Why You Should Think Twice About Taking Your Mobile Abroad
about taking your mobile phone with you? The first thing I would say is don’t even bother and the second is that if you are then make sure you have cell phone insurance.
Reasons
One of the main reasons that you should not be taking your mobile phone with you is because it just gets in the way of everything and does not need to be with you. If you are taking your mobile with you then you are going to call the people you miss because they are there in front of you. They will all still be there when you get back, if you are that desperate just use a pay phone. It will certainly bee a lot cheaper than using your mobile to make the call.
Using the internet even by accident can actually get you into a lot of trouble as it will cost a lot of money to pay fpr. The problem with many phones such as the iPhone is that if someone clicks the net by mistake they are going to be getting a very big bill indeed.
Although you could get gadget insurance for breakages abroad it will not cover you from the mistakes you can make from all of the browsing that can be done. Another thing is that each time that you text it is likely to cost you a lot of money too.
The main lesson to be learnt from this is just to leave the phone at home as it is just not worth all of the hassle. If you are going on holiday then make sure you look into car hire insurance because at least then if something happens you are certainly covered.
Very good point, the simplest solution I would suggest you is to rent an international cell phone from companies like Cellhire, that way you can still be in contact with the folks back home and get local airtime rates in the counrty you visit.