Clueless and Traveling

JJF wrote:

> I am about to go overseas. Should I bother "unlocking" my phone? I
> don't exactly know what that means, and I don't know if that will be the
> easiest way to communicate to family in the states.

Crossposted to alt.cellular.gsm

<semiretired@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> JJF wrote:
>
>> I am about to go overseas. Should I bother "unlocking" my phone? I
>> don't exactly know what that means, and I don't know if that will be the
>> easiest way to communicate to family in the states.
>
> Crossposted to alt.cellular.gsm
>
The easiest way must be "to do nothing" and just keep using your SIM and
phone when travelling to the US. However this probably isn't the least
expensive option. If you wanted to use local SIM cards, you would need to
unlock your phone to make it accept those.