iPhone 5. Travelling in USA. If phone on airplane mode will calls go to voicemail please?

[Anonymous]

Hi we are shortly going on holiday but partner has to deal with calls each day due to work. Do not want to incur lots of costs so wondering if we put his iPhone 5 on airplane mode during day will incoming calls go straight to voicemail. He can then pick them up later in the day and deal with calls via Skype.
Thank you.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Good Morning,

Toggling the airplane mode to 'on' in the iPhones settings just shuts down incoming signals to the iphone.

It does not affect 02's services like voicemail.

Turning off 3g and Mobile Data and connect to WiFi Only if you wish to use the Internet on the iphone. You can leave airplane mode toggled to 'on' You will still receive e mails too.

An alternative would be to purchase a local sim where your staying and use that in the iPhone if its unlocked to all networks. If it isn't then use this form to request the unlock sequence.

https://www.o2.co.uk/apps/help/help?qid=1&q1=2&route=unlocking&case=Handset%20Unlocking%20Form

Enjoy your holiday.

[adamtemp64]

You are best to setup a full divert to voicemail before leaving the uk or you will be charged for a call to the iphone and a call back to voice mail. Setting up a divert to voice mail before leaving avoids these charges.

Hope that helps

P.s. the other issue will be the visual voice mail as that only uses cell data