When should I use MOREmins app?

We have noticed that people still do not know the difference between international calling and international roaming. This is why it is easy to confuse rates for your mobile calls.

From June next year, roaming in the EU will be abolished completely.

But international calling rates remain unregulated and many operators keep them high.

MOREmins provides cheap international calling services.

Call abroad from the country you live in (international call)

MOREmins is a service for people who want to make cheap international calls. Just open the app and call. 

You should call abroad from the country you live in.

Example: you live in the UK and subscribe to UK mobile operator. When you call abroad from the UK via MOREmins, you are making a cheap international call.  

       

Don't use the app when you are traveling abroad (roaming)

MOREmins uses your local minutes for internet-free calling. 

In most cases, it is better not to call via MOREmins when you travel outside your home network or to put it simply, when you use your phone abroad.

Your mobile operator will apply roaming fees if you use MOREmins while traveling abroad.

Example: you live in the UK and subscribe to UK mobile operator. Roaming is when you make calls and receive calls while traveling abroad. Usually this happens during holidays or short business trips abroad. 

New Cheap International Calling App

Hey MOREmins friends!

We would like to share some good news with you! MOREmins has released a new cheap international calling app. 

It works without internet and converts your local minutes into cheap international ones. 

People who live in Ireland, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Spain, United Kingdom and USA can use our app. 

Download MOREmins cheap international calling app for iPhone: https://goo.gl/e4qbiM. And for Android (Samsung, HTC, LG, Huawei etc.): https://goo.gl/wtDMuJ. 

Feel even MORE joy calling your dearest ones who are abroad!

Cheers,
MOREmins

www.moremins.com

Sky Garden in Walkie Talkie Building

Although London's Walkie Talkie has been voted the ugliest building in Britain, which has melted cars and caused great gusts of wind, we still have decided to visit its Sky Garden.

And it did not disappoint us at all. 

Actually, we had a perfect opportunity to admire the views of London.

If you would like to visit the Sky Garden, make sure to book free tickets here well in advance as they sell out very quickly. Also do not forget to bring an ID with you.

The 37-storey office building is in the City of London. It is officially called the 20 Fenchurch Street skyscraper but has been nicknamed 'The Walkie-Talkie' because of its distinctive shape.

Tips for Choosing Your Cheap International Calls Provider

One of the main criteria in choosing international calls provider is a low price. 

But we've noticed that customers get tricked by one marketing sentence that sounds something like this: "calls to country x - Yp/min."
The truth is that usually the number Y does not show the full price of a call.

But to know that before ordering a service people have to read terms and conditions. And we all hate small letter texts.

So what hidden or additional fees we should look for when choosing cheap international calls provider?


1. Connection fees. 

2. Minimum call charge. 

There may be 30 seconds, 1 minute, etc. minimum call charge. So if you finish your call after 10 seconds, you should know that you will pay more than that.

3. Are your calls rounded up? 

Are you charged by seconds or by minutes? It is a very important question to find out.

If you pay by a second, after a 30-second call you will pay for 30 seconds.

But if your calls are rounded up to the nearest minute, after a phone call that lasted the same 30 seconds, you will be charged as if you have talked for 1 minute.
 

4. Credit/ balance validity period.

You might get thousands of bundled international minutes. But if your credit expires after one month or even after three months, you should consider if there is a point in ordering it. This leads us to the next point.
 

5. How many minutes will you really use up?

6. Account top-up fee.

Usually we think that we top-up our accounts for free but it is not always the case. For example, we came upon providers which ask you to pay 4.99 EUR for topping-up your account by 3,5 EUR.

7. Minimum top-up amount.

Sometimes you have to top-up relatively large sums of money to get low international rates.

8. Access number charge.

Cheap international calls may be provided via access numbers. You have to dial an access number manually (for example, when using calling cards) or an access number may be automatically dialed for you (for example, when using international calling apps).

Cheap international calls provider does not charge you for this part of a call, but your
mobile network operator might do.

Usually calls to access numbers are included in your mobile network operator's inclusive minute bundles. But in some cases your mobile operator might charge you for calling to premium rate access numbers (usually they are not landline numbers).

Our advice is simple - check your detailed phone bills and find out if your calls to access number are included or excluded (charged additionally) from your bundle.

9. Will you need internet for any part of your call?

That's right! Keep in mind, that internet costs as well;)

Customers get tricked by one marketing sentence that sounds something like this: "calls to country x - Yp/min." 

Have a nice day!

MOREmins

www.moremins.com

Why Regular Calls Sometimes End up on Viber?

Recently we've got a couple of questions regarding regular mobile calls which unexpectedly ended up on a call receiver's Viber app. It happened while making international calls (also when calling with MOREmins).

Why our clients were worried about regular mobile calls received with Viber?

First of all, in some cases the quality of the sound/voice was really bad because the receiver of the call did not have good internet connection. To use Viber you need good 3G or Wi-Fi connection.

Secondly, callers had to pay regular international calling rates to their mobile operators even if calls were received with Viber.

It turns out that Viber has a new feature called Viber-In Calls. But MOREmins could not find much information about it.

At the moment (26/06/2015) this feature is described in apps shortly: “Receive regular incoming calls with Viber, when possible“.

  

 If you click on the link “Learn more“ all you can find is this:

We think that Viber-In Calls feature is useful when you receive calls while traveling abroad to avoid roaming charges. Just keep in mind, that to answer your phone calls with Viber you need good Wi-Fi connection.

If you are not traveling abroad, in our opinion, it does not make sense to use this feature, because it doesn‘t cost a thing to answer your phone calls. 

And the caller has to pay for his/her calls in both cases: whether they reach you on Viber or in a regular way.

