[apple-iphone] Re: Moving to Germany with iPhone questions
--- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, baileyq <baileyq2000@...> wrote:
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> I'm moving to Berlin in August and have been googling about using my iPhone there. I am in Atlanta, Georgia area currently and with AT&T. I haven't called them yet to find out about all this. I'm a long-time customer, since Cingular, but I'm also only half-way through what is probably a 2-year contract from my upgrade to iPhone 3GS last summer.
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> I've seen online that the only cell phone service in Germany is T-Mobile. Would I have to get my iPhone unlocked? Is that difficult to do oneself? Could I just change sim cards? And what happens when I travel within Europe--do I have to change sims or anything as I visit France or anything? My son will be attending university in Scotland and I'm wondering if I'll be able to just call him via iPhone or would I have to use Skype? I have a Google Voice number which I use to call my daughter in Africa, and I guess I could use that also.
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> Any info on this is appreciated--I've never lived overseas before and so this will be quite a change--in a positive way!
> Thanks,
> bailey
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Not good news I am afraid
AT&T lock all their iPhones and by all accounts will NOT under any circumstances unlock an iPhone
You could roam in Europe but that will cost a fortune.
The advice on the Apple iPhone forum ( given daily ) is to sell/ dispose of the AT&T US phone and buy in Europe but check Apple web site for those countries who sell unlocked phones which will give you flexibility
OR use iPhone as a wifi tool and purchase a cheap cell phone in Germany
Do not be tempted to hack it >Apple kills hacked iPhones with updates
Have a look at
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=20
and search for subject and you will find hundreds of posts from
users with similar issues and see if any of the solutions matches your requirements
Enjoy Europe
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