Traveling to England

**rscott016** · 12-11-2012, 08:33 PM

Will be going to London beginning of the year and wanting to figure out if I should pay for my VZW global plan at $25/100 mb data or get a prepaid sim. I just want to be able to use my phone if I need too not planning on going crazy like I would here :-) just want to be able to look up a location or number if I need it. Any suggestions?

**iRy757** · 12-11-2012, 09:03 PM

I would get a burn phone in London. Customers ask me this all the time, but the data plans are so expensive, I wouldn't feel right personally off of making money from a naive customer. So I usually just tell them to buy a burn phone in said country and use that.

- VZW iPhone 5

**jclisenby** · 12-11-2012, 10:50 PM

I agree. Get a cheap android phone with a prepaid SIM when you get over there. You can pick up those cheap android smartphones for $30 or less.

**Peligro911** · 12-11-2012, 10:52 PM

If you have a vzw 5 then buy a local sim your phone is unlocked already

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**rscott016** · 12-11-2012, 10:58 PM

I do have an iPhone 5. That's what I thought was I could get a prepaid sim there and pop it in. Any carrier suggestions?

**Alli** · 12-12-2012, 08:40 AM

You will have way more options in England than in the US for prepaid. Some come with data and some don't. Check out our article where we discussed this issue.

**kch50428** · 12-12-2012, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by rscott016

I do have an iPhone 5. That's what I thought was I could get a prepaid sim there and pop it in. Any carrier suggestions?

Vodafone. Verizon Wireless is part owned by them... being a Verizon customer, you might get better customer service from them... emphasis on might...

**stuffy** · 12-13-2012, 05:19 PM

The best deal in the UK for data would be on the 3 network. Their pay as you go sim only deal is 15 pounds a month with UNLIMITED data & 300 minutes a month.