Hi, mine worked fine with calls, data and text in the UK (using a foreign SIM). In various places worked on GPRS, Edge, 3g and H speeds. Really only one issue, the signal strength indicator seems to be very conservative. It would often show no or almost no signal when calls could be made without a problem. Better than the other way round I guess!Hello all. I have the DROID2 and am very happy. Considering going to the Global for my upcoming trip to India in a few weeks. Will be there for a few months and am looking for feedback on global use. Any and all would be great. Thanks.
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I use the D2G overseas with the verizon global email service. I don't normally make calls on it overseas, just use the data. So far it has been good, I second the signal indicator being a lot more conservative using GSM than CDMA. I did get a bunch of warnings about roaming data and then text messages from verizon about running up a huge bill, but I called global services and they assured me it was a glitch and I would not be billed for anything but my plan. This happened to me once when I was using a blackberry too. They did give me the unlock code, no questions asked, when I called to set up the new sim card and the global plan. I have not yet used a different sim in it though.
The plan is certainly good for data, but foreign sims really do win for calls, quite quickly. My SIM allows calls from the UK to the US for 6 cents per minute (and additionally with topups you get free minutes) vs 99c per min with the reduced cost ($4.95 a month) plan from Verizon. So it doesn't need to be many calls to decide to use a foreign SIM, (it's really not much hassle, you only need one unlock code for all SIMs). But yes, if you are not planning to make many calls, stay with VZs plan.I did get a bunch of warnings about roaming data and then text messages from verizon about running up a huge bill, but I called global services and they assured me it was a glitch and I would not be billed for anything but my plan. This happened to me once when I was using a blackberry too.
I had those warnings as well with the same response from VZW. No strange charges appeared on my bill, so all is well. The Global plan from VZW is so easy and seamless, I don't know why anyone would want to go through the hassle of getting a foreign sim and a new number unless they were going to make a lot of calls and/or stay for a long time. My experience with the Blackberry overseas was that the data and email were flawless. Traveling from one country to the next (12 in all), my BB would just give me an alert and say " Welcome to (insert country here)". No configuration at all. Voice calls could be a little pricey, but data was ~$2.50/day. There is no charge to use the service, just pay the pro-rated $64.99/month data fee. Only staying 15 days? Then charge would be ~$32.50. There may be some other charge to use the voice/text but it is minimal ($4.99/mo?) Don't get bogged down with the nickels and dimes...
I was hanging on to my Storm 1 because it works so well outside the US. This droid is great on my home network so I hope the experience will be the same as my BB when I go overseas!
The plan is certainly good for data, but foreign sims really do win for calls, quite quickly. My SIM allows calls from the UK to the US for 6 cents per minute (and additionally with topups you get free minutes) vs 99c per min with the reduced cost ($4.95 a month) plan from Verizon. So it doesn't need to be many calls to decide to use a foreign SIM, (it's really not much hassle, you only need one unlock code for all SIMs). But yes, if you are not planning to make many calls, stay with VZs plan.I did get a bunch of warnings about roaming data and then text messages from verizon about running up a huge bill, but I called global services and they assured me it was a glitch and I would not be billed for anything but my plan. This happened to me once when I was using a blackberry too.
I had those warnings as well with the same response from VZW. No strange charges appeared on my bill, so all is well. The Global plan from VZW is so easy and seamless, I don't know why anyone would want to go through the hassle of getting a foreign sim and a new number unless they were going to make a lot of calls and/or stay for a long time. My experience with the Blackberry overseas was that the data and email were flawless. Traveling from one country to the next (12 in all), my BB would just give me an alert and say " Welcome to (insert country here)". No configuration at all. Voice calls could be a little pricey, but data was ~$2.50/day. There is no charge to use the service, just pay the pro-rated $64.99/month data fee. Only staying 15 days? Then charge would be ~$32.50. There may be some other charge to use the voice/text but it is minimal ($4.99/mo?) Don't get bogged down with the nickels and dimes...
I was hanging on to my Storm 1 because it works so well outside the US. This droid is great on my home network so I hope the experience will be the same as my BB when I go overseas!
The plan is certainly good for data, but foreign sims really do win for calls, quite quickly. My SIM allows calls from the UK to the US for 6 cents per minute (and additionally with topups you get free minutes) vs 99c per min with the reduced cost ($4.95 a month) plan from Verizon. So it doesn't need to be many calls to decide to use a foreign SIM, (it's really not much hassle, you only need one unlock code for all SIMs). But yes, if you are not planning to make many calls, stay with VZs plan.I did get a bunch of warnings about roaming data and then text messages from verizon about running up a huge bill, but I called global services and they assured me it was a glitch and I would not be billed for anything but my plan. This happened to me once when I was using a blackberry too.
I had those warnings as well with the same response from VZW. No strange charges appeared on my bill, so all is well. The Global plan from VZW is so easy and seamless, I don't know why anyone would want to go through the hassle of getting a foreign sim and a new number unless they were going to make a lot of calls and/or stay for a long time. My experience with the Blackberry overseas was that the data and email were flawless. Traveling from one country to the next (12 in all), my BB would just give me an alert and say " Welcome to (insert country here)". No configuration at all. Voice calls could be a little pricey, but data was ~$2.50/day. There is no charge to use the service, just pay the pro-rated $64.99/month data fee. Only staying 15 days? Then charge would be ~$32.50. There may be some other charge to use the voice/text but it is minimal ($4.99/mo?) Don't get bogged down with the nickels and dimes...
I was hanging on to my Storm 1 because it works so well outside the US. This droid is great on my home network so I hope the experience will be the same as my BB when I go overseas!
Thanks. I use mostly data when I travel so do you know if those sim cards can be had for similar data rates? I might consider unlocking and using a sim if email and other data were reasonably priced.
