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(I've found that changing out sims is annoying enough that I just don't. Also, the most important thing for me when I've traveled is being in contact with US friends and my god teaching them how to call a foreign number to reach me? A pain the ass. LOL!)
Well, there is that. Maybe Google Voice and a sim card for local calls?
Google voice has definitely been recommended, at least for a phone number to place on my website. So many things to think about. But I think Cass has allayed any fears about the inability to multitask. And maybe I won't give my old iPhone 4 away - unlocking it and using it for travel makes more sense. Thanks for the advice, y'all!
It's hard to get an iPhone unlocked, the carriers are very reticent about doing it. You won't be able to move the AT&T iPhone to Verizon, so that's out. Your plan of giving the phone to a friend and buying the 4s is the best option.
As for international, with the iPhone 4s, that's not a problem. All of them now have CDMA and GSM built in. You'll be able to get a Verizon SIM card and use GSM on international roaming, and CDMA while you are in a domestic area with Verizon coverage.
I'm still on AT&T so I can't speak to the multitasking issue.
Yeah, I knew I wouldn't be able to switch my current iPhone to Verizon. Thanks for the other info.
So I've got a T-Mobile MyTouch and I'm going to Spain next month. I will be bringing my Kindle, so I can access my email and so forth in the hotels; should I bring my phone as well? And if so, how should I go about using it? I don't think I'll need web access, just phone & texting ability.
When I went to Europe, I think texts were a little expensive, but less expensive than calling. I didn't have a smartphone; I don't know if data coverage is international. I guess if you can pick up WiFi, it doesn't matter.
Oh, but oh my God. Call T-Mobile and tell them to disable your voicemail for the time you're gone. Because if someone calls and leaves you a voicemail, you get charged for it as if you'd picked up the damn phone.
Call T-Mobile and tell them to disable your voicemail for the time you're gone. Because if someone calls and leaves you a voicemail, you get charged for it as if you'd picked up the damn phone
YIKES. Okay.
Can you make phone calls over Wifi? I can do that for free whatever country I'm in, if my phone supports it (Nexus does not, G2 does).
Other than not actually having $900 to spare, is there a good reason not to buy this?
Oh, but oh my God. Call T-Mobile and tell them to disable your voicemail for the time you're gone. Because if someone calls and leaves you a voicemail, you get charged for it as if you'd picked up the damn phone.
That happened to a friend, but when she complained, they told her that she got charged because she sent it to voicemail instead of letting it ring out. If the phone was off or she le it ring out, she didnt get charged.
If you have an iPhone, you can put in in airplane mode, but turn on the wifi. You can use phone eh when you have web access, but it won't ring