My wife and I both have iPhones and our carrier is Spectrum Mobile. Spectrum has an international plan that has $0.07 per minute calling, free texting, and $0.01 per mb data. We will be in Ireland and N. Ireland for 18 days. We will be using the iPhones for occasional calls and map usage. I am trying to decide if I want to just use the Spectrum plan or something else.
Posted by
Portland, Oregon
5687 posts
That's not terrible pricing - $10 per GB of data. Buying a SIM might be a little cheaper but probably isn't going to save you a lot of money (more if you were there a month vs. 18 days) and you won't have your own US phone number to use with a SIM card.
Sign up for Google Voice before you go so you can make free calls to the US (while on WiFi - if not you are using that mobile data) - handy in case you need to call your airline and get put on hold for an hour or something. Also, WhatsApp is popular in Europe - if you sign up for that, you can call hotels and such through WhatsApp (again, use WiFi if you can) for free.
Posted by
OP
Bakersfield
37 posts
Thank you for the advice. That is what I thought but I am grateful for the confirmation. I will check out Google Voice.
Michael