Using iPhone abroad.

DELETED_63174 · 22 Nov 2015 at 06:39

I'm going traveling to Australia and Canada starting next week for a year. I'll be getting SIM cards over there and was wondering if I can just put them in or if I'll have to change any region settings on my phone. I wanted to leave all the settings the same as they are now so I can just carry on using the UK App Store and my Apple Music account. But I wasn't sure if everything was set to UK if that would possibly affect anything with a carrier from another country.

Thoughts?

VaderDSL · 23 Nov 2015 at 17:46

Is your phone unlocked, as in purchased sim free from Apple?

Scythe · 23 Nov 2015 at 21:47

I don't think changing the SIM will affect the Apple Music account, as it'll be registered to an UK account. At least I hope not, as I'm travelling around Australia in two weeks and I'm already looking at data plans for my Apple Music fix!

n14hta · 23 Nov 2015 at 23:04

If your phone is unlocked you wont have any problems.

Rifte · 25 Nov 2015 at 13:08

n14hta said:
If your phone is unlocked you wont have any problems.

I have an unlocked iphone 6 plus and have used it in India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Tokyo, Malaysia and the UK with different sims and it has worked fine every time without having to mess about with settings.

Sometimes the carrier via the sim will send you new settings, your device will tell you this and give you the option to update your settings. I clicked yes every time, and didnt have to do much more.

Enjoy