iPhone International Travel Tips
Posted on | February 4, 2010 | No Comments
Today I received useful email from at&t about travel tips with the iPhone. It cleared up a lot of questions I had about international travel and data charges.
iPhone travel tips page
With my upcoming trip to Europe, I need to make sure I don’t come home to a $1,000 cell phone bill. I found the relevant page so you can view the tips I received in the email: http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/international/roaming/iphone-travel-tips.jsp
Additionally, at&t has a travel guide wizard that you can use to see international rates, wireless devices and carriers: http://www.wireless.att.com/travelguide/coverage/roaming/step1.jsp
Screenshot of at&t Travel Guide
Its good to know because the iPhone does not get coverage in Amsterdam at all but in France and Spain it does support voice and data (although upgrading to a Global data plan is highly recommended).
I selected France and spain and at the end of the wizard I the chart had a “Y” (which indicates it is supported) for both voice and data in both France and Spain.
The bottom of the page displayed the following message: “If your device is compatible with the destinations shown above, call 1-800-331-0500 to add international roaming”
You can click the “Details” link on the far right to get specific information about the country what services they support and some have an actual coverage map you can view.
One more thing when you go to to the details page there is some type of warning (that is incomplete) that states: “You may not be able to place calls to international destinations other than United States while roaming in this . Calls can be completed within the visited destination and back to the United States.”
So it sounds like when traveling internationally you can only make calls to the US and the area you are in (coverage area). So you may want to avoid trying to call any other countries while you are traveling internationally.
Hopefully this helps anyone getting ready to travel internationally with their iPhone.
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