Amathiphu okusebenzisa i- "Mobile" e-UK
Uma uhamba e-UK uhambo oluthile, ungase uzibuze ukuthi ungasebenzisa iselula yakho (ebizwa ngokuthi "amafoni omakhalekhukhwini" noma umane "umakhalekhukhwini" eLondon). Ngempela unayo izinqumo ezintathu uma kuziwa ekushayweni kweselula e-UK: 1) Cupha uhlelo lwamazwe ngamazwe nomhlinzeki wefoni yakho; 2) Ukuqasha iselula yomhlaba jikelele; noma 3) Thenga ikhadi elivuliwe nekhadi le-SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) elisebenza kwelinye izwe.
Okokuqala, ukuthenga uhlelo lwamazwe omhlaba, kubonakala sengathi lulula, kodwa luzobe lubiza kakhulu. Iningi labathwali likhokhisa imali yenyanga (noma inkokhelo yesikhathi esisodwa), kanye nemali yokubiza ngomzuzu ngamunye, imali yokuthumela imiyalezo, nemali yedatha (okungaba imali eningi kwedatha encane). Okukhethwa kwesibili, ukuqasha iselula yomhlaba wonke, kuyinto elula-ifoni ithunyelwa ekhaya lakho ngokulinganisela kokuqala kwe-airtime-kodwa kuzodingeka uthumele ifoni emuva uma ubuyela emazweni; njengoba kukhona imali yansuku zonke, ungaphetha ukukhokhela izinsuku ongazisebenzisi ifoni. Ngenhlanhla, ukukhokha-njengoba-you-go omakhalekhukhwini kuthandwa kakhulu eLondon, futhi kunezindawo eziningana zokuthola ikholi yeselula njengakhokhelwayo ngezinketho eziningi zokuhlela.
Ifoni yakho, i-SIM entsha
Uma ifoni yakho ivuliwe, ungakwazi ukuthenga nje i-SIM khadi entsha (inombolo yocingo nenethiwekhi yolwazi engena ngaphakathi ngaphakathi) kodwa kuxhomeke ekuhambisaneni nenethiwekhi yakho yamanje nenethiwekhi ye-UK oyikhethayo.
Khuluma nenkampani yakho yocingo yamanje ukuze ubone ukuthi bayayazi ukuthi yiziphi izimakethe ze-UK ezizosebenza kuzo.
Amaphakheji ekhadi le-SIM kusuka ku-Virgin, ngokwesibonelo, libiza endaweni ethile phakathi kuka-£ 5 no-£ 10 ($ 6.50 no-$ 10.30), futhi ifaneleke kufoni ekhona. I- SIM khadi ingasetshenziswa futhi. I-Cellular Outroad inikeza i-World SIM enenani elingabizi lamakholi phesheya ukuze lokhu kube yindlela enhle yokuhlala uxhumane nekhaya.
Izinga lendawo liphakeme kakhulu ngakho cabanga ngezidingo zakho ngaphambi kokukhetha ukuthengiswa kwe-SIM.
Ifoni entsha (Ihendisethi), i-SIM entsha
Uma ifoni yakho ingavulwa noma ungatholi ikhadi le-SIM elihambisanayo-noma awufuni ukusebenzisa ifoni yakho-ke ukukhokhelwa kokukhokhelwa okukhokhelwayo okuphelele ngama-handset kanye namakhadi e-SIM yindlela engcono kakhulu ukuhamba (futhi uzovame ukuthola isikweletu samahhala kumakholi futhi).
Izinkampani eziyinhloko zamaselula e-UK ziyiVodaphone, i-Orange, i-T Mobile, i-O 2 , i-Virgin Mobile, neThathu. Izintengo zekholi ziyahlukahluka nenkampani ngayinye ukuze uhlole ukuthi yini efanelana nezidingo zakho. Abantu baseLondon bahle kakhulu ekuthumeleni imiyalezo ukuze bagcine izindleko zekholi (okungaba ngamanani amahlanu njengemibhalo).
I-Pay-as-You-Go Plan
Uma udinga kuphela ifoni ukwenza izingcingo zomhlaba jikelele, iLondon inezitolo eziningi ezithengisa izingcingo ezikhokhelwa kuqala. Lezi zabelo-zimali, amafoni angekho-frill afika ohlelweni lokukhokha-njengoba-you-go. Uhlelo lokukhokha-njengoba-you-go lungumqondo onengqondo kakhulu ohambweni olufushane ngoba awudingi inkontileka-uvele uthenge isikweletu sefoni kusuka kuma-newsagents noma ezitolo zefoni-bheka izimpawu "Eziphezulu". Ukuthola okuningi komqondo walokho okutholakalayo, hlola i-Carphone Warehouse ne-Argos ukuze uthole ama-pay-as-you-go amadili.