Comments on: How iPhone users can save money overseas

By: StoneGroper

StoneGroper — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:30:11 +0000

The iPhone via AT&T is a REAL RIP-OFF overseas. I was about to agree to buy an expensive overseas data plan (on top of what I’m already paying in the US) when they said that even with the plan I should keep my phone off as much as possible. That’s because they charge $1.99/minute EVEN FOR CALLS YOU DON’T PICK UP AND VOICEMAILS YOU DON’T LISTEN TO.

And AT&T’s customer service is every bit as bad as people say; I spent 50 minutes on the phone being bounced around from department to department before I could get the facts on the overseas data plans. I’m seriously considering returning the iPhone before the first month is up and going back to Verizon.

By: wtfdc

wtfdc — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:09:37 +0000

Why the heck would you still pay for AT&T exorbitant voice and data charge , when you are travelling overseas .
If you could just simply unlocked your Iphone , both 2G and 3G , and use local country prepaid SIM,
The web is full of do it yourself unlocking Iphone, just google it people ,Get Smart and Be Smart

By: SIMply SIMple

SIMply SIMple — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:20:14 +0000

Assuming you can unlock the phone from using only AT&T SIMs, would data still be less expensive using a prepaid SIM in the phone? I suspect this would be the case.