using iphone13 during international travel

Our 16yo is taking her USA iphone to UK for a couple weeks.

  • Can she text other US-carrier phones also traveling in UK, without buying UK-carrier SIM cards to swap out?
  • Can she text our (her parents) iphones in US?
  • Can she call us (her parents') iphones, or use FaceTime, without swap out SIM to a UK carrier?


Windows, Windows 6

Posted on Jun 17, 2024 12:30 PM

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Jun 17, 2024 12:48 PM in response to cosmic_crisp1001

If she can connect to WiFi, iMessage will work and facetime video and audio calling should work. They will ONLY work when she is actively connected to a WiFi network.


I haven’t travelled to the UK, but the last time I was in Europe, including France and Germany, I found that the availability of “Free WiFi” is extremely limited.


If the phone is carrier locked, getting a local SIM in the UK isn’t going to happen. The phone has to be carrier unlocked for that.

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