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I’ve just landed in Japan and honestly couldn’t be more impressed with this eSIM! The setup was unbelievably quick and easy, I was connected within minutes with zero hassle. The internet speed ha... Mehr ansehen
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Mobal is an award-winning UK/Japan-based SIM provider whose mission is to make life in Japan easier for foreign nationals, known for reliable service, and friendly English support. What makes Mobal different is that it's 100% owned by a charity, which is dedicated to building schools and feeding children in Malawi, Africa. That means that all the profits Mobal makes go straight to making the world a better place!
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The Winding House, Walkers Rise, Rugeley Road, Hednesford, Staffordshire, WS12 0QU, Staffordshire, Vereinigtes Königreich
- support@mobal.com
- www.mobal.com
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Great value and reliable
Simple to choose, great price and perfect product. Have used them many times before and always with no issue.

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great value, Easy to chose
Easy to choose the right product. Best choice for quality and your money.
Quick delivery. Data to use direct after landing to Japan.

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I'm satisfied with the Mobal internet…
I'm satisfied with the Mobal internet device. Never experienced any break or network outage. Very simple to buy and use.

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The delivery of the eSIM activation…
The delivery of the Japanese eSIM activation code could not happen before I left Australia. Then it took a whole day to activate as I was travelling at the time. This is most unlike my prior eSIM provider "SimCorner" who sent me the activation code within a few minutes of buying the eSIM for Europe in Australia.

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Easy to order and flexible for the…
Easy to order and flexible for the locations to pick up. Also easy to set up with local phone number provided quickly.

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Not bad connection but…
The connection isn’t bad, I used it for 2 years, but you can find way cheaper for the same amount of data or even unlimited connection for the same 100 GB limit price. If you’re going to stay long in Japan just like me, it’s not worth it. I ran out of GB half through the month whether it’s phone or WiFi. That’s the worse thing. If you’re staying short term, it’s good to use their E-Sim service.

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Mobal e-sim
Very easy to complete purchase and good instructions for activation of e-sim

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Had issues getting the esim to work
Had issues getting the esim to work, removed it from device - error message said it wasn't pernament - couldn't replace it as it said it was already activated - support said I had to buy another one.
Support have now said they will replace the esim - DO NOT remove the ESIM from the device when troubleshooting - contact support they are helpful. Changing review to 2 stars.

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Repeat customer
Repeat customer, due to prompt and awesome customer service.

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Mobal sim all over Japan
I got a Mobal sim with a Japanese mobile number for my recent 3 month stay in Japan.
Travelling all over, from Akita in the north to Okinawa in the far south, the reception was excellent.
The cost was very reasonable and there was no need to carry a mobile wifi.

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Get it before you go
I spend ½ my time in Japan. I need an inexpensive local mobile phone and mobile hub when I'm out and about. We have a land line there. I keep the Mobal line all year. When I'm out of Japan, I can reduce the allowable download so that the cost is minimal. It works very well. It's also a charity, so the expense creates value where it's needed.

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Extremly poor data speed
I bought 2 esims with 30 gig/month while in Japan.
Both of them had crazy low speed connection. Like below 1mb/s.
I contacted the customer service, which to be fair was responsive, but they couldn't help in any way.
Edit: the customer service did reach out and outright refunded me for the past month. This was greatly appreciated from my side. So I am changing my review from 1 to 3 stars
This wasn't specific to some parts of Japan as we travelled all over the country and the issue was the same everywhere. I would not recommend their service to anybody. We were desperate for wifi the whole time and would have been better off going for anybody else but them.

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Great service
Good communication. Competitive pricing. Clear instructions. Smooth transaction. Fantastic signal reception. Highly recommended.

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No activation, no response
I ordered my pocket Wi-Fi for delivery in Japan before I visited in November this year. It arrived with no problem, and I recovered it from my friends apartment when I arrived. But then I was not able, at any point, to activate the unit. I requested help from the help site 10 or 15 times, and never got a message back.
So I have the pocket Wi-Fi, but I was unable to make any use of it.

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Highly recommended for convenience and peace of mind
Being able to get a SIM card for Japan before I left the US was incredibly convenient and so much easier than trying to get one in Japan. Communicating and entering into contracts in Japan is extremely difficult for a foreigner unless you have a strong grasp of the language and can read and write in Japanese. Plus, it was so nice having a SIM that was already activated when I landed. It saved me the time and hassle of trying to get one here and gave me the peace of mind knowing that I could navigate my way around as soon as I stepped off the plane. And, fact that Mobal donates a majority of their profits to charity was a huge selling point for me. I’ve been with Mobal for 5 years now and have been very happy with the service - I highly recommend them!

