How To Use Unlocked Iphone In Europe

When I was in Europe visiting, I found that my carrier: T Mobile did not charge me for data or text at all. I use an iP6s at that time and found it very useable with my US number...

Here's a guide on what you need to do to travel with your iPhone to Europe — followed by some applications that should be helpful for your trip. Jailbreak and unlock your iPhone.

I was on the GSM towers with T Mobile and since they are partners with other country's GSM - no charge - was a nice surprise when I got home with no extra charges....

All cell providers apart from Verizon and Sprint use GSM, and GSM is the technology that allows you to unlock your phone and use it abroad. If you have a Verizon iPhone, you'll have two SIM card slots in your phone—one for CDMA use and one for GSM use, so you'll also be able to unlock your phone and use it overseas.
I live in Europe but am returning to the USA for a few weeks. I intend to buy an iPhone 5 for use on both sides of the pond. Since Apple has launched an unlocked GSM phone, I need to know which phone will give me the greater speed and flexibility: the Verizon phone purchased from Apple or the unlocked GSM phone.

It's a shame that the new iP 7 does not do both GSM and CDMA like the 6 and 6s did.

BTW: Other carriers - they charge a lot for use of your US number in Europe - my GF was charged $40 for international data use on her ATT phone! So just do what others have done - go get yourself a data SIM card when you land in any European country and use texting and data for pennies.... Of course it will not be a US number...

Sep 22, 2016 10:09 AM

Albania

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²

FaceTime over cellular¹
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

Andorra

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Austria

5G
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE
VoWiFi

5G
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

5G
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

Azerbaijan

FaceTime over Cellular¹
Personal Hotspot²

Belarus

FaceTime over Cellular

FaceTime over Cellular¹
Personal Hotspot²

Belgium

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Visual Voicemail

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE⁵

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

Bosnia Herzegovina

Blicnet³

FaceTime over Cellular¹
Personal Hotspot

FaceTime over Cellular¹
Personal Hotspot²

Bulgaria

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Croatia

Hrvatski Telekom³

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Cyprus

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Czech Republic

O2³

5G
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE⁵

T-Mobile³

5G
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

Vodafone³

5G
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

Denmark

3³

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

TDC³

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Wi-Fi Calling
VoLTE

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Telenor³

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

Telia³

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

Estonia

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Telia Eesti AS³

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot
Unlocking²
VoLTE⁵

Finland

DNA³

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)7
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Elisa³

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)7
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Saunalahti³

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)7
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Telia³

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)7
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

France

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Visual Voicemail

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking2
Visual Voicemail

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

Germany

FaceTime over Cellular¹
Personal Hotspot²
LTE
Visual Voicemail

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)7
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
Personal Hotspot²
LTE
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling⁸

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot
Unlocking
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling⁸

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling⁸

Gibraltar

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Greece

5G
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Wi-Fi Calling

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Greenland

Tele Greenland³

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Hungary

Magyar Telekom³

5G
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
VoLTE
WiFi Calling

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²

Vodafone³

5G
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
VoLTE

Iceland

Nova³

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵

Siminn³

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Vodafone³

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Ireland

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Wi-Fi Calling

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

Isle of Man

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot

Italy

TIM⁴

5G
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE⁵

5G
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE⁵

5G
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Jersey

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Kosovo

IPKO Telekom³

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Kyrgyzstan

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Latvia

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

LMT³

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FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Liechtenstein

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

Lithuania

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Omnitel³

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Luxembourg

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Visual Voicemail

5G
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

5G
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE

Malta

Vodafone³

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot

Moldova

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot

Monaco

Monaco Telecom³

5G
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot
Visual Voicemail

Montenegro

Crnogorski Telekom³

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²

FaceTime over Cellular¹
Personal Hotspot²

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Netherlands

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)7
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)7
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)7
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

North Macedonia

T-Mobile³

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail

One Telecom³

FaceTime over Cellular¹
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking

FaceTime over Cellular¹
Personal Hotspot²

Norway

Telia³

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)7
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

Telenor³

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)7
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
VoLTE⁵
Visual Voicemail
Wi-Fi Calling

Poland

Orange³

5G
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

Play³

5G
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

T-Mobile³

5G
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

Portugal

MEO³

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail

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NOS³

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Visual Voicemail

Vodafone³

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵

Romania

Orange³

5G
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

Telekom^3,6

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Vodafone³

5G
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²

Russia

Beeline³

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE⁵

MegaFon³

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Serbia

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

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FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

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Slovakia

O2 Slovakia³

5G
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE

Orange³

eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE

Slovak Telekom³

5G
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE⁵

Slovenia

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

Telekom Slovenije³

5G
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE

Spain

eSIM

5G
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

5G
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

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5G
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
VoLTE⁵

5G
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²

Sweden

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)7
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

Switzerland

5G
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
Wi-Fi Calling

5G
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

5G
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Wi-Fi Calling

Turkey

Turk Telekom³

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE

Turkcell³

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

Vodafone³

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

Ukraine

Kyivstar³

FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE

FaceTime
Personal Hotspot

United Kingdom

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
eSIM
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling
Wi-Fi Calling on supported iCloud-connected devices

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
Visual Voicemail
VoLTE
Wi-Fi Calling

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime
LTE
Personal Hotspot
Visual Voicemail
Wi-Fi Calling

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹

Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²

5G
Advanced Mobile Location (AML)⁷
FaceTime over Cellular¹
LTE
Personal Hotspot²
Unlocking²
VoLTE⁵
Wi-Fi Calling

You need iOS 6 or later to use FaceTime over Cellular. You might notice decreased performance on some carriers while using FaceTime over Cellular on 2G networks.
May include an additional fee or requirement. Some iPhone devices are unlocked by default. Contact the carrier for more information.
The carrier, not Apple, provides technical support for iPhone in this region.
Includes Vatican City and San Marino.
VoLTE is available only on iPhone 6 or later.
Carrier doesn't support MMS.
In countries and on carriers that support the Advanced Mobile Location (AML) standard, iPhone automatically attempts to send your device location to emergency responders via AML.
If you have an iPhone 8 (model A1863), an iPhone 8 Plus (model A1864) or an iPhone X (model A1865) on these carriers, the Wi-Fi calling feature requires iOS 12.2. Learn how to find the model number of your iPhone.

FaceTime is not available in all countries or regions.