Ray and all, I travel rather often to the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, and I go the route of buying a cell phone in Ireland that works on the "pay as you go" plan. True, I lose iPhone accessibility, but I can still use the phone whenever there is a wireless network for downloading files and listening to radio stations, etc. When I get home, I turn off the Ireland phone until my next trip. Calls are very inexpensive, and I don't have to worry about charges from my U.S. carrier.
Craig On 10/11/13, Edward Green <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ray, > > If you intend to use your phone with a UK SIM, then you may not need to turn > data roaming off as data is really cheap with some carriers here and often > significant amounts of it come bundled with pay as you talk SIMs and their > top-ups. > > Up to you though obviously. > > Cheers, > > Ed > On 11 Oct 2013, at 11:14, Cait and Maggie <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> There might be a charge for unlocking from your carrier, though, even if >> your contract is up. rogers tried to charge us fifty bucks for this. >> >> Just wanted people to be aware, just in case. >> Cait >> >> On 2013-10-11, at 5:07 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Ray, >>> >>> With the iPhone you have to ask your carrier to unlock it for you. If >>> you >>> are with AT&T you can call them and ask, but I am not sure if they do it >>> while you are under contract. If you are past your 2 years I believe >>> they >>> are obligated to unlock the phone for you. From what I heard they send >>> instructions after they do whatever it is they have to do on their end. >>> You >>> then have to hook your phone up to iTunes and do a restore and once this >>> is >>> done you should get a message that your phone is now unlocked. >>> >>> When are you going to England and for how long? You can reply direct, >>> [email protected]. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sieghard >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf >>> Of Ray T. Mahorney >>> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 1:22 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: using the IPhone as a local phone in the UK >>> >>> Guessing that in order to do that I am going to have to get an unlock >>> code >>> with other phones I have had that unlock was based on the IMEI code. >>> Does >>> the same hold with the IPhone? >>> >>> >>> Ray T. 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