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Cingular 8525 Overseas - Military Bases
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Posted by: ChanceGearheart

I just joined the US Army as a Healthcare specialist, which is one of the fields most likely to be shipped overseas. I was wondering, does this phone work outside the continental US (Such as Hawaii, UK, Germany) and will there be extra costs for using it overseas, or should I Just bite down and purchase an A1000 for overseas.

Posted by: emuyshondt

The 8525 works well overseas (even in Japan where a lot of other GSM phones don't. You do incur roaming charges. When I go to Germany I pay about $0.99/min to call, and that is only because I have an international roaming plan. Otherwise I'd pay $1.29 or more. Data roaming is also expensive. If you use your data plan it costs over $0.01/kb. That's over $10/MB.

I'd get the phone, get it unlocked (there are instructions on how to do it yourself over at XDA-developers.com) and buy a local SIM card if I were going to be based overseas for some time.

Posted by: efparri

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Originally Posted by ChanceGearheart

I just joined the US Army as a Healthcare specialist, which is one of the fields most likely to be shipped overseas. I was wondering, does this phone work outside the continental US (Such as Hawaii, UK, Germany) and will there be extra costs for using it overseas, or should I Just bite down and purchase an A1000 for overseas.

Hawaii is part of the United States and has Cingular native coverage there. In addition to what the other poster wrote, international data charges are $0.0195 per kilobyte or $19.50 per megabyte. That is the standard charge worldwide. Some Blackberry or other data packages may include unlimited or or finite data allowances.

Posted by: i0wnj00

If international data access is important for you then consider looking into these data plans for the 8525/SX66, otherwise you can pay the PPU rate that the previous posters provided.

PDA data plans.
BB data plans.

Posted by: DubDub

If you are going to be living overseas, it would most likely be better to buy a local phone and use it rather than using a US phone and their international plan.

In addition, there may be many areas where you will not be allowed to use your own cell, particularly if it has a camera. Uncle Sam is funny about that.