The Reader

The other major issue you'll face with travelling is that it costs a fortune
in Europe.
You can travel just a few hyndred miles and you're in a new country and will
pay roaming fees for calls, texts and data.
This is my biggest bugbear about European cell phones. I travel a lot and
constantly face roaming charges. I tend to keep data off my phone unless I'm
at home or on wifi.

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:45 PM, peterwgillespie <peter@broadsands.co.uk>wrote:

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> --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, baileyq <baileyq2000@...> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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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