Using my iPhone 6 in Canada

Hi!

I recommend to buy a Canadian sim card.

With your Verizon sim you need to pay more I guess.

I always traveling from Germany to France and it´s really expensive when I use my German sim card instead of a sim card I bought in France.

Have a good time in Canada!

Best regards.

Alex

When you are very close to the border, as in the Niagara area, phones will pick up "each other's cell towers" So be sure your phone, even with a Canadian SIM in it, isn't connecting to your Verizon service from the US. This would be roaming and likely more $$$.

10 minutes out of Niagara and that issue goes away.

hello if your iphone is unlock if you can use it with other network! better to buy a sim card in Southern Ontario! ask them if there is a promo for a week with unlimited internet

Verizon's international roaming rates have improved significantly. It's worth contacting the Global Support team and inquiring: 800-711-8300.

All Verizon iPhones are sold unlocked so that will not be an issue should you decide to go with a local carrier. However, if you're only going to be in Canada for a short period of time, it may not be worth the trouble to do so. I have a prepaid account with Bell Aliant for my iPad for when I'm in Canada. I do recall that they wanted a Canadian address. As it happens, I have one but, because it's a vacation home, I have no good proof of residence. Fortunately, they weren't very fussy about proof.

I had Verzon temporarily upgrade my account the last two times I traveled outside the country. Was really not very expensive at all (the rep was extremely helpful when I called to inquire about it).

The rates used to be prohibitive. Now, they're not that bad for Canada. They can also set it up so that the international roaming feature automatically drops off your account. No more realizing three months later you're still paying that extra fee because you forgot to call back.

AT&T has cleaned up their act quite a bit. International roaming can be added from the web site, and it expires after 30 days unless renewed. And the price isn't even that outrageous for voice and data packages. If you are connected to WiFi and have WiFi calling enabled calls to the US from outside are free. The best (meaning most expensive) package reduces the voice rate over cellular to 35¢/minute, which is cheaper than PAYG SIMs in Europe. So on my trip to France last month I didn't bother with a local SIM in our unlocked phones. The added services for 2 phones came to $150, but in the overall scheme of things that's less than 1 day's meals in Europe. And not having to monitor data usage like a hawk was refreshing. As was keeping the same phone number.

That sounds about right. However, I'd call the Global support team to confirm anything. Whenever I've called them, I get through to a real person in usually under a minute.