airplane mode while travelling in Europe?
I'm a new iPhone owner and user (less than a week). I've got a 32G iPhone 3Gs, in Canada on the Rogers network.
As far as I can tell, turning my Data Roaming off will allow phone use as well as all the non-data uses, like iTunes, photos, notes, etc. I've been advised to turn Data Roaming off while traveling in Europe to avoid high data roaming charges when the phone automatically checks email, etc even if I'm not using the internet.
Is there a reason I couldn't use Airplane Mode while traveling instead? That way I could also turn the phone off and not have any voice roaming charges either should someone try and phone me. I would rather have any incoming calls go directly to voicemail while I'm traveling (unless I'm expecting something). I could then turn it on should I ever need it to make a call (though I'm thinking it might be cheaper to buy a local use cell phone there).
I'm investigating data and/or voice roaming plans, but I would likely still use them at specific times of my choosing and not have incoming data links or phone calls when I don't want or expect them.
By the way, I know that if I turn the Push slider off, I can get my email only when I Fetch it, either manually or with pre-determined frequency. Does that apply to text messages too, or are they always immediately sent (unless data roaming is off or airplane mode is on)?
As far as I can tell, turning my Data Roaming off will allow phone use as well as all the non-data uses, like iTunes, photos, notes, etc. I've been advised to turn Data Roaming off while traveling in Europe to avoid high data roaming charges when the phone automatically checks email, etc even if I'm not using the internet.
Is there a reason I couldn't use Airplane Mode while traveling instead? That way I could also turn the phone off and not have any voice roaming charges either should someone try and phone me. I would rather have any incoming calls go directly to voicemail while I'm traveling (unless I'm expecting something). I could then turn it on should I ever need it to make a call (though I'm thinking it might be cheaper to buy a local use cell phone there).
I'm investigating data and/or voice roaming plans, but I would likely still use them at specific times of my choosing and not have incoming data links or phone calls when I don't want or expect them.
By the way, I know that if I turn the Push slider off, I can get my email only when I Fetch it, either manually or with pre-determined frequency. Does that apply to text messages too, or are they always immediately sent (unless data roaming is off or airplane mode is on)?
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