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What use is going to a phone store when you don't have any means of paying for a phone? Further, in many countries you can't buy a sim card without ID so if you
by markdown 8y ago
What use is going to a phone store when you don't have any means of paying for a phone? Further, in many countries you can't buy a sim card without ID so if your ID was stored on your phone, you're screwed there too.
- taberiand 8y agoI made this point separately, but you can use the phone you're buying to pay for itself, just log into WeChat on it while in the shop. I hope you're carrying your passport in a foreign country.
- reaperducer 8y agoI hope you're carrying your passport in a foreign country. Not possible everywhere. In some places, the hotel holds on to your passport.
- em-bee 8y agologging into your wechat account on a new phone is not that easy. it asks you for verification by sending an sms to your old number, and there was also something about needing to contact old wechat friends to have them verify you. (i don't remember the details of how that worked and why it was necessary)
- markdown 8y ago> I hope you're carrying your passport in a foreign country. One should absolutely not do this. You'll be royally screwed if you lose your passport. Leave it in your hotel room, with just a photo of it on your phone.