Need help with international sim card

my2sunz
Sun, 18 Oct 2015 21:20:55 +0000

I have to disagree with those who say to temporarily get the international plan. We have Verizon (iPhone 5s) and traveled internationally the summer before last to multiple European countries and then just last month to London. Both times we waited until we got there and went into one of the MANY cell phone vendors and bought a “pay as you go” SIM card. The one I bought in London was £12 (about $18 or so) which included 1GB data, 750 minutes of talk and 2000 texts, which was plenty for a week. YMMV. But it was cheaper and had more data than going with the temporary plan by Verizon. It’s very easy to swap out a SIM card; just make sure not to lose your domestic card! If you go this route, make sure you test the phone with the new card installed before you leave the store, in case there are any problems (we didn’t have any, but good to check.)