Best Apps to save your Mobile call Charges
Roaming charges are the bugbear of cell phone owners. When you are travelling and you need to make a call your phone sucks a lot of money because the roaming charges apply on foreign land. To avoid this you can use some apps depending on the type of phone you use and make calls without paying roaming charges. Some of them are as follows.
1.Skype: This is the best app for making free calls to people who also use Skype or you can also make calls to land lines at a very cheap amount. You can make calls using this app anywhere and anytime and you will not be charged international roaming costs. You can also make video calls provide your phone has a camera and supports 3G.
2. WhatsApp: This is another great application that saves you a lot of money. This application is available for Apple, Android, windows, and RIM mobiles. With this app you can exchange messages with other users and you do not have to pay for the message. This application uses the internet data plan and not your phone minutes so you can message for free and also avoid roaming charges. You can also send unlimited video and audio messages.
3. iMessage: This is an app only iPhone, iPad touch users can use. With this App you can send photos or SMS to other mobile phones. If the other person also owns an iPhone or iPad , iMeassage will let you send messages back and forth. With this app you can send contacts, videos, photos and when one person replies to it everybody can see it. It is totally free as it is over data plan. When you are using this app just keep in mind to turn off your cellular network and that the green button that indicates you are using data plan is on. So, you will not be charged for roaming.
4. Prepaid SIM cards: Some SIM card providers like WorldSIM offers free incoming and outgoing calls near to the local call rate at which ever place you are. You can save money of upto 95 % when compared to the international roaming charges if you use a prepaid SIM.
5. Wi-Fi: This saves you a lot of money. All you need to do is find a hot spot and with Wi- Fi applications you can make free calls or texts and keep yourself free from the expensive roaming charges.
Use all these clever apps to avoid roaming charges and feel free to call or text even in foreign land. Save some buck and spend it on your tour.
