I bought a Vodafone SIM card in Charm many times. Everything has always worked perfectly. And I went to Cairo, there were no problems with communication anywhere. I always take a minimum amount of 10-11 GB, enough for 2 weeks, taking into account the hotel Wi-Fi. If you buy a SIM card at the airport, be sure to connect and check on the spot, because the cunning Egyptians can cheat and sell a used SIM card with the remaining GB. If you want to put extra money on the SIM card later, keep in mind that in Egypt the mobile tax is 43%. In other words, the amount will drop to your account minus 43%. And one more thing, who doesn't know: there is no unlimited Internet in Egypt.
Some strange reviews. The most normal operator here is vodafone. But there is a caveat. For example, for 660 pounds ($13.5) you buy 12GB of traffic, and you also have flexi, something like a virtual currency. Which is spent after the end of 12GB of traffic. It is spent in different ways, depending on the service used! Tiktok and YouTube are calculated differently, for example. In total, for 660 pounds you will get ~20GB of total traffic.
IT is IMPORTANT that there are a lot of outlets on the streets of the city that present themselves as official retailers. In fact, there is only an official point in the Pyramid Town and at the airport. I didn't see it again. They give out checks there and can't even take tips in gratitude, because they refuse to tip themselves under the cameras.
There were a lot of people, but we were served quickly, the point was official, they gave us a check, they didn't take a tip, they told the cameras, we were even very surprised, for the first time we refused to take the money 😁👍
We took 2 24 GB SIM cards for $13 each. But you need to understand that they have slightly different GB (like flex), so you need to take more than the usual traffic.