Is it cheaper to send text messages overseas than to use traffic

According to the latest international roaming tariff standard of China Mobile.

1. Your friend sends you a text message, and the price is 1.99 yuan each.

The price you send is the same as that of other domestic mobile phones. The standard tariff is 1 cent. If you have a discount package for short messages, you can also enjoy the package discount for such short messages.

You can send a text message directly to his mobile phone number without adding another number.

4. It uses GPRS to access qq abroad, and the roaming price is 0.05 yuan per KB, which is actually very high. And because domestic GPRS users can choose a monthly package, the cost can be reduced, but in the UK, the monthly package cannot be used. So if you charge at this price, you can spend 100 yuan on qq in a few days.

Generally speaking, the price of using domestic mobile phones abroad is very high, whether it is texting or qq. So it is not recommended.

As for short messages, it is free for the other party to accept them when you send them. So one-way SMS is still possible.

So I personally suggest that if your friend lives, studies or works abroad for a long time, he must buy a foreign mobile phone number. If it is short-term, he can only consider using a domestic global number within an affordable range.