Buying a cell phone plan seemed to take hours longer than expected. First you have to decide between the prepaid phones and the contract phones. The prepaid are great because you can avoid a contract and you only spend as much as you need. This downside is that if you make international calls often or if you want to surf the internet, it is very expensive. Apparently with T-mobile, the daily rate for accessing a data plan, is 5 Euro! That is 150 Euro per month, just on data if you were to use it everyday!
The contract phone plans are much cheaper, but more expensive up front. Here you still have to buy the phone when you sign up for
Vodafone and O2 seem to provide the best service
T-Mobile is the only provider that provides the I-phone
Base seems to be less favorable
Also, a friend of mine told me that she had a lot of trouble getting out of the 2 year contract. Apparently German contracts are very strict and it is very difficult to get out of a contract, even if your time is up.
So, since I am not sure how long I will be here (could be six months or six years) and I have a hard time making long time commitments anyway, I finally opted for a T-Mobile prepaid phone.
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