Phone questions

efdoucette said:

1. The sim card in my phone is removeable, does that mean it is unlocked and able to accept a sim card from other countries?

2. If so and as I will be travelling through Portugal and Spain will I need to get two different sim cards and two different phone plans?

Any other advice would be appreciated, I don't have my head around if I could or should bring my own phone.

Thank You

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1 - no, that doesn't mean it's unlocked. you need to talk to your phone company or pay to have someone unlock it.

2 - you don't *have* to, but if you use your card from Portugal in Spain it'll cost you a lot more. You don't have to get a phone plan, just a pre-paid card that you can refill as you go.

Realistically though, with wifi being so readily available in most areas, you don't even need a plan to use your phone. You can do pretty much everything you mentioned just using wifi. Only problem would be an emergency call from the middle of the route so you have to weigh that risk. I'm bringing a droid and will not have it on a plan, will just use wifi.