Talk:Vodafone Germany/@comment-35114761-20180326164919/@comment-24682153-20180326180337

Hi. You got it mostly right.

1.) Yes. You can buy a Vodafone CallYa Smartphone Special in many stores (Vodafone store, kiosk, gas station, supermarket, post office, etc...). But you need to register it for activation. This you can do a.) in a Vodafone store  b.) in a post office or c.) through an online video chat on the internet. For c.) you need a WiFi, cam, etc. For all you need to show your US passport.

2.) You can pay with cash. No need to link it up to a credit card (what you call auto-pay in the US). It's pure prepaid. But you can use a credit card to top-up your account without to the need to link it.

3.) Activation is not much of a problem for an US citizen as long as you have your passport with you either at the point of purchase (in a Vodafone store) or later for the video chat with WebID.