Use of UK iPhone in Germany

Jimmy1983 · 16 Nov 2008 at 18:25

Hi guys ive got and live in the UK, but will be going away for a few days to Germany on Tuesday. Does anyone know how much I will be stung for with the call charges, and know if you can use 3G or anything else while iam there?

Thanks

LordSplodge · 16 Nov 2008 at 18:29

All I know is I turned off data and phone functions when I was in Germany due to the costs.

Due to the lowering of roaming voice shouldn't be too expensive (as long as you don't use it loads) but data will be so don't use data.

Richdog · 16 Nov 2008 at 18:34

Jimmy1983 said:
Hi guys ive got and live in the UK, but will be going away for a few days to Germany on Tuesday. Does anyone know how much I will be stung for with the call charges, and know if you can use 3G or anything else while iam there?

Thanks

Sorry to state the obvious but ring your network and ask, they will have all the charges for roaming calls in every country.

iSam · 16 Nov 2008 at 19:03

Switch off roaming and data. Calls are a little bit more expensive but if you have the country code in front of your numbers then you can text for the same price as you would when you are at home.

2blue4u · 16 Nov 2008 at 19:05

O2 do suggest you switch off data roaming. Check their web site for costs.

I've recently been to Russia for a long weekend and my calls for that period were £13.74 and data costs were £38.44

iSam · 16 Nov 2008 at 19:07

2blue4u said:
O2 do suggest you switch off data roaming. Check their web site for costs.

I've recently been to Russia for a long weekend and my calls for that period were £13.74 and data costs were £38.44

£38.44? Dope.

2blue4u · 16 Nov 2008 at 19:13

iSam said:
£38.44? Dope.

how do you work that out? Business calls and data whilst away from the hotel room. That's a bargain at 100 times that cost.

iSam · 16 Nov 2008 at 19:18

2blue4u said:
how do you work that out? Business calls and data whilst away from the hotel room. That's a bargain at 100 times that cost.

I know, I was only messing about. Did you pay it?

2blue4u · 16 Nov 2008 at 19:19

iSam said:
I know, I was only messing about. Did you pay it?

On this planet, we have to pay for services like this. Which planet are you from?

Jimmy1983 · 16 Nov 2008 at 19:25

Well iam with O2. Do data charges mean GPRS edge and 3G?

Jimmy1983 · 16 Nov 2008 at 19:51

LordSplodge said:
Due to the lowering of roaming voice

Whats this mate?

iSam said:
Switch off roaming and data. Calls are a little bit more expensive but if you have the country code in front of your numbers then you can text for the same price as you would when you are at home.

I think texts will be 25p, so if I put the UK code +44 then the mobile number the texts will be the normal 10p?

MrMoonX · 16 Nov 2008 at 19:53

iSam said:
Switch off roaming and data. Calls are a little bit more expensive but if you have the country code in front of your numbers then you can text for the same price as you would when you are at home.

thats not true you cant text for the same price at home even with the country code, you need the country code to send the texts but it will charge you whatever O2s sms rate for germany is

iSam · 16 Nov 2008 at 21:47

MrMoonX said:
thats not true you cant text for the same price at home even with the country code, you need the country code to send the texts but it will charge you whatever O2s sms rate for germany is

Well it might for you, but not for me. Been to Amsterdam, France and Netherlands and they all worked the same way. Germany may be different though.

2blue4u said:
On this planet, we have to pay for services like this. Which planet are you from?

Did you pay it or did your company? You stated that it was for business?

AdWright · 16 Nov 2008 at 23:09

http://www.o2international.co.uk/standardrate_and_data.aspx

/end thread.

MrMoonX · 17 Nov 2008 at 19:11

AdWright said:
http://www.o2international.co.uk/standardrate_and_data.aspx

/end thread.

oh look what a surprise texts are more expensive :rolleyes:

CGrieves · 18 Nov 2008 at 10:22

Turn off your voicemail- O2 informed me that you pay for the incoming call to voicemail when abroad.

.....Which is completely unfair, given that one doesn't exactly drag the rack containing the O2 voicemail system with you on a plane when you go abroad, but there you go!

AdWright · 18 Nov 2008 at 12:37

CGrieves said:
Turn off your voicemail- O2 informed me that you pay for the incoming call to voicemail when abroad.

.....Which is completely unfair, given that one doesn't exactly drag the rack containing the O2 voicemail system with you on a plane when you go abroad, but there you go!

I think it's more to do with the fact that the call is routed to you abroad, you reject/ignore/busy the call and it is routed back to the UK again, hence somebody has to pick up the bill for the international leg

Mattus · 19 Nov 2008 at 00:22

I have a UK iPhone and I'm in Germany right now. You can certainly use 3G, but I'd recommend you don't too much. They're charging me £3 per MB, which is a hell of a lot considering the amount of bandwidth you can get through on the iPhone.