Here is what I know for sure
[QUOTE=MojoBandit;2358924]I am glad to know this, I use Verizon and they use CDMA technology which does not have carriers in every country. I used to use a "travel phone' that was a multiband and would work anywhere once a bought a SIM card in a given country. Now I have a Google Pixel phone and whenever I get ready to go out of the country I buy a SIM card from Google on their Google Fi program. Google Fi gets service in 200 hundred countries Texting is free anywhere in the world but they charge 20 cents a minute for calls (how many actual calls does anyone make) . Plus I have a phone in my hand as soon as I hit the ground. I have had banking problems and apartment problems in the past when I needed my phone as soon as I arrived. My phone can also use wifi for calls, as I think most later model phones can, and then its free. Last time I checked the Google fi SIM cards only work on Google phones though. Damn that sounded like I was schilling for google, I'm not, but it is a very handy thing when traveling) But I do have to change my phone number to a phone number I have registered with Google. But even though my number changes, everything else in my phone stays the same, I. E. My contacts will still be there, The only hassle is to let anyone that I will be contacting know what my travel number is before I leave so they know who is calling or texting. I was worried that I would have to reload all those contacts from Whatsapp, but from what you say I just have to let the people not in whatsapp no what my number will be when I am traveling.[/QUOTE]Verizon and Sprint phones will only work in Colombia with google-Fi because they use CDMA, those particular bands are not available in Colombia, unless you're using Google-Fi. AT&T, T-Mobile, and Metro PCS phones work in Colombia with simply changing the SIM Card. If the phone is unlocked, but it is a Verizon, Boost, or Sprint phones, they will not work, I have tried, trust me on this. The easiest way is to have a travel phone, but to each his own. Right now I own a Samsung A50 with a dual SIM card, I use it in the US under metro PCS and in Colombia under Claro. I have a friend who buys my a monthly plan for 40,000 cop the day before I arrive and as soon as I land, I turn on the claro sim card and boom, I'm up and running. The funny thing is this, I paid about $225 usd for this Samsung A50 and it has a really good camera on the phone while in Colombia earlier this year. The same phone is nearly $425 usd in the united states. If you want to minimize the amount of a travel phone, go into any pawn shop and look for a metro or unlocked Samsung J3 prime phone, they are going for about $50-$75 usd and they will do everything you need while in Medellin, a SIM card is $5,000 cop, and a monthly plan is $40,000 cop for a total of about $17 usd. So once again, the easiest way to handle the phone situation in Colombia, come to Colombia with Google Fi or have a cheap unlocked phone to insert a Colombian sim and then by a cheap monthly plan. Pollo Negro is out!
I Can say that I fully Agree with
Mr Enternational,
The best way to close a deal in Colombia, is to have boots on the ground and negotiate when you are present. This is a business for these girls with all having different reasons for being in it, but one outcome, to obtain as many pesos as possible. A girl can tell you through facebook that she will date you for $150,000 cop and another Gringo has her on a date and offering $200,000 cop for a few more hours, what do you think the chica is going to do? You get the idea. Pollo Negro is out!