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kittycat1 Sep 30th 2012 9:32 pm

Re: Moving on Friday
 
it's in the millenium hotel. :-)

scrubbedexpat141 Sep 30th 2012 9:40 pm

Re: Moving on Friday
 

Originally Posted by Manchester_QS (Post 10307957)
Hi Guys,

I am moving to Dubai on Friday and will be living in the Tecom area. I have been on the forum for a few weeks now but I have a few questions to ask before I fly out;

- I currently have a UK Iphone on 3. Would my best bet be to get this unlocked in the UK and then just get a new sim card once I arrive in Dubai. Or should I just keep the current sim card in the phone and use it just for wifi, skype, facetime etc and use my work phone for calls?


Thanks is advance!

Phone 3 and tell them you're moving abroad and no longer need their services...depending on where you are in your contract will depend on your ability to negotiate.

Unlocked (jailbroken) iPhones are horrible to use.

Assuming you are on contract with 3 then phone and say you want to have your phone unlocked...legally they have to do this if you pay out your contract. If they won't unlock until you've payed it out then say you'll keep paying it monthly until contract is up and cancel then...and can they please unlock it in the meantime?

I asked very nicely and O2 did it for me and I just carried on paying for 6 months.

Ethos83 Sep 30th 2012 9:46 pm

Re: Moving on Friday
 
Don't take too many jumpers! I think I only had one the entire time I lived in Dubai and it was enough. The only place where it genuinely gets cold in the evenings is when you're camping in the deserts or mountains, in the city it merely gets coolish. Women feel it more so because they tend to wear strapless shirts when they go out, but a man in a regular shirt will be fine most of the time.


Originally Posted by Manchester_QS (Post 10308040)
Thanks Kitty Kat :)

So the general consensus is jeans, jumpers and lots of boxers :) If you wouldn't have said I prob wouldn't have taken any jumpers to the desert so thanks for the advice!

I will make sure I check out the Belgian Beer Cafe :)


kittycat1 Sep 30th 2012 9:47 pm

Re: Moving on Friday
 
and was that tied around your shoulders preppy style Ethos?

Hows London?

Ethos83 Sep 30th 2012 9:49 pm

Re: Moving on Friday
 
Overcast and light rain this morning. Should clear up in a hour or so, hopefully.

London is London. Cold, tiresome and expensive and I'm happy to be here for now.


Originally Posted by kittycat1 (Post 10308063)
and was that tied around your shoulders preppy style Ethos?

Hows London?


Meow Sep 30th 2012 9:50 pm

Re: Moving on Friday
 

Originally Posted by Ethos83 (Post 10308059)
Don't take too many jumpers! I think I only had one the entire time I lived in Dubai and it was enough. The only place where it genuinely gets cold in the evenings is when you're camping in the deserts or mountains, in the city it merely gets coolish. Women feel it more so because they tend to wear strapless shirts when they go out, but a man in a regular shirt will be fine most of the time.

I disagree. It's chilly in Dec/Jan if outside in the evening. That time of year I wear a long sleeved top, a jacket and boots and it can still be cold. Most women do not wear 'strapless shirts' (whatever they are). Maybe your flat in The Greens was a micro climate?

Ethos83 Sep 30th 2012 9:55 pm

Re: Moving on Friday
 
It is not chilly. It's coolish. You haven't lived in the UK in a long time so you don't know what it is like to be cold. In the three winters I spent in Dubai I wore the jumper perhaps a dozen times total. I wore shorts pretty much every day and there was only perhaps a week each year when I might wear trousers.


Originally Posted by Meow (Post 10308066)
I disagree. It's chilly in Dec/Jan if outside in the evening. That time of year I wear a long sleeved top, a jacket and boots and it can still be cold. Most women do not wear 'strapless shirts' (whatever they are). Maybe your flat in The Greens was a micro climate?


Meow Sep 30th 2012 9:57 pm

Re: Moving on Friday
 

Originally Posted by Ethos83 (Post 10308074)
It is not chilly. It's coolish. You haven't lived in the UK in a long time so you don't know what it is like to be cold. In the three winters I spent in Dubai I wore the jumper perhaps a dozen times total. I wore shorts pretty much every day and there was only perhaps a week each year when I might wear trousers.


You think 15c is coolish? And short wearing weather? That's chilly. I've always said you aren't fully human... ;)

The_Citizen Sep 30th 2012 9:59 pm

Re: Moving on Friday
 

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 10308053)
Phone 3 and tell them you're moving abroad and no longer need their services...depending on where you are in your contract will depend on your ability to negotiate.

Unlocked (jailbroken) iPhones are horrible to use.

Assuming you are on contract with 3 then phone and say you want to have your phone unlocked...legally they have to do this if you pay out your contract. If they won't unlock until you've payed it out then say you'll keep paying it monthly until contract is up and cancel then...and can they please unlock it in the meantime?

I asked very nicely and O2 did it for me and I just carried on paying for 6 months.

Thanks Scamp. I will give them a ring today and see what they say!

scrubbedexpat141 Sep 30th 2012 10:11 pm

Re: Moving on Friday
 

Originally Posted by Manchester_QS (Post 10308079)
Thanks Scamp. I will give them a ring today and see what they say!

Basically, just ask nicely. I did and managed to get them to unlock it remotely. Just get a text, plug into iTunes and bish bash bosh. Done.

Patsy Stoned Sep 30th 2012 10:18 pm

Re: Moving on Friday
 
I would also pack a couple of jackets, it gets very chilly at nights from Dec onwards.
Also if you take any vitamin supplements bring them with you, they are very expensive here e.g. glucosamine and chondroitin tablets are 350dhs here, 60dhs in the UK.

Patsy Stoned Sep 30th 2012 10:22 pm

Re: Moving on Friday
 

Originally Posted by Meow (Post 10308076)
You think 15c is coolish? And short wearing weather? That's chilly. I've always said you aren't fully human... ;)

I agree, it gets very cold here sometimes. I have worn my fur jacket at least twice every year since I have been here, evenings at the races and rooftop bar at trilogy are definitely cold enough for a jacket :D

Bahtatboy Sep 30th 2012 10:27 pm

Re: Moving on Friday
 

Originally Posted by Patsy Stoned (Post 10308102)
I agree, it gets very cold here sometimes. I have worn my fur jacket at least twice every year since I have been here, evenings at the races and rooftop bar at trilogy are definitely cold enough for a jacket :D

With or without?

Millhouse Sep 30th 2012 10:28 pm

Re: Moving on Friday
 
If you have braun sonic toothbrush bring some spare heads. You can't get them here for love nor money. Which is strange, as you can buy love and head here with money.

The_Citizen Sep 30th 2012 11:14 pm

Re: Moving on Friday
 
thanks for all the tips guys :)


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