Travel Abroad with Your iPhone

Do you live in the United States, but plan to take your iPhone with you on a trip to another country? You may want to reconsider.

For starters, if you have an original iPhone, note that many countries support only 3G networks, thereby requiring that you have an iPhone 3G. AT&T has a Web page that can help you determine the network requirements for your phone and destination, as well as related useful information: http://www.wireless.att.com:80/learn/international/roaming/international-roaming.jsp.

Assuming you can access phone services on your trip, you'll have to pay international rates. Just making or receiving a phone call will be anywhere from around $1.00 to over $3.00 per minute (depending upon where you go and ...

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