How much does a Boracay phone card cost? Boracay calling card online strategy

In fact, everyone is inseparable from the Internet now, including when you are abroad. Today, the editor will talk to you about the phone card issue in Boracay Island.

Phone Card

There are two operators in the Philippines, SMART and GLOBE generally recommend g cards.

*How to choose:

If you live in S1-3 of White Beach, choose Smart 4G (LTE4G)

If you live in Golf, Lincolna and remote mountainous areas, you should still choose GLOBE.

*Where can I buy the card? On Taobao?

There are smart and global phone card counters on the left side of the airport. Basically a lot of nights. (The new LTE4G can be bought on the island, but not at the airport)

Airport price: 5-day unlimited phone card for 300P, 7-day unlimited phone card for 400P. If you need to make a call, you can charge extra (called load here, or user minutes).

You don’t need to buy it in advance at home. It is very convenient to buy it directly at the airport or on the island after getting off the plane.

* Regarding the 4G card in Boracay, many friends asked why it still shows 3G after installing a 4G card. Have you been cheated? Actually, no. The network signal in Boracay is limited, and it still shows 3G in many cases. In fact, it is the same as in China. A 4G card does display 3G or even 2G when the network signal is poor. This has nothing to do with the card.

“Buying a card, recharging, opening a data package, etc. can all be completed by the staff. English cannot be simply used with simple words. For example, I want to buy a globe card, recharge for 500p, and activate 7 for 250p. If you subscribe for 2 days, you still have 250p left to make a call. I can simply tell the staff: a SIM card, 500piso, 7-day package, and that’s it. The total cost is 500p for recharge.”

3P/minute discount on international long distance calls and live international long distance broadcasts. Only applicable to calls to the United States (mainland), Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, China, Guam and Macau.

Dial: *300300 (country code) (telephone number) such as: *3003008615917154894.

Call

[How to make domestic calls]

Call China from Long Beach:

If you call a mobile phone, assume that The number is 123456, then the number you need to dial from home is 0086123456.

If you are calling a landline, assuming the landline number is 123456 and the landline is Beijing (area code 10), then the number you need to dial from China is 008610123456.

[Call Long Beach from China]

If you are calling from a mobile phone, assuming the phone number is 123456, then the number you need to dial from home is 0063123456. If you are calling from a landline, the number you need to dial from home is 006336123456.

Where to buy phone cards in Manila:

There are places to buy cards in T1 and T3 of T4, and there are 24-hour outlets in T3.

It is not recommended to rent WIFI*Wifi

Generally, there is free Internet access in the hotel lobby, and the WiFi in the room is mostly charged (the free one is basically unusable).

Mobile wifi

It is not recommended to rent because the signal in Boracay is not good. It's best if everyone has a phone card.

Group experience phone card problem:

You can buy a local Universal Card or smart card in the Philippines. I use a G card, which is very fast. However, signal coverage on the island is an issue. In some places where the signal coverage is not good, it will automatically drop from 4G to 3G or even have no signal. This is not a card problem, but the local telecommunications industry is not developed enough. If you are not in a hurry to buy a card, don’t buy it at the airport (the mobile phone cards sold at the airport are said to be 3G, not 4G). After arriving on the island, you can buy a card at Dmall's Global Business Hall for 350P/5 days, or you can buy it at a local roadside store, who can help you install and activate it.

Although there is no traffic limit, you should pay attention to this when it starts to automatically slow down after exceeding 1G per day.

If you really don’t want to change your card, you can activate domestic and international roaming. China Mobile has a "Belt and Road" package, which costs about 100 yuan, but the speed after getting to the island is very average. There is no telecom package.

Someone wants to ask how mobile wifi is, I can tell you. Don’t rent mobile wifi on Taobao. Generally, a 3G card is installed, and a 4G card is faster on the island. You buy one and turn on the mobile hotspot, just like mobile wifi.

Airport price:

5-day unlimited phone card is 300P, 7-day unlimited phone card is 400P. If you need to make a call, you can charge extra (called load or user minutes here).

Global has special packages for tourists, but it is not recommended to apply for them at the airport. It's more expensive. It is best to apply for a phone card directly in Boracay. Generally speaking, using WeChat to surf the Internet is enough. Most hotel rooms don't have wifi.