Appleinfo: Re: [apple-iphone] US iPhone5

lundi 20 mai 2013

Re: [apple-iphone] US iPhone5 - travel to Europe

You can not change the SIM card unless the phone is unlocked. Talk to your
carrier.

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Nancy Tice <nancyetice@gmail.com> wrote:

> I just saw this sim card information email. Thank you. Time to do some
> research and maybe the hotel can help with the language issue. Thanks again!
> On Jan 18, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Jo Anne <bluehaze911@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Over the last 3 years, I've travelled to London (with side trips to
> > Cambridge & Bath), Paris, Italy, Greece, Austria, Switzerland & Germany.
> In
> > my experience, free wifi is very hard to come by. Even those places that
> > have it may require you to register but you can't because you have to
> have a
> > local phone # to do so. Out of all the places, England was the easiest. I
> > walked into a t-mobile store in Bath and got a local sim for $10 for the
> > week. It had unlimited internet and some minutes (don't remember how
> many).
> > Since I had my kids with me, I didn't expect any incoming calls - I
> would be
> > making all the calls back home, so having a local # was not an issue for
> me.
> > In Paris, my hotel had free wifi so I used skype to make calls. The other
> > countries were harder 1) because of the language barrier - I don't speak
> the
> > languages and most of the store workers in the mobile stores did not
> speak
> > English and 2) because I was travelling to multiple countries on each
> trip,
> > it would require a sim in each country or buying a world sim and I was
> > getting too confused in my research on it. On all my trips, I signed up
> for
> > the World Travelers option through ATT that was $5.99/mth plus $1 a
> minute
> > (or more depending on country) for calls as a backup. Unfortunately, I
> had
> > to use this quite a bit through Italy & Greece. Last year, I found out
> ATT
> > has a VOIP app for the iPhone called ATT Call International. If you have
> > wifi access and initiate your call through this app, your calls can be as
> > low as 3｢/min depending on what country you're in. I used that quite a
> bit
> > in Austria, Germany & Switzerland. I found it was cheaper to pay the
> couple
> > of bucks for internet access and use this app than to pay the world
> traveler
> > fees and I could download emails, surf and let my kids get online too.
> I'm
> > still researching what options are available for Spain which is where I'm
> > headed this year.
> >
> > No matter what, I would bring it with me in case of emergency. For
> example,
> > the trips I go on are school trips. If a kid were to get lost, I could
> turn
> > my phone on so the child could call me.
> >
> > Hope this helps you.
> >
> > Jo Anne
> >
> >
> > From: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com [mailto:apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com]
> On
> > Behalf Of digngen
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 11:40 AM
> > To: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [apple-iphone] US iPhone5 - travel to Europe
> >
> >
> > There is a possibility I might get to go to Europe (London, France,
> Italy)
> > sometime this year. It would be a first for me.
> > Should I take my phone or leave it at home?
> >
> > I am wondering how useful it would be over there or would it just cost me
> > too much to use it.
> >
> > Would I need to make some arrangement before the trip?
> > I've heard using a local (Europe)card or the internet would be a wiser
> > choice for communicating back home(US).
> > What could I use it for while in Europe?
> > Are there apps that I could use there? Would I be charged to use them in
> > Europe?
> > What can I use it for without additional fees?
> > I don't want to end up with a giant bill when I come back.
> >
> > Information and tips are much appreciated!
> > Regards, PM
> >
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