topic Re: Travel to USA in Pay Monthly

Travel to USA

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:50:32 GMT

I'm travelling to the USA next month and realised that O2 charge crazy prices for data roaming.

My phone is locked (and i can't get it unlocked as its a business contract).

Does anyone know if any of the US networks will work on my O2 locked UK iPhone 6 plus?

Or any other options!

Re: Travel to USA

Cleoriff — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:54:07 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

You may be better off buying a cheap unlocked phone here and putting a local US sim in it....

Re: Travel to USA

MI5 — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:53:35 GMT

Wifi and skype or buy a cheap burn phone when you get out there.

Re: Travel to USA

jonsie — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:56:21 GMT

Your phone won't work with any US sim card.

Use wifi, TuGo will also be an option over wifi.

Re: Travel to USA

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 22:40:13 GMT

Depending on how long your vacation is, I'd be inclined to get a Three SIM card, Feel at Home roaming, allows up to 25GB data while abroad

Re: Travel to USA

jonsie — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 22:41:46 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Depending on how long your vacation is, I'd be inclined to get a Three SIM card, Feel at Home roaming, allows up to 25GB data while abroad

But the phone is locked to O2....?

Re: Travel to USA

Cleoriff — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 22:47:58 GMT

@jonsie wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
Depending on how long your vacation is, I'd be inclined to get a Three SIM card, Feel at Home roaming, allows up to 25GB data while abroad
But the phone is locked to O2....?

And therein lies the problem.....as it's a business contract

Re: Travel to USA

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 22:53:14 GMT

Oops, deliberate mistake, well spotted! 😉

Re: Travel to USA

jonsie — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 22:55:27 GMT

Unfotunately with that particular phone options are limited which is why buying a cheapie over there was suggested earlier.

Re: Travel to USA

MI5 — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 07:19:46 GMT

I would have been the first to advocate a Three sim card, having just come back from 2 weeks in France with a zero additional bill from O2 (I used Tugo over the Three data connection), however, I read the OP carefully so didn't suggest it in this instance.
Doesn't negate the opportunity to buy a cheap PAYG phone though to use with a Three sim card

Re: Travel to USA

cyrillicguy — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:40:08 GMT

@jonsie wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
Depending on how long your vacation is, I'd be inclined to get a Three SIM card, Feel at Home roaming, allows up to 25GB data while abroad
But the phone is locked to O2....?

I'm sure that a one-off investment into a second handset would pay-off in no time considering what would the roaming charges be with O2. Even someone who doesn't want to do a lot of research, could go into a Three Store and get...say Motorola G 3rd Gen for £139.99 or Motorola G (previous gen.) for £129.99. Very decent smartphones for the price, and, as far as I'm aware, Three sells their phones unlocked.

Re: Travel to USA

cyrillicguy — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:43:50 GMT

Then there is a Sony Xperia E4 which retails for under £100. I'm sure that the roaming bill from O2 would be a lot higher than that

Re: Travel to USA

jonsie — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:48:11 GMT

Yes it was suggested earlier in the thread that a Three sim with a cheap unlocked phone would be a good choice. Makes sense so hopefully the OP will have some better idea now of his best option.

Re: Travel to USA

Cleoriff — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:51:56 GMT

Or even, as was also suggested earlier, buy a cheap unlocked phone and use a local US sim....

Lots of options available