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Having revised this article in 2015, I'm currently revisiting Brazil after some years. Only speaking the language very bad, I was expecting having a hard ride in purchasing a local SIM card. So it was the ultimate test for this WIKI admin to check, if the products that he endorse can be bought in practice.
Having revised this article in 2015, I'm currently revisiting Brazil after some years. Only speaking the language very bad, I was expecting having a hard ride in purchasing a local SIM card. So it was the ultimate test for this WIKI admin to check, if the products that he endorse can be bought in practice.
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I went to a TIM store in a touristy neigborhood in Sao Paulo (in Frei Caneca Mall) and tried my luck. One shop attendant has really heard about TIM Visitor and actually knew how to activate it on a foreign passport.
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I went to a TIM store in a touristy neigbourhood in Sao Paulo (in Frei Caneca Mall) and tried my luck. One shop attendant has really heard about TIM Visitor and actually knew how to activate it on a foreign passport.
As this SIM plan is only given out to foreigners, shops do mostly ignore it. And many users have reported of having a real hard time finding it. Now, I can give you the more shocking news: any given TIM prepaid SIM starter can be activated on the TIM Visitor plan by the shop attendants. It doesn't need to be a special branded one. But the shops mostly don't know (or want to know / pretend not to know) how to do it.
As this SIM plan is only given out to foreigners, shops do mostly ignore it. And many users have reported of having a real hard time finding it. Now, I can give you the more shocking news: any given TIM prepaid SIM starter can be activated on the TIM Visitor plan by the shop attendants. It doesn't need to be a special branded one. But the shops mostly don't know (or want to know / pretend not to know) how to do it.
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By the way, it's worth looking or insisting for it. I payed in total R$10 for the SIM as a promotion (I didn't quite understand) with R$50 credit on it valid for 30 days. R$25 is deducted for 1.5 GB 4G data for a week. So I may get 3 GB in 2 weeks for R$10 in total. This is too good to be true and the only country I know where data is sold much cheaper to foreigners than to locals. After all, it was a matter of coincidence and good luck. In the next shop it can be a totally different story and you can face ignorance or incompetence.
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By the way, it's worth looking or insisting for it. I payed in total R$10 for the SIM as a promotion (I didn't quite understand as I was prepared to pay R$50) with R$50 credit on it valid for 30 days. R$25 are deducted for 1.5 GB 4G data for a week. So I may get 3 GB in 2 weeks for R$10 in total. This is too good to be true and the only country I know where data is sold much cheaper to foreigners than to locals. After all, it was a matter of coincidence and good luck. In the next shop it can be a totally different story and you can face ignorance or incompetence.