Comments on: The best Sim Cards in Germany to save on your phone bill

By: Flora Smith

Flora Smith — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:20:53 +0000

Lycamobile is a popular prepaid mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that offers affordable SIM cards in Germany. Lycamobile uses the networks of Telekom and Vodafone, so you can be sure of good coverage. Lycamobile also offers a variety of plans to suit different needs, including plans with unlimited calls and texts, as well as plans with data only.

If you are looking for a way to save on your phone bill in Germany, Lycamobile is a great option. You can find Lycamobile SIM cards at many stores, including supermarkets, electronics stores, and even some train stations.

Here are some of the benefits of using Lycamobile in Germany:

Affordable plans
Good coverage
Variety of plans to choose from
Easy to find
If you are looking for a way to save on your phone bill in Germany, Lycamobile is a great option. I hope this helps!

By: Jana

Jana — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:50:23 +0000

Additional note: many Germans and German businesses use WhatsApp (some Telegram)which are based on WIFI. With those one does not need to text or call the traditional way. Ask your family members back home to add the WhatsApp app to their phone and you can talk for free for hours. WhatsApp can be used without a WIFI access but then it begins to use your data.

By: Jana

Jana — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:35:45 +0000

Don’t forget to mention that a Traveller must unlock their phone (unlocking it from their carrier)before leaving on their trip. One major carrier ATT in the USA will only unlock phones that are not on a purchase installment plan, often 36 months. One can however pay off the balance of their phone purchase price after 6-12 months.
If your carrier will not unlock that lovely pricey phone if yours then your options are to buy a cheapie from a nonATT carrier (must be Smart as you’ll want access to map apps or transport apps) or buy a cheapie in Germany (is that possible?)
If you can’t unlock your phone, you can still use the phone in airplane mode at WIFI spots, if you write out directions and such while at the spot. That doesn’t help you though when you need to show train or bus personnel the tickets you bought online.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 15:19:40 +0000

My wife and I had T-Mobile plans in the US in 2018 when we traveled to Germany, and our plan worked fine over there. Data was unlimited, but it changed to a slower speed after 2 GB or so. We didn’t use our phones much, but it was nice to have when we needed it and didn’t have to buy a separate SIM.

By: Group Sim

Group Sim — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 06:37:34 +0000

GroupSim is one of the best company that provides you with unlimited calls and data at a very affordable price. We provide the best network of sim card.

By: Eric J Bauer

Eric J Bauer — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 17:02:13 +0000

I just returned from Germany and had a good experience with the O2 medium prepaid SIM card (3GB of data and unlimited domestic talk and text in EU). I first went to an O2 store, but they would not sell the cards. They said that stopped doing that because it was too much trouble to activate them and there was not enough profit in it to be worth their while. The 3GB card lasts for 4 weeks and only costs 15€, and the store only gets about a 1 or 2€ profit. They pointed out that they were not an O2 corporate store, but an independent store that sold O2 products and services. The agent suggested that I just buy them at a local grocery store, but warned me that it was hard to activate.
So I went to a local Rewe and bought 2 of the cards (one for each my wife and I). Then I went to a local coffee shop and logged on to their Wifi with my iPad to go through the activation process. I admit that it was tedious and took over 2 hours to activate the 2 cards (you have to fill out online forms, download a special identification app, and then have a video conference with an agent who looks at you and your passport and verifies your identity. But once I got through all this, the cards worked just fine. We used them throughout big towns in Germany (Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Munich, and Berlin), as well as in Austria in Salzburg and Hallstatt, and in Amsterdam. In all cases I got good data service and could send and receive domestic text messages and make calls. I did have to turn “roaming” on to use them outside of Germany, but because they were prepaid cards their was no additional cost involved with roaming. We were there 3 weeks and used just under 2GB, primarily with Google maps, TripAdvisor, Safari, email, Facebook, and the apps for the train systems in Germany and Austria (DB and OBB). Another advantage of the O2 cards is that they provide coverage throughout the underground subway systems in Germany. We had a great experience with these and thought they were a great bargain at just 15€ each!

By: Horatio

Horatio — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 00:45:18 +0000

Tried Aldi Talk. Wasted 13 euros, directly to the trash.
After wasting literally hours doing the “activation process”, with their app (terrible process involving scanning the passport, taking pictures, filling online forms written in German only (but it is an app! Why they can’t at least provide an English UI?), and talking with someone via the app, using wifi, I’ve got the “pre-approval” email some hours later. Great! No, not really. The email included a PDF with a form to be printed, completed and emailed!! WTF?? So, wasted time and money. Don’t do this unless you plan to stay in Berlin at least for one month.

By: Craig Nelson

Craig Nelson — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 11:47:17 +0000

Hi Claudia,
You could try “Wi-Fi Finder” in both the iTunes and Google stores.

By: Claudia Nazzaro

Claudia Nazzaro — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 13:52:58 +0000

Thank you Craig Nelson. Can you recommend another app that lets you view hotspots in Germany?
Claudia.

By: Craig Nelson

Craig Nelson — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:07:03 +0000

Thanks for the update Claudia. We removed the link because it is not available in the US iTunes store.