Hello,
I am going abroad this summer to Spain and Turkey and I want to be able to make calls and send texts from my Droid 2 Global. However I went online and I looked at Verizon's rate plans for both countries and calls and texts are ridiculously expensive. I want to purchase a local prepaid SIM card from a company such as Vodafone or Turkcell when I am in Europe so I can remove my Verizon SIM card and pay the local carrier's rates instead of Verizon's. I called customer service and I got two contradicting answers, one saying a local SIM card will work and another saying I will have to pay the (super expensive rates) that Verizon charges. Is it possible that I can suspend my service for two months, unlock my phone and use a local simcard without giving Verizon money? Or have they outsmarted me by making me pay for my service abroad?
Yes you can get your phone unlocked to use overseas SIM.
I think you have to have had your Verizon service for sixty days or more to qualify.
I will have had my droid for more than 60 days. I was planning on suspending my contract in the US for the 10 weeks I will be gone, unlocking the phone and purchasing the sim card while abroad. Some rep at verzion told me that is not possible and if I want to use the phone abroad I will need to pay them some fee, which is of course way too much....
icechamp31, if these steps are not helpful in resolving the issue, please advised and we will be happy to assist you further.
Thanks,
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