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So good! Thank you so much. I am 100% more informed than I was a few hours ago.Here is this tutorial that might help you:
A Complete Guide to Using Your iPhone Abroad: For Dummies
Whether you plan to just use Wi-Fi or if you want to get an international SIM card, the answers for using your iPhone abroad are all here, with pictures!www.thebudgetmindedtraveler.com
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That means you have DualSIM card phone. Not all phones are DualSIM!Just wondering (and maybe a little off topic): Do phones in the US have multiple SIM card slots, or just one? (My Samsung A6 has three slots - two for SIM cards, and one for external memory.) When I go to another country, I just add their SIM card without removing my "home" SIM card. No problem with calling me at, or calling from, either phone number...
Very true. And not all DualSIM phones have three slots - some advertise themselves as DualSIM but only have two slots, which means that the memory card slot can be used as a SIM slot. Which means that you can leave your normal SIM card in, and when you travel you take out the memory card and insert the "foreign" SIM card instead. Which is not a great solution.That means you have DualSIM card phone. Not all phones are DualSIM!
Huh, I didn't know that you can use SIM slot as a memory card slot. And I'm still not sure you got that right. At least my Samsung J7 has completely different openings/slots for SIMs and memory card. Anyway if you have reasonably new phone and Dropbox (etc.) account and if you don't really do long video footage, your internal memory capacity (enhanced with memory card even more so) should be more than enough.Very true. And not all DualSIM phones have three slots - some advertise themselves as DualSIM but only have two slots, which means that the memory card slot can be used as a SIM slot. Which means that you can leave your normal SIM card in, and when you travel you take out the memory card and insert the "foreign" SIM card instead. Which is not a great solution.
Fortunately, here in Asia (where I live) 3-slot phones are becoming more and more common. If someone in the US is buying a new phone anyway and knows they'll be traveling abroad, they might want to buy a 3-slot phone...
With the Samsung J7, you're in luck. That "dual SIM" model has three slots. But (buyer beware!) not everything that is advertised as "dual SIM" has an additional dedicated memory card slot. Some just have one "SIM" slot plus one "SIM/Memory dual function" slot. (I've owned both kinds of phone.)Huh, I didn't know that you can use SIM slot as a memory card slot. And I'm still not sure you got that right. At least my Samsung J7 has completely different openings/slots for SIMs and memory card. Anyway if you have reasonably new phone and Dropbox (etc.) account and if you don't really do long video footage, your internal memory capacity (enhanced with memory card even more so) should be more than enough.
to receive calls using your US number on a new Spanish SIM card do the following:Just to clarify a couple of uncertainties in the above posts:
I hope this helps, and I welcome any corrections to my comments based on more recent information.
- Unless Verizon has only recently changed their policy, all 4G/LTE smartphones purchased through Verizon are already unlocked. You can verify this easily by checking with your Verizon store. I last walked the Camino in May 2017, and the iPhone 5S that I had at that time was unlocked and accepted both Portuguese and Spanish SIM cards. I returned to Europe later that year and used the Spanish SIM card in Spain, Italy, and France.
- My iPhone was not purchased outright, but payed-off over the term of my Verizon contract.
- Installing a SIM card is a simple procedure that can be accomplished by inserting a straightened paper clip in a small hole in the side of your iPhone, which causes a small plastic tray to eject. The tray holds the SIM card, which you simply swap out with your Verizon SIM card (keep the Verizon card in a secure, watertight place until you return to the US). There are some settings in the iPhone's menu that will be required, so I suggest that you actually allow the Orange or Vodaphone store clerk to do the exchange for you and set the menu.
- You will NOT be able to receive calls made to your US number while using another SIM card because your home number is integral to your Verizon SIM card. If you want friends and family back home to be able to call you, just send them a text with your Spanish phone number -- be sure to include the country code for Spain, which is 34.
- All other data saved on your phone--contact list, photos, etc, will be available using the Spanish SIM card. EDIT: Since originally making this post, I realized that some Android phones may give the option for storing contact lists, photos, etc, on a separate micro SD memory card, which is a small plug-in chip that looks similar to SIM card. If this is the case with your phone, be sure to leave that micro SD card in your phone. Or if you purchase a new Micro SD card for increased memory space, be sure to transfer the data to the new card. Your phone store (or your teenage kid) should be able to help you with that.
- Finally, there are several Orange and Vodaphone stores in Pamplona that are within easy walking distance from the municipal albergue, the cathedral area, and the Plaza de Castillo.
Buen Camino!
An alternative: I was thinking of doing this (i.e., when away from home having a call to my home number also call my cell phone.) I get too many spam and robot calls that would be even more infuriating when on vacation. I set up my home phone to send email when a message is left. It tells me the time of the call, the number and the length of the message. I can then call my voicemail from my smartphone (if I know the number or if the call is greater than 5 seconds.)to receive calls using your US number on a new Spanish SIM card do the following:
1. Create a new free google phone number
2. Forward your US number to this Google number
In this way all your calls to your home number will ring (through data usage) wherever you are in Spain.
If you do not answer your google call it will be transposed to an email or text and will be sent just after the call endsAn alternative: I was thinking of doing this (i.e., when away from home having a call to my home number also call my cell phone.) I get too many spam and robot calls that would be even more infuriating when on vacation. I set up my home phone to send email when a message is left. It tells me the time of the call, the number and the length of the message. I can then call my voicemail from my smartphone (if I know the number or if the call is greater than 5 seconds.)
That's good. The thing is though that I want my phone on to get calls from friends who know I'm away and know my mobile number but I don't want to hear even one ring of the phone from a slimeball.If you do not answer your google call it will be transposed to an email or text and will be sent just after the call ends
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