What phone can I use in Guatemala? Is a question we are asked many times and you will also find this question on Social Media.
Guatemala and Travel. This is the answer. You can use your own Phone in Guatemala, with a few suggestions you might want to follow.
I will also explain in this post about travelers in need of high-speed Internet for short periods of time while traveling in Guatemala. WiFi in Guatemala? Wi-Fi Availability: In Guatemala, you will find a range of hotels, restaurants, and cafes offering wireless internet connections to their clients.
Lastly do not purchase or exchange funds or purchase any cell phone packages at the Guatemala Airport upon your arrival. Exchange rates are very bad and the phone packages offered are bad.
Step one is to stop at any of the many cell phone stores throughout all Guatemala, you will see around Claro or Tigo sign in front and swap your SIM card for a Guatemala Card. The cost is Q40 or about $5.25.
Now you will purchase Data for your phone from the same shop that installed your SIM Card. You will purchase a 15-day Data Plan only for Q50, or $6.50. You are all set, you can call the US, use What’s App, and Facebook.
The GSM (Global Systems for Mobiles) standard prevails in Guatemala, and you can use any tri-band GSM foreign cell phone in Guatemala with a local SIM card, provided the device is unlocked.
Retain your old SIM Card, you will go back to a phone store and have it replaced when you leave Guatemala takes 3 minutes.
Sorry for the Spanish version of this, this sheet provides you will the options you have to purchase what is called in Guatemala, Saldo.
Depending on your length of stay in Guatemala you can choose the plan that fits your schedule.
If this change in SIM card appears complicated it is not and is carried out with great care and service at Claro and Tigo providers no matter where you are in Guatemala even small villages offer this service.
To connect your smartphone to your computer for Internet access is simple.