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Some mobile phone companies rent
GSM phones for use in other
countries, including Turkey.
For
example, you could order a rental
phone, have it sent to your home,
and it would be all set up to operate
in
Turkey.
In principle, all you'd need to do
when you reached Turkey was to turn
it on and make and receive calls. But
every mobile phone brought into Turkey
must be registered
with the Turkish government, and registration can be
a real hassle. More...
Bringing a mobile phone rented elsewhere tends
to be an expensive way
to have mobile phone service when you
travel. The rental phone must be well
insured against loss or damage, which
adds to the overall costs.
If you want a mobile phone in Turkey
mostly for emergency calls (made or
received), or just for security, consider buying
a good but inexpensive international
phone:
My wife had one of these Mobal
World Phones and it was useful
on foreign trips. Calls are relatively
expensive, but as we don't use it
much, the convenience is high and
the overall cost—especially considering
the alternatives—is low.
She now has a Telestial
dual-SIM phone which allows her to use international
roaming, or to use a local SIM at her
destination. More...
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