Apparently Viber-In Calls feature was turned on automatically to some of Viber's users.

We've found out that you (and especially your call receiver) can easily turn this feature on or off using these simple steps:

More (or menu symbol for Android users)/ Settings/ Calls and Messages/ Viber-In Calls.

Also MOREmins came across an old but quite informative article about Viber-In Calls feature in GeekTime tech blog.  http://www.geektime.com/2013/07/02/exclusive-viber-testing-new-business-model-hijacking-your-cellular-calls/

It seems that these days more people are searching for information regarding new Viber's function and find this GeekTime post. 

"This is quite a problem for me, all foreign numbers are ringing via Viber app which has a significant worse voice quality as a build-in phone app. I have to turn off my mobile data to receive calls from foreign countries so the other side can hear me well." someone commented below the article 4 days ago.

  

Wishing you a nice weekend,

MOREmins

http://www.moremins.com

What is the Difference between Roaming and International Call?

We have noticed that people still do not know the difference between international calls and roaming. This is why it is easy to confuse rates for your mobile calls. 

Let us shortly remind you the difference between these two terms.

An example of roaming: you live in the UK and subscribe to UK mobile operator. Roaming is when you make calls and receive calls while traveling abroad. Usually this happens during holidays abroad or short business trips abroad. 

An example of an international call: you live in the UK and subscribe to UK mobile operator. When you call from UK to another country you are making an international call. 

MOREmins is a service for people who want to make cheap international calls. MOREmins app converts your mobile network operator's local minutes into international ones for a small fee.

These days subscribers of mobile operators get hundreds of free local minutes. If you cannot use up all your free local minutes, it is worth to consider converting them into cheap international ones. 

It is also worth mentioning that MOREmins app works without internet, so you can make your calls on the go.

But let's come back to roaming. Sometimes we get more complicated questions regarding it. One of them is really popular.

Example: you live in the UK and subscribe to UK mobile operator. Your friend also lives in the UK and subscribes to UK mobile operator. One day your friend goes abroad for a short vacation.

If he/she still uses UK mobile phone abroad, it does not cost you more than usual to give him/her a call (because you call from UK number to UK number). 

On the other hand, your friend pays for receiving your call because he/she receives it when traveling abroad (roaming).

We hope you'll find this information helpful.

Cheers,

MOREmins

www.moremins.com

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Weekend in Central London

Call your dearest ones to share your weekend stories!


 

Happy weekend everyone!

Cheers,
MOREmins
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Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House

For those, who are wondering what to do in their free time this week, we advise visiting 2015 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House.

The exhibition lasts until the 10th of May, so you don't have a lot of time. And it is worth hurrying up as you will see the works of winning and shortlisted photographers of the world's largest photography competition.

We hadn't bought the tickets in advance (the entry is £ 8.50), so we waited in a line for nearly half an hour to get in. But if you are in a good company, time flies!

The exhibition is big and interesting, so make sure you have at least a couple or more hours to admire the photos.

Some of them are so amazing, that you find it hard to believe that they are not paintings!

Others give you an urge to travel more or submerge you in deep thoughts about the problems and issues the world has to face, such as Ebola crisis in Africa, bloody events in Ukraine, poverty or global warming. 

This year's Sony World Photography Awards, which is in its eighth year, attracted a record-breaking numbers of entries, with 173,444 images submitted from 171 countries. The winners were announced on 23 April. 

The Sony World Photography Awards has five competitions: professional, open, youth and mobile phone. Each of them has a number of subcategories. 

See winning images here.

Also renowned Magnum photographer's Elliott Erwitt's career is represented at Somerset House as part of the Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition.

Museum of London: a Little Bit of Something for Everyone

Like many others in the UK, MOREmins is not so happy with the Arctic air that brought chilly nights and days to London. But this kind of weather has given us a perfect opportunity to visit some of London's greatest museums which are warm inside, very interesting and the entrance is free.

As we heard so many good opinions about the Museum of London, we decided that the time to visit it could never be better.

The Museum of London is located just a short walk from St. Paul's and close to the Barbican Centre. There is a little bit of something for everyone: from original artefacts to interactive displays.

It's a perfect place to learn the story of London and its people from prehistoric times to the present day. 

The Museum of London was opened in 1976.

The museum is close to the Barbican Centre.

In the March of 2015, the museum revealed plans to move at the nearby Smithfield site.

The museum is located on the London Wall that can be seen from inside.

There are lots of perfect dresses to admire.

Fancy a ride?

Times when international calling was really expensive.

This bronze lift was installed in Selfridges in 1928. By the 1920s Selfridges was the most glamorous department store in London.

This bronze lift was installed in Selfridges in 1928. Among Selfridges' novelties were the uniformed young women who operated these bronze lifts.

American shopping magnate Gordon Selfridge had opened his Oxford Street store in 1909. 

Victorian Walk with recreated shops and public buildings in the People's City: 1850's-1940's gallery.

Victorian Walk with recreated shops and public buildings in the People's City: 1850's-1940's gallery.

Victorian Walk with recreated shops and public buildings in the People's City: 1850's-1940's gallery.

Something for visitors with a sweet tooth.

This special coach is over 250 years old. It is still used in the Lord Mayor's Show every November to carry the new Lord Mayor through the streets of the City.

Many of the features of the coach emphasize the importance of London's port and of the City's trade.

This special coach is over 250 years old. It is still used in the Lord Mayor's Show every November to carry the new Lord Mayor through the streets of the City.

Platform shoes were worn by both men and women in the 1970's.

In the 1980's trainers became a fashion statement rather than just a sports shoe.

Fancy another ride? :)

London 2012 Cauldron. At the climax of the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony its 204 stems rose up in the centre of the Olympic Stadium in Stratford.