J Z
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2025
A big mistake to buy this card again: I used this card last year and it worked flawlessly. But this time it did not! I used the same phone and had set up APN etc. as required, but I could only get mobile data service in Shanghai Pudong airport. Once I landed in my hometown - a big city in central China, it did not have service at all. In the following days I repeatedly called the tech support number listed on the package, talked to reps in English and Chinese - they all were very nice but offered no real help, only told me that their backend showed no problem for my card and asked me to reset and reboot my phone without resolving the problem. I had no data service, could not use Wechat Pay or access any website. It almost ruined my travel experience! Strangely enough, during my return trip to US, once I landed in Pudong for connection flight, the card worked again. Is this card supposed to work only in Shanghai now? I can't believe it. Will never use it again.
D R Pateman
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2025
Worked beyond my expectations !!!!! I didn't need a VPN and had complete access to internet and all social media.The only thing I suggest is getting more or unlimited data. I had a 2 cards with a total of 27Gb which I ate up in 13 days and needed more
Xiang Li
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2025
This is the third time I bought this item. It worked fine during my trips in Jan and Jun 2024. However, this time it shows no signal when I arrived Beijing and made me unable to call cap and almost miss my train. I used the same phone as the last two times. SIM does not work on my father's Iphone 15 neither. Please let me know if I can do anything to activate it and then I will change the review.
JUN WANG
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2024
I used this data sim card three times when I traveled back to China for the past two years. It's so easy to use. Just insert the sim card when you land. I can acess google and other sites. The speed is 5G. Just perfect
Cool
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2024
The sim is plug and play, as soon as landed in China, pop it in the sim tray and got signal right away. Full access to daily apps like gmail and youtube as well as prime video etc......There's also the option to top off the sim for another 30 days, I didn't personally try it though. It would be handy for someone traveling around China for more than 30 days.
fatli
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2024
Used from late Jan to early feb 2024. In Beijing, access to Google, YouTube and everything. Only inconvenience is no local number. But alipay on the go with US credit card is Gold. The entire two weeks. I did not touch my credit card, except in dutyfree shop when exit the airport. At the end of my 10day trip, was able to use around 6g data, was even trying to burn some data by binge watching YouTube. So the daily WeChat and alipay and taobao shouldn't use that much data. With alipay, anything less than 200rmb there's no fee, this is at the time when I used it. May or May not change later. Alipay you can also look for ride/taxi. But the phone number showing was my Google voice. I never tried,but theoretically you can use it without calling,or maybe not. Took a long time for the card to arrive me. So order at least a month and half before your trip. Mine ordered in November 23, arrived mid December 23. With one year expiration of December 24. Installation was easy, did it right before flight touchdown in Beijing. Remember set roaming. There is also keypad short cuts to check balance (it's printed on the envelope I never knew it until I returned us). You can also top off if used up data for hkd 150, within 30 days of expiration. Don't throw away the card body. Because you will need the puk # to refill. Hope that helps!! Good luck enjoy your trip to mainland!!
Vodsel w
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2024
The SIM card worked reliably, Google and other US sites were accessible. However it seemed a bit slower and had fewer bars than Verizon roaming. The packaging doesn't say that the SIM doesn't work in Hong Kong, I wasted some time trying to get connected with it.
Michael H.
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2023
This is second time I bought this. You need to have one while travel in China if you want to contact to the world. Not to mention, all VPNs not working well and this is the ONLY life line you need. I don't know how those Chinese people experienced. But this one will save your life or life style at least.