Use AT&T iPhone in Australia--options?

[hoffmant]

My wife's heading to Australia for two weeks in early August. What's the best way for her to go so she can use her phone while there? Is it possible/ easy to pick up a prepaid sim or something there? Do we need to contact AT&T before she goes and set up an international plan? I guess I'm curious about what's easiest above all.

 

[cdubb80]

I moved to Australia last year - you need to get it unlocked if you want to use a local SIM card. They are available at 7-11s everywhere.

Telstra is the more expensive high end brand, Optus and Vodafone are slightly cheaper... also some grocery stores offer rebranded prepaid SIMS that are good value.

 

[albertxp06]

Like cdubb80 said, you'll need to get it unlocked to take advantage of local SIMs.

Once in Australia, I picked up an OPTUS prepaid SIM at Melbourne Airport though their stores were pretty common. Being there for around 10 days, I bought a 1GB plan with unlimited Facebook/Twitter/social media usage. It was around $40 and the speeds were more than sufficient.