Can a locked iPhone (on contract) work when you're on vacation overseas?
Call me lame but yeah, I've never got an iPhone on contract. I'm planning to get a 5s on contract. The thing is, I always go overseas every summer. I know that an iPhone on contract is "locked" when you go out of the US but its not like I'm going for good, right? Just for a vacaton.So, anyone?
Your iPhone will work just about anywhere in the world. If by 'contract' you're referring to the plan it's on, then yeah, all you need to do for you to use your current plan overseas would be to turn the sim card on in the Settings app.
However, I strongly recommend you make sure it's disabled when you're overseas and keep it that way. My family went to California for two weeks and forgot to disable her sim, and came back with a $600 bill.
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