Multi-country travel iPhone 4S advice needed...
Hello, all!
I have a relative who travels to different parts of Asia and sometimes Australia while staying there for prolonged periods of time. I've been wanting to introduce her to the iPhone, as I believe it could be indispensible to her. My current iPhone is the 4S which I have service through AT&T wireless. It's eligible for an upgrade so I thought I'd grab the iPhone 5 and have AT&T unlock my 4S to give to her. The only problem is she's not too technologically savvy and I don't have any personal experience on the matter. Ideally, I'd like to be able to setup an icloud account for her, show her how to insert/remove the SIM card, and instruct her on which options to select to get her phone and settings up and running each time she needs to switch carriers based on country as painless as possible.
Would this be a realistic goal to achieve? Any information or warnings I should anticipate? Thanks for any help.
This might help http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf
Also read http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/technology/personaltech/packages-lower-cost-of -travel-with-a-cellphone.html?ref=technology&_r=1&
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