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Need help: unlocked iPhone choices and travel in Europe
susanna:
TL;DR This is not a thread for discussing different carriers or debating Apple vs other. I've read many of those threads. I just want to understand what I'm reading on the link below. Thanks!
https://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/
I currently run an iPhone 5, which I inherited for free 3 years ago, on Cricket. I will eventually be buying a new unlocked smartphone to replace this one.
If I read this chart right from Apple, you can't buy one of their phones that runs on Cricket and then have it run on the many international networks that are listed for the non-Cricket phones.
I'll be traveling to U.K. and Scandinavia and I would like to go to a SIM store in each country when I arrive and set up my phone for use there. Am I better off buying a separate world phone off ebay for my trip instead of using my own phone (whichever phone that may be)? Thanks!
ooeei:
You'll need to find the actual model of your phone, which can be found in settings>about and look it up online, that will tell you which LTE bands it uses. You can cross reference that with the bands used in your countries you'll be traveling to and see where you don't have a match.
Also I think this is only for LTE, there will likely be other slower 3g data you can use in those countries, and voice/text/wifi will all still work.
This is all assuming the phone isn't carrier locked to cricket. You can probably call/email cricket and ask (assuming it was bought through them, if it wasn't bought through them it's definitely not carrier locked).
susanna:
I always BYOD to cricket, to answer the question of carrier lock. Thanks!
cerat0n1a:
You don't need a SIM for each country. In the European Union, the rules on "roaming" (google it) mean that you pay the same amount in another EU country as you would at home. So I can take my phone from England and go to Denmark, Finland, Sweden etc. and it costs just the same to make a call, text or use data.
susanna:
--- Quote from: cerat0n1a on January 19, 2018, 12:59:03 AM ---You don't need a SIM for each country. In the European Union, the rules on "roaming" (google it) mean that you pay the same amount in another EU country as you would at home. So I can take my phone from England and go to Denmark, Finland, Sweden etc. and it costs just the same to make a call, text or use data.
--- End quote ---
Thank you! I did google EU roaming. Since you're in England, maybe you can help me. Once I arrive in London, I can take my unlocked phone (specific phone TBD) and go to a sim card store and buy a 30-day plan, and then that same plan will work in UK, Norway, and Sweden without needing to get new sims in those countries? My trip will be over in 6 months and assume Brexit will not have been completed that soon. Thanks!
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