China SIM Card 90days 6GB 5G/4G Data + 50 mins Local Calls or 100 Local Texts, China Local Incoming Calls and Texts

Life saver! Shipped overnight, arrived the next morning. For activation, I had confirmation within 45 minutes of emailing a photo of my passport, visa, and the phone number listed on the card. Popped the SIM in on the plane, and immediately worked when I landed in Beijing. Got txt messages from China Unicom confirming the minutes and 6GB data. Service of course can be spotty in China, but I've been fairly impressed, even on train rides thru more rural areas. Compared to others on my trip who are using China Mobile, this network generally seems better. As with all internet here, Facebook, GMail, and many other sites are blocked. Definitely pay for and install VPN software BEFORE getting to mainland China. Best reason to buy this card is that it lasts 90 days. All the other poor saps who bought China Unicom SIMs when they arrived in China got totally screwed. Those cards ALWAYS expire all data at the beginning of each month. So let's say you buy a SIM in China on the 28th of the month and have 1GB data - it will be gone on the 1st of the next month!! People found that out the hard way.. Again, with this card though, your data/minutes will last 90 days. Last major bonus here is the English language website for support and adding minutes/data AND WITH US CREDIT CARDS. Pretty much no businesses in China accept US credit cards, so refilling the card would be difficult, and requires cash in person transactions at a China Unicom store. I used this card extensively in Beijing, Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Handan, Qingdao, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Taizhou, Yixing, Wuxi, Chongqing, Ma'Anshan, Hefei, Ningbo, Changsha, Yichun, Changsha. A few times on the train it dropped to 2 or 3G, but generally very solid. I also used tethering (Mobile Hotspot) and it worked flawlessly. Honestly, the Wi-Fi can be so terrible in hotels that I often just used the data on this SIM and kept Wi-Fi off. Lastly, it was super easy switching my Uber account to use the Chinese number, but then still have it charged to my US credit card.

I bought this card because I need to visit China for two weeks. After received the card they send me an email about sending me the passport copy to do the registration/validation process for an activation, I send them my passport scan and think I am good to go. That is when the nightmare started. Since I need a telephone number to reserve my flight tickets/hotels in China so I used the number on the card to fill all the forms online , I was a little bit worry about whether the card is activated but there is no way I can check that because I am in US. Then I found myself lost in Beijing when my plane landed at the Beijing Capital International Airport and my phone indicated "No Service". So the following days I have to get another SIM card at the local shop and make many calls to the hotels/flight companies to change my information. Luckily their service was pretty good and I was able to finish my trip on plan. But the time I wasted in Beijing for making those calls and a worthless plastic card that cost me $75 are such a bad experience.

Texting and phone calls worked as described. However, do not expect the data to work like you are used to in the US. LTE speeds are not always available. There are still a lot of places in Shanghai, Xi'an and Beijing where I got an Edge (2G) service. Furthermore, because of the Great Firewall of China, which does not allow access to a lot of US websites including FB and all of Google services, you don't need this 6GB data plan. Plus, free Wi-Fi is available in most major cities. If I have to do it again, I'll just get te 2 GB plan.

This SIM card worked very well in China. The most convenient thing is that you can buy it ahead of time AND activate it here in the United States before you arrive in China. After you receive the SIM card, LvyCom support will contact you for passport information as required by the Chinese government. Once you send them your information, they activated it within hours. I was then able to put it into my unlocked iPhone 6s in the United States and verify that it joined a network to make sure the card was activated. On the plane trip, before the plane was about to land, I simply swapped in the SIM card, was able to immediately make phone calls and use data right away. This is invaluable because you are not searching for a phone shop in China to buy a card after landing. Coverage and speed all around China was excellent, as the phone joined the China Unicom network. I was also able to use the China Unicom website to easily add minutes or data. I would buy this card again from LvyCom if going to China again.

Terrible service, product communication and responsiveness on the part of the vendor. Do not buy this product or from this vendor. There are others who will get you what you need faster, for far less money, and are much more user friendly. I purchased my card for use in China and getting through Chinese quarantine. Long story short the card doesn't work as advertised, and the vendor can’t be relied upon for support. I repeat, do not buy this card or from this vendor.

I will certainly buy this again next China trip! Thank you Lvycom for your amazing support while on my trip and helping me increase my 6GB to another 6GB because my wife was tethering. The sim was delivered to my California home in plenty of time before the departure. I put it into my xiaomi mi6, Landed in Guangzhou and immediately had internet, sms and voice. I was able to access airport wifi using the sms validation that many places including the airport require. The instructions to provide identity (Chinese govt requirement) was simple and easy done. Best purchase prior to China trip!

I purchased this card for use on a one-week trip to Shanghai and Beijing. Long story short- when I connected my VPN (Open VPN, TCP over port 443) nothing went through. It appears that the setup with the carrier is blocking VPN. The same VPN worked like a charm when we were on the hotel wi-fi, and also works like a charm in the US. If you are not planning to access any sites that are blocked by the CN government, this should work great; when connecting to properties that weren't blocked, the access was pretty quick. It was convenient to have a local number.

After 3 trips to China this year where my data rates were throttled, I decided that it worth it to get a Chinese SIM. After doing some research, I determined that China Unicom was my best option for my device (TMobile iPhone 6) and I was thrilled to find a seller on US Amazon. The ordering and activation process went super smoothly, but where the seller (LvyCom) really shone was in its customer service. Despite assurances from TMobile that my phone was unlocked, when I inserted the SIM it wouldn't connect at first. I contacted LvyCom, and even though it was clearly not their issue, they sent me a second SIM and activated it, on the off chance that the failure was a defective SIM. As it turns out, the problem was in the IMEI number TMobile used to unlock my device (which had been replaced by Apple), and once we figured that out, the SIM worked seamlessly. I've just returned from a 3 week trip, during which I used the China Unicom/LvyCom SIM exclusively with none of the frustrations I had previously experienced of a slow connection. It is possible to register and extend the "life" of the SIM on China Unicom site, so that you are able to keep the number. I'll be doing this and topping up the pre-pay as I go.