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Does not work - No refund available
For whatever reason it does not work. I tried with two phones, an iphone and android and I followed the steps very diligently. Also the SIM card that you have in your phone at the time, may affect your interface. So I made a point of swapping them around in order to get things working.
Three hours later all that I achieved was having watched a number of youtube videos on how to create an APN and wasted both my morning and 25£. No refund is available.
Maybe this is a service specific to US phones. But given how unreliable it is and might end up with you wasting your holiday time and your money, I would definitely not recommend it.
Save yourselves the pain and just get a prepaid sim card from a booth when you land at an airport in Japan. Both Narita and Haneda have these.

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Great choice for Internet cards
The internet card was a really good quality and worked super well. It was easier with an apple device but the people from this company are very kind and offered us help on how to make it work on our samsungs too. We didn't have any problems even in the mountains where service is often bad. We are very happy and if we come back to Japan one day, we will for sure buy them again! :)

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Sim card never activated
Unfortunately the tourist data Sim that I purchased just never worked on my Android system phone, despite using the instructions issued with the Sim card and instructions in email with customer services. I had to buy a pocket wifi as although I was only in Japan for 10 days, really needed data for maps etc! The Sim card did work for my friends, who had iphones.

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Data goes fast. NO customer service.
I (US resident) currently have an active e-SIM from Mobal in my Samsung android phone. I did tons of research before coming to Japan (for 3 months) to try and figure out the best way to be able to use my mobile phone for local calls, texts, and data while I'm out and about on the street. It was so overwhelming and confusing, as everyone was telling me something different. But I ultimately went with getting an eSIM from Mobal.
When I first arrived at Haneda, it was a bit tricky trying to figure out WHERE to pick up my eSIM. Turns out, the desk where I was to pick up the eSIM seemed to be an 'all purpose' pick up desk. It didn't seem to be solely for Mobal customers (so you shouldn't be looking for a desk with a big MOBAL sign). That said, I can't recall exactly what the signage was at the pick-up desk. It may have had a small Mobal sign, somewhere on the desk, but when you are first looking around the entire airport, it will be hard to find. I was able to ask one of the tourist information folks, who pointed me in the general direction....
Once I settled into my accommodations, I turned my focus to setting up my eSIM. The instructions were VERY complicated and confusing. There are many steps you have to take. And in fact, I even had two other young people - young people typically being very adept at things like this... - and even they had a hard time setting up my eSIM. It was only after repeated tries that we finally realized that we were doing something wrong. And, frustratingly, there is NO CUSTOMER SERVICE to be found at Mobal, so don't expect them to help you. Oh sure, they have an email address, but what good is that when it can take them MULTIPLE BUSINESS DAYS (which can translate to five actual days) to reply to you?? As every one of us knows, back and forth emails is NOT an effective way to problem solve. Very irritating, and considering the money that we are paying to Mobal, to provide us with a SERVICE.
Now... to get to my actual phone/text/data service with Mobal's eSIM... While it was nice to have a local phone number (which helped in the rare instances where I needed to provide a telephone number, say to sign up for a local yoga class, or to make a restaurant reservation), I honestly think I probably could have done without a local phone number. I don't think the yoga studio, or any restaurant, would have NOT allowed me to sign up for a class, or a reservation, without a local telephone number. In addition, while my having a local telephone number helped in the instances where I needed to speak with the management company of my short-term rental apartment, again, we probably could have done a work-around. (For example, in the rare instances where I needed to call a company in the US...say my US bank, etc., I simply used Skype. I obviously could have also used Skype, to make calls to any local businesses here in Japan. And for any local friends here in Japan, I could - and often DID - simply use WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger or LINE to communicate with them.) So, again, all things considered, I didn't really NEED to have a local telephone number.
As for the data, as others here have mentioned, while it worked great in the beginning, once you reach your monthly data limit, it becomes challenging, with sites taking a long time to load up.
It's also not clear to me, how the billing from Mobal may ultimately look. Are they going to charge me, after all is said and done, for 'extra data' that I used (beyond my monthly allotment)? It's beyond frustrating, that Mobal provides no option to speak with a Live customer service rep, and in English (since, obviously, anyone wanting an eSIM likely is not a Japanese resident/speaks Japanese).
Next time I come to Japan, I think I'll just try getting a pocket WiFi from Japan Wireless (to ensure I have plenty of data when I'm out on the street), and then use a mix of email, LINE, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Skype for my communications, while in Japan....

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Terrible experience
I am completely at a loss to understand the positive reviews for this mobile service provider. I have had the WORST experience with them! I purchased a data only and a voice plus data sim from Haneda and have had nothing but trouble from them from day one. They do not like working in Australian iphones that is for sure. I ended up having to spend extra money on a 'cheap' (equivalent of about $150 AUD) android phone in Japan to get the voice plus data to work. The data only sim eventually worked but reception has been extremely patchy. I am currently sitting in a hotel in downtown Kawasaki and the best it can give me is 3G coverage which cannot even open email. I would NEVER buy this brand sim again.

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