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Temporary Sim Card for Brazil (iPhone 4Gs Mini-Sim)
05-12-2013, 11:23 PM
I hate to start a new thread altogether for this as I wasn't able to find a pre-existing thread already, but perhaps this would be useful information for foreign travelers coming out to Brazil as well. Question is where can I find a good Brazilian Mini-Sim card for my Iphone 4Gs upon arriving in Brazil. Any good electronic's chains people can recommend?
I will arrive in Belo Horizonte May 31st if that's of any use. Thanks!
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05-13-2013, 11:47 AM
If you need a mini sim card, just get a sim card from a regular place and get it cut into a mini sim card. Can buy your own mini sim card cutter
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05-13-2013, 02:32 PM
Go to any TIM store and get the prepaid. Bring your passport as they will take the # down. I know in BH there is one in the Savassi neighborhood. It's cheap too. Unlimited data is like 50 centavos/day.
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05-14-2013, 01:33 PM
Much appreciated. I meant to say Micro-Sim instead of Mini-Sim. The tip on bringing my passport down to a TIM store is invaluable btw. I was about to buy an international Sim off of Amazon.com, but that would've been much pricier I imagine. Thx!
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05-14-2013, 07:21 PM
My pleasure. Yeah they all sell the Micro-Sim as well as regular sim.
Oh yeah, that would have been 10 fold more at least for an international one.
All (90% I would say) the chicks in Brazil use WhatsApp anyways which goes over data. Nobody really texts because it costs like .50/each message. Therefore, you only really need enough credits for data. Every newspaper stand, and most little markets, you can top up your credits at the cash register. You just tell them your carrier (TIM) and phone #.
Another pointer...Most of your girls in Belo Horizonte to get them to show up in Whats App you will need to start there # with "+55 31 XXXX XXXX"
Hope that helps.
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05-14-2013, 07:50 PM
I've been pipelining Brazil the last couple of weeks and I've got 5 numbers using What'sApp.
I almost feel that I got these numbers too early considering I won't be down there til July. I don't want the numbers to go stale in the next 6 weeks.
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05-21-2013, 06:59 AM
Which is the best provider?
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06-14-2013, 12:14 AM
Last time I was in Brazil (late 2011) one needed CPF to register the sim card.
By then the cheapest provider was TIM, with 50c for data, and the same for unlimited sms by 1 day. Pretty good coverage in Nordeste.
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06-25-2013, 12:03 PM
When i was in Rio, i convinced one of girls in the TIM store to use her CPF number to activate my chip.
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06-25-2013, 08:00 PM
TIM is the worst provider by far but the only one I'm told you can get if you don't have anything above a working visa, or perhaps a CPF and RNE. You can get a CPF if you are living in Brasil I think for like 6 months. You need it if you want to open a local bank account.