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R26
Nope.
Im in Angola as I type this with my iPhone..
Just make sure data roaming is turned off, which it usually is by default.
Im in Angola as I type this with my iPhone..
Just make sure data roaming is turned off, which it usually is by default.
Rob
ClioSport Moderator
You'll be able to receive emails if you connect to a wifi network out there, (you'll be able to use the internet as normal if you do this) but otherwise no, you'll end up paying an arm and a leg for data if you pull them in through your network.
Texts and calls are fine, picture messages aren't.
Texts and calls are fine, picture messages aren't.
An orange one
You will also get charged for visual voicemail, there is nothing you can do on the actual phone to avoid this, however, when I went to America in April, I rang O2 and they gave me a 4 digit number to ring up and it completely disables voicemail, meaning you can't get stung to retrieve it, then another 4 digit number to ring when you get back home to turn it all on again
The price of european tariffs while abroad are changing for the better, the networks have been forced to reduce their silly prices.
From 1st July on O2, you pay a £1.99 flat rate for data per day while abroad, there's also just a 50p connection charge for calls and then the rest comes out of your inclusive minutes. Still not amazing, but wayyyyyyy better than it was before, they used to charge you about £3.50 per megabyte, whereas the £1.99 thing includes 25mb I think.
From 1st July on O2, you pay a £1.99 flat rate for data per day while abroad, there's also just a 50p connection charge for calls and then the rest comes out of your inclusive minutes. Still not amazing, but wayyyyyyy better than it was before, they used to charge you about £3.50 per megabyte, whereas the £1.99 thing includes 25mb I think.
Surely, if you have turned data roaming off, and therefore haven't got data, then you can't receive the visual voicemail so won't be charged for the data.
I personally do turn vm off though as there's no point people leaving a vm as I won't retrieve it.
jenic
ClioSport Club Member
Last month it was £1 per 15MB with O2 if you added the free data roaming bundle.
So it's technically going up. Voda seems the best but their network seems a bit crap over here, everyone I know complains of slow speeds on 3G but I suppose it depends where you are using it, for me O2 are far better than any other network where I live/work.
Slow red one
Glad you asked as im off on hol in 4 weeks and don't want a massive bill!
Yep I had a text when I was on holiday saying about the £1.99 a day for unlimited data abroad.
Why anyone would use there phone out of choice on holiday is beyond me though safe to say my iphone spent most of the time turned off once I was away and only turned on for a bit a day incase anyone tried to contact me. An Iphone lasting 8-9 days on one charge is good going lol.
from the 11th of June, on vodafone for £3 per day, you can use your price plan while in europe 
EPIC!!
EPIC!!
Deeg
ClioSport Club Member
It's £6 a day for 30MB in the US. Only pay if you use it (hopefully cheaper in EU).
I'll have data off anyway, so hopefully won't get fcuked.
SC03OTT
ClioSport Club Member
Golf GTI
I was in the US last month. There was free wifi pretty much everywhere I went, so in my experience you won't need data at all. Two weeks I was there and my extra charges amounted to £1.31 (for voicemail). Calling home was free. Facetime FTW!
Bus w**ker
It cost me ~£50, on Vodafone, for data usage whilst I was away in Europe for four weeks. Never turned anything off and used my phone quite a bit.
I prefer the previous passport deal tbh, £2.50 a day for 25Mb of roaming data in Europe. Paying again to use something that I've already paid for once and thats limited just doesn't make all that much sense to me, at least the last deal didn't eat in to my data plan.
from the 11th of June, on vodafone for £3 per day, you can use your price plan while in europe
EPIC!!
I prefer the previous passport deal tbh, £2.50 a day for 25Mb of roaming data in Europe. Paying again to use something that I've already paid for once and thats limited just doesn't make all that much sense to me, at least the last deal didn't eat in to my data plan.
Deeg
ClioSport Club Member
