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by nichtich 4159 days ago
Can I use other applications besides WhatsApp? No, WhatSim works only with WhatsApp.

If this is the trend, then those quad-sim crappy phones I got from China will finally be useful! One for WhatsApp, one for netflix, one for phone, one for internet.

Honestly I don't know who will ever use this..

Also, when I first read the title, I thought: cool, they implemented the WhatsApp protocol on a sim card, so feature phones can chat on WhatsApp! How disappointed I am.
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swah 4159 days ago
My cell provider in Brazil just switched from limiting my bandwidth to cutting it when I exceed my daily quota (yeah 10mb).

The Moto G is an affordable, 5", dual-sim phone that sells for 200 USD here, no contract. That's 1/8 of an iPhone 6+ (here).

This could sell like crazy in my country (even more if one could also use Waze - make it the w-sim).

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colinbartlett 4158 days ago
I could see myself buying this if for no other reason than emergencies or that time right after I land in a foreign country and haven't yet pantomimed my way through buying a SIM card in a foreign language. It would be useful to have for those periods and nice to keep around just in case since it's so cheap.

Or even layovers in foreign countries where I want to leave the airport for a few hours and not buy a SIM.

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lewi 4158 days ago
I'm with you on this. I'm currently travelling around Europe. I'd rather a one sim solution to keep my family and friends up to date rather than the three prepaids I have on me.

That being said I'd like it if the website was a bit more straight forward and ,if they feel like it, maybe some ssl on the Buy page.

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tokenizerrr 4158 days ago
The EU is currently working on abolishing roaming costs within the EU, which seems like a far more favorable solution.
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