Bought a 5s from the apple store today it's being delivered abroad to replace a stolen phone.
The apple man said for the owner to purchase a sim card out there as it will make the calls cheaper. But on the website it says the phone locks to the first sim put in it. Being she is in Cambodia, moving to Japan and then NZ, that means surely the phone will be locked to a Cambodian provider? She will be back in UK in a couple of months when she will want to convert to a contract
I've even read that a foreign sim will damage the phone forever, but he said that wasn't so.
She really needs it so don't want it wrecked. It's me who tops up the PAYG from here as not possible abroad and I'm happier for her to have an Orange sim.
I'm thinking I should purchase one before sending it.
What do you all suggest please?
The apple man said for the owner to purchase a sim card out there as it will make the calls cheaper. But on the website it says the phone locks to the first sim put in it. Being she is in Cambodia, moving to Japan and then NZ, that means surely the phone will be locked to a Cambodian provider? She will be back in UK in a couple of months when she will want to convert to a contract
I've even read that a foreign sim will damage the phone forever, but he said that wasn't so.
She really needs it so don't want it wrecked. It's me who tops up the PAYG from here as not possible abroad and I'm happier for her to have an Orange sim.
I'm thinking I should purchase one before sending it.
What do you all suggest please?