iPhone going overseas

[EmptyG]

My sister has an iPhone 4 here in the U.S. She is going overseas to Italy for 3 weeks starting next week. She wants to be able to use the phone there, but is worried about it being really expensive. What's her best bet for being able to still have it over there to use? Should she jailbreak / unlock, or is there a better option to have a her account changed for the time she's there?

Thanks!

 

[miles01110]

She won't even be able to jailbreak/unlock it depending on what version of baseband she has.

 

[EmptyG]

Luckily she's only on 4.3, hasn't updated in a while. She'd prefer to go the AT&T route, and not jailbreak if possible.

 

[miles01110]

Then she's going to have to buy whatever international plans AT&T offers. Honestly it would be cheaper to just get a cheap GSM phone and a SIM card when she's over there and take out the iPhone SIM to avoid the risk of incurring any roaming charges.

 

[EmptyG]

Cool, thanks for the advice. I'll pass it along to her

 

[awadeee]

Luckily she's only on 4.3, hasn't updated in a while. She'd prefer to go the AT&T route, and not jailbreak if possible.

AT&T's international rates are highway robbery. Buy an unlocked phone and use a local SIM. She will be much happier.