🌎 GlocalMe Hotspot Global International Launch Review

A few days before the international trip I received the device and everything seemed to be working perfectly. When we got to our destination it connected for a few minutes and seemed to be working fine. Within minutes the device was stuck (not responding, black screen) and despite numerous restart attempts and discussions with GlocalMe support over the course of this week, it never came to life (hold down the power and volume down buttons for reference). . simultaneously for 10 seconds or 30…

I don't normally write reviews but I decided to start. I've had this device for several months and it's great. I get constant WiFi with it. It takes a few minutes to turn on though, so I usually turn it on before leaving the house and getting in the car where I usually use it. Setup can be a little confusing, but if you follow the instructions, you'll be fine. The battery life is amazing. It takes about 15 hours. I also like different packages. I usually only get 1GB of data, which is enough…

Works fine, only used in US. However, a couple of weeks ago I still had over 400MB of data left from the 1GB you get when you buy the device and according to their data logs it used up within 14 minutes. I wasn't using my phone when this happened, but the local device was on. I don't have automatic updates turned on and I'm pretty sure my connection isn't fast enough to transfer that much data in that time. Maybe something else was using my data at the time, but nothing like this has ever…

I used this product while on vacation in Canada. I have a Galaxy S8 Boost Mobile (US) phone that doesn't offer carrier international phone usage options. Glocalme was very easy to set up and worked as a Wi-Fi device anywhere. I was able to use google maps and surf the web with no problems. I just needed to know how to avoid consuming unnecessary data, so I actually took my old Galaxy S5 Virgin (US) phone to Canada with most of the apps that would use the deleted data instead of app data in and…

Summary: On a recent trip across Europe, a fellow traveler kept drooling on my G3, which I connected to multiple devices, while paying Verizon $10 a day for the not always reliable access to cellular communications when roaming on a phone. Details: It just works. You link your G3 to a GlocalMe account, deposit funds, and use it to buy a data plan valid for the country you're traveling to. Then just boot the device. It finds and connects to your local cellular network and creates a…

We used this for a 2 week trip in November 2017; one week in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan and one week in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This worked much better than I thought. You can easily download more time by purchasing packages through the app or by purchasing a SIM card from the country you are traveling to. Buying time through the app is convenient but more expensive than buying a SIM card. However, it takes time to buy and register a SIM card. So on my next trip I will use the SIM card…

We bought this just before a 20 day international trip to 5 European countries. We evaluated both the enhanced calling packages and this device and chose them. Overall our experience was very good. We could connect to Wi-Fi in any country. Using GPS to get driving (and walking) directions, emailing, staying in touch with work and posting updates for our family to see our ride has been invaluable. The device seemed able to easily handle 8 hours of fairly continuous use, and the backup battery…