Travelling to america with my iphone i still want to be able to use 3g?

Hi
i'm going on holiday for 6 weeks to america soon a don't want to loose contact with my girlfriend
so 3g would be quite important to me also i use my phone as sat nav which uses 3g
does anybody know and cheap ways of doing it?
e.g.using a american sim or something like that any networks?

It's expensive to use a foreign based operator in a different country. For six weeks I would recommend getting a US sim card as you will pay their rates. If your flying in, then there will be a phone shop in the airport terminal.

Otherwise you can check out roaming sims here: http://www.statravel.co.uk/international-sim-cards.htm

You can buy pre-paid SIM cards everywhere. This is an example:

http://www.t-mobile.com/...obile.com/

Do call customer service for your cellular provider and verify your phone is unlocked, unless you are already certain it is.

Depending what iPhone you have it's not great to change sims, so I would avoid getting an American sim, however you could buy a cheap phone with 3G and get an American sim put in it.

I suggest you ring your network provider, my girlfriend lived in America last year so I was often going between the two with my iPhone, and Vodafone did me a package which allowed for cheaper calls back to the Uk and to specific numbers. Best and cheapest thing to do I think.

As for 3G, you will still get the coverage, it's just a case of working out a cheap way of doing it, in order to keep your phone and not get another phone with another sim, just call your provider and they can usually help. Plenty of people want the same thing as you, so there's usually a way around it.

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