Does simba work in China?

[matrix05]

I have no issue at home or overseas so far... been very good value!

Simba, at the moment best for China. Simba $12 18GB , Eight $18 18GB.

 

[beanstalk6]

Simba roaming now in Xinjiang. Somehow in the morning to early afternoon, TikTok didn’t work. 2-3pm onwards it worked.

zzz

Aha... Xinjiang...

 

[Kirakun83]

Did a trip in gz. No problem for simba. But 3gb international roaming data not enough for me. Should upgrade my plan next time.

 

[daveteo88]

Did a trip in gz. No problem for simba. But 3gb international roaming data not enough for me. Should upgrade my plan next time.

3gb for a few days just to keep in touch with family in Singapore shd be more than enough. If you go holiday and need so much data to watch movies might as well dun go. Stay in Singapore can watch movie

 

[daveteo88]

Was in guangzhou for 2 days and couldn't get any reception or gps signal on the train all the way and then after reaching almost everywhere had no signal. Where there was a signal it was crawling, like 10 minutes to load a very simple webpage.

Most places showed no signal, those that worked showed China Mobile.

Not sure if this is simba-spacific,, I had another card, a HK sosim card that was just as slow but at least it had a signal in more places.

Maybe you didn't do your phone settings correctly to do roaming?

 

[daveteo88]

Was in China, HK and Macau last week.

I bought a Sosim card in HK and switched it for overseas use in China, and also had a Simba card that I use in Singapore everyday.

Both cards were extremely slow in China (Guangzhou and Shenzhen). No problems using them in Macau however.

Even through anything accessed in China was slow, they seemed ok when I scanned QR codes in shops to pay, almost instant response. Also both worked when I used Didi althogh the GPS seek to find your current location was very slow (around 2 minutes before the app can locate you to call a taxi).

Also used both to pay for Metro tickets in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. In Guangzhou generally ok but slow of course, but when in Shenzhen, at a lot of MRT stations I could not get any internet access using both Simba and Sosim cards so I couldn't access alipay to pay for metro tickets. Had to put in bank notes (and the machines don't accept 1 yuan notes, only 5 yuan and up)

In future I will probably buy a China sim card direct on lazada, because I think not a good idea to rely on just one card like Simba.

How come other ppl no issue whereas you write long story abt Simba? I remember last time got ppl start threads to attack Simba say no coverage in MRT. Now this. Are you working in traffic lights company?

 

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[natas]

3gb for a few days just to keep in touch with family in Singapore shd be more than enough. If you go holiday and need so much data to watch movies might as well dun go. Stay in Singapore can watch movie

Depends... if few days involve taking their train for hours then more data is always good. Currently I am on simba and zym, both total about 30gb.... good for youtube or other entertainment in the train.

 

[daveteo88]

Depends... if few days involve taking their train for hours then more data is always good. Currently I am on simba and zym, both total about 30gb.... good for youtube or other entertainment in the train.

YouTube eat a lot of data. Must limit to one movie a day. Come edmw pwn ppl cheaper. Time pass very fast and edmw use very less data

 

[luckygal]

Is China mobile or China Unicom better in China?

 

[d3n]

i use simba in Chengdu in my september trip but the speed quite slow so i end up buy esim online via shopee in the middle of my trip

 

[jywy2005]

I am using vivifi and eight. Both no issue for roaming. Sometimes you need to manually select the mobile network provider. Eg China Unicom works for vivifi but China mobile no signal, while eight had no issue with China mobile. Also depends on the region you are in.

 

[d3n]

How come other ppl no issue whereas you write long story abt Simba? I remember last time got ppl start threads to attack Simba say no coverage in MRT. Now this. Are you working in traffic lights company?

i use Simba in Chengdu was also slow. end up I went shopee to buy an esim (CMlink)

 

[daveteo88]

i use simba in Chengdu in my september trip but the speed quite slow so i end up buy esim online via shopee in the middle of my trip

You buy from shopee take how many days then the SIM cards come?

 

[d3n]

You buy from shopee take how many days then the SIM cards come?

i order esim, very fast within 10 mins i receive via email

https://shopee.sg/Get-China-eSIM-!-...Card-3-30-Days-3-20GB-i.924326628.24051649727

 

[Slowdown]

3gb for a few days just to keep in touch with family in Singapore shd be more than enough. If you go holiday and need so much data to watch movies might as well dun go. Stay in Singapore can watch movie

It depend on your accommodation. The hotel we were staying, cannot access Google related services and international new websites like CNA. So had to use our roaming data. I used 6gb in 7 days during my trip in GZ.

 

[starlust]

was in chengdu last month, payments through alipay/wechat 90% went through pretty ok
i wouldn't say its super fast or super slow, perhaps moderately slow?
and especially at the serviced apartment, in the lobby or in my room, either hang at times or just super slow

 

[jywy2005]

Simba is good for it’s generous global roaming data bundle.

 

[d3n]

was in chengdu last month, payments through alipay/wechat 90% went through pretty ok
i wouldn't say its super fast or super slow, perhaps moderately slow?
and especially at the serviced apartment, in the lobby or in my room, either hang at times or just super slow

yeah good signal but speed connectivity chui so i got fedup and bought esim from shopee for rest of the trip

 

[froztheart]

Is China mobile or China Unicom better in China?

Both are decent and have their quirks, so best to have redundancy.