Quote: (09-24-2012 01:57 PM)presidentcarter Wrote:
Quote: (09-21-2012 02:26 PM)PartyonBro Wrote:
Verizon and Sprint will unlock your SIM card slot. You just call them and they do it. Also, they will only unlock your phone after you've been a customer for 90 days or something the details are easily google-able. this is to prevent resales, etc.
However, its a NANO SIM that they use in the iphone 5, it may be more difficult finding a pre-paid sim out of the country for that. The Iphone 4S uses the Microsim. It is my understanding you really can't "cut" the sim card for the nanosim anymore to make it fit in the slot like you could with the previous one.
If you're on AT&T they won't unlock your phone. You'll have to jailbreak it, but then you can't do all the updates and sometimes they mess up the GPS function.
One thing I highly recommend is getting the Skype Wifi application. With it you can use a lot of pay networks like Gogo/Boingo or whatever is in the country you'll be with paying a flat rate per minute (instead of always buying a full day pass in every airport you go to). REALLY useful.
http://www.skype.com/intl/en/features/al...kype-wifi/
In my experience its useful to have data on your phone. sometimes travelling girls will use things like facebook chat and whatsapp to contact them when you arrange to meet up or something. its easier than texting in many cases. and getting on wifi networks when you're out and about. easiest and cheapest option now is to buy an unlocked iphone 3 or 4...the 4 will cost a lot more but a lot of early adopters for the 5 are likely dumping them. having a good camera on the phone is pretty essential so I'd reco the 4...it'll just cost like $150-200 more.
Can you tell me the differenct b/t the Skype app and the Skype wifi app? I have both and only use the regular app both on and off wifi.
Also, used iphone 4 can be had for ~$200 now, down from ~$260 about 6 months ago. Expect that to come down more as 5's hit the market.
The Skype wifi app basically uses your skype credit and charges you like 10 cents per minute for internet access at "pay" wifi hotspots around the world. basically saves you the trouble of having to create a new account, log-in, etc.
This is how I used it:
For example, say you are travelling from USA to Italy with a stopover in London. I was able to log on to the wifi hotspots at Heathrow and in Italy airports with a flat per minute rate versus entering a credit card for each of them and using their daily minimums. Its great if you are in another country and need to check email, messages, facebook, etc but have a quick connection. You can also use it on your laptops too..but not on androids right now unfortunately.