Silly Question

[vass4life]

If one purchases an Iphone in the United States, can he/she take the phone to Europe and use a different provider? If so, then how can it get done?... Many thanks.

 

[Jeremy]

If you are on At&t simply call and ask them about their international plans. I want to say you can also purchase different sim cards from another carrier, if they will work in the iPhone, I can not be certain. Maybe someone else can help you with that.

 

[Reaktor5]

I also have the same question about traveling to Canada. If I don't do any swapping am I roaming or what? Probably means it's much more expensive to use data/minutes.

 

[Jeremy]

International calling rates and packages | Wireless from AT&T, formerly Cingular

 

[Dalekkiller]

I did see an article on the Gadget Show website about SIM cards that you could get for using abroad that were cheaper than paying roaming costs. The bad news is, they don't appear to work with the iPhone. In the UK, you can use an O2 PAYG SIM card in the 2G iphone and PAYG is coming to the 3G soon but that just applies to the UK.