 JA ($10.00 US) and that INCLUDES minutes. Its a valid option worth considering. Leave you pricy theft and damage prone phone at home and simply purchase (or rent). Not for everyone but definitely worth serious consideration.
the best carrier for us tourist is Lime.....though the Jamaicans mostly use Digicel....
the international rate and local rate is lower on Lime than Digicel......
but the Jamaicans credits get burned up quick when the call a Lime cellie.....
but the Jamaicans rarely will call you.....cause dem never have credits anyways....ha ha
like dem said.....Lime is $300J's for a Sim Card....think Digicel is $560J's.....big difference
you can buy the phone credits for either company at most any store......
$100, $200, $500 etc are how wi usally buy dem credits....
you can also go online and buy the credits directly thru the carrier......or any service like Ezetop etc
Cool Runnings, Marko
the least expensive retail cellie you can purchase with a sim card is a Lime if they have dem in stock.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Craig123
which they didn't have last summer.....though last winter you could buy the setup at Lime for $1,500's.....
that is for the phone and sim card.....every Lime Sim Card comes with 100 minutes......
100 minutes won't last long if you call someone with a Digicel cellie.....
usually the cheapest Digicel cellies you can get at the Negril stores are around $2,500J's.....
so the Lime is a better option for buying......but that's if they have dem in stock......
and it's a cheap cellie that has no camera etc......though it does have a radio.....lol
Jamaicans are big on listening to der cellies radios....ha ha
what a lot people don't know is that the Digicel and Lime stores are franchised stores.....
so it's usually up to the owners what they stock and don't stock.......
on some Fridays is when Lime will blow out der cheap cellies and offer a phone and sim card for $1,250J's including GCT...
hope that wasn't information overload.....lol
Cool Runnings, Marko
Great information Marko. Thanks
Its free to text in Jamaica now through my local carrier so I will be taking my phone. I use the wifi at the resort for anything else. Calls are pretty reasonable but we rarely call we mostly text. We bought a Jamaican Cell phone a couple of years ago but I misplaced the charger sigh.