 |
 |
Traveling with iPhone
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
Status:
Offline
|
|
OK, clearly I'm not taking the iPhone to Mexico (I have no desire to potentially brick the thing). I've brought the Treo to various places and used SIMs there as well as MX.
So the question I have is, what is the lightest-weight unlocked, (ideally inexpensive) yet cool phone to use with prepaid SIMs? Also have an iPod.
I would think the Mac-heads here would have this answer, but perhaps other forums to ask?
Thanks.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Vancouver, BC
Status:
Offline
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
Status:
Offline
|
|
meh. no recommendations eh?
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
Status:
Offline
|
|
erm, i guess my post is misleading... it should read: 'traveling without the iPhone.'
Sigh.
No one has recommendations for a backup iPhone?
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: London, UK
Status:
Offline
|
|
FWIW I've really liked my Sony Ericssons of late.
Loved the K800i, though it's not going to vanish in your pocket like the iPhone does. All the same - better camera, and it's hardly a brick. Syncs well in OS X, too.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Nov 2005
Status:
Offline
|
|
OK, clearly I'm not taking the iPhone to Mexico (I have no desire to potentially brick the thing). I've brought the Treo to various places and used SIMs there as well as MX.
what does this mean?
are you saying your phone is locked and you dont want to risk unlocking it for your trip
or is it unlocked and you think using a sim in mexico will brick it?
in any case my nokia e61 does me well
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2003
Status:
Offline
|
|
You're with ATT since you've got an iPhone. I just called up ATT and they agreed to unlock my SE 580i which I've only had for a few months. Now I can put any prepaid SIM card in there.
If they won't do that with your iPhone, what about unlocking your previous ATT mobile?
And if that one doesn't have a good battery, do a search on dealmac.com for "unlocked" and you'll find a variety of phones. Your vacation phone doesn't need to be a top-of-the-line phone, just something handy.
And when you're in Mexico, take the SIM out of the iPhone and connect to any nearby hotspot without incurring EDGE roaming charges.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
Status:
Offline
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Palo Alto, CA USA
Status:
Offline
|
|
Just go to Amazon.com and look under unlocked phones. You will find a variety of unlocked phones to use an international SIM card.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
|
|
Forum Rules
|
|
|
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top