What is the cost of vitamins, contacts and cell / mobile phone in UAE?

Are vitamins (like a multi vitamin bottle) and contact lens more expensive in the UAE relative to the US? Wondering if I should stock up here before moving there for a year.



Also are cell phones (mobile) pretty cheap there? I have an unlocked phone I could bring with me but if there are nice phone there for cheap I'll buy one there.



Cheers :o)What is the cost of vitamins, contacts and cell / mobile phone in UAE?Vitamins are sold in supermarkets and pharmacies , however for US brands you wont have as wide a choice as in your country ; mostly (the US imported ones) they are Nature Made brand. There are also the health %26amp; fitness places that sell them like gyms etc. In some malls they have a GNC store ( mostly they have stuff for body builders etc).

None the less there are many multivitamin brands imported from other countries mainly Europe which are widely available in pharmacies.



Cell phones are cheap but it can get quite expensive if you want to buy latest PDA / GPS / iPhone / Blackberry models with all the bells and whistles . Just a plain cell phone is not expensive here, I've seen them as low as 79 AED but this price is for old monochrome screen models. On average a good color one with standard size screen and FM radio function goes around 400~500 AED , but I've seen them for 350 in sales / promos. However cell companies here don't give free phones with subscription , but they sell them (top models) on their websites , and usually at a price more than what you can get in the local market.

Please be aware the GSM wavelength is different than US GSM , in other words you need to make sure your cell phone is a multi band capable one , otherwise it wont find the cell network here when you turn it on. You will also need a 220 volt charger. (replacement ones are cheap here).What is the cost of vitamins, contacts and cell / mobile phone in UAE?How long do u intend to stay in the UAE? If u r relocating here permanently... does it make any sense to STOCK UP on Vits and Contacts. Yes, things r superrrr expensive here, trust me! Contacts would be approx AED 200. Vitamins AED 60. Mobiles depends on what you want range from AED 300 all the way upto AED 2200. I've been pretty accurate cuz I myself am a big buyer of all these items. Hope this helps. Oh yes... 1 USD = 3.65 AED.What is the cost of vitamins, contacts and cell / mobile phone in UAE?cell phones in UAE is much expensive than USA . so i will recommend to bring ur phone from US . but u need to know that u cant use the i phone service for the i phone if u didnt buy it from the telecomunication company itself in UAE ( so if u wanna use i phone u better buy it from UAE ) .. but if u r using a blackberry u could buy unlocked one from US.



regarding the vitamins its not that expensive in UAE go around 100 - 300 dirham maybe more depend on the brand . , i dont know if its less in US but maybe u should not store vitamins for long period ..

lenses prices is really depend on the brand itself ..



but i assume generally that it's more expensive here in UAE ..





other than that ,, U R SOO WELCOME n UAE



1 US dollar = 3.68 Emirati dirham