Do Ipads or Iphones work in Negril?

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10-02-2011, 05:49 PM
Kritter

Do Ipads or Iphones work in Negril?

Hi all .... We just booked a February trip to Negril and are wondering if technology has caught up to us yet in Negril????

Do Ipads or Iphones brought from the U.S. work in Negril?

Thanks,

Kritter & Mark from Michigan
10-02-2011, 05:57 PM
Rob

Kritter,

I would not suggest using the cell data roaming as the costs can be outrageous. But many restaurants and bars in Negril do offer free wifi. That should work for you most of the time!
10-02-2011, 05:58 PM
Joe Trinidad

Most hotels have WiFi so you'll have no problem with Ipads or Iphones.
10-02-2011, 06:31 PM
Kritter

Thanks Rob and Joe for the quick responses:)
We'll be staying on the beach. I've stayed there before, so I'm not expecting WiFi at our humble lil abode. But as I recall, there was a bar just to the north of us and another just to the south ... so maybe we'll be able to catch their signal. Yeah, I know about those roaming charges ... ouch! I've got a J'can phone I usually bring down w/ me - sometimes I need to replace the sim card to reactivate it - but Marky Mark wants to use his Iphone so that he can keep track of his business in Mich.
Again, thanks!
Kritter
10-03-2011, 09:13 AM
airportworker

Beware a number of people have returned to UK to face large bills for there iphones and other smart phones, even if not used whilst away, they have found that if the phone is switch on, the apps they have downloaded still update, one guy has been faced with a bill for £500 of roaming charges:eek:
10-03-2011, 10:19 AM
BR Mon

We take our Iphone but remove the sims card once we board the flight...WE use it for EMAIL and that is all...Once the SIMs card is removed the telephone becomes in active...I too have heard horror stories about data cost as every time it hits another cell tower their is a data charge...Once the SIMs is removed it is simply a computer..Youjust have to find a hot spot which is easy enough to find these days..
10-03-2011, 10:41 AM
Muck

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe if you set your phone to 'Airplane Mode', it will also keep it from roaming and running up the phone bill.
10-03-2011, 01:13 PM
saeyedoc

I used my iphone in airplane mode with wifi turned back on. No extra charges when I got back. Used it to check email, skype calls back home, facetime calls to others at home with iphones.
10-03-2011, 01:45 PM
jeannieb

Thanks saeyedoc. I have the verizon version of the iphone, so there is no sim card to remove. Just to clarify, I will turn ON airplane mode, then go back in and turn on wifi (where available). This will allow me to use my phone like I would a touch or ipad...right? I am terrified of coming home to a hundreds of dollars phone bill.
10-03-2011, 01:58 PM
meinvancouver

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeannieb

Thanks saeyedoc. I have the verizon version of the iphone, so there is no sim card to remove. Just to clarify, I will turn ON airplane mode, then go back in and turn on wifi (where available). This will allow me to use my phone like I would a touch or ipad...right? I am terrified of coming home to a hundreds of dollars phone bill.

Yes that is right. You would have no surprises when only on wi-fi.
10-03-2011, 02:14 PM
jasperpso

I know a a friend with Verizon, and her blackberry worked in negril.. I don't now what she paid in roaming, but in a pinch, it would call.. I think that's a nice bonus for u 2
10-03-2011, 02:45 PM
airportworker

I never take my phone on holiday with me, for me my time in negril is to relax and forget about things at work and home, and if they need to find me (like work did on my last day) they will, mind you the front desk got a shock when a guy from airport turned up asking for me :D:)
10-03-2011, 03:42 PM
thepegboy

See you at Ansell's in Feb, Kritter! great rustic place.
10-03-2011, 05:24 PM
robcurry

i work for a canadian cell phone co.leave those at home unless u get a large international travel pkg for data, sms and voice
10-03-2011, 06:49 PM
poolguywindsor

I used my iphone for camera video, and facebook in august just left it on airplane mode, and did not get any charges.
10-03-2011, 08:15 PM
Kind View

You can take the chip out and get an iPhone chip in Jamaica and use it there for local or top up enough and use the international plan, which is cheap. When you get back to states, switch chips. When your in the states or UK just top up online to your phone number. I usually email customer service, give them the required info and they tell me how many credits are on my phone. Get back to Ja and get a credit locally and your back on the phone again in Ja, remember to change the chip.
10-03-2011, 08:22 PM
jasperpso

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kind View

You can take the chip out and get an iPhone chip in Jamaica and use it there for local or top up enough and use the international plan, which is cheap. When you get back to states, switch chips. When your in the states or UK just top up online to your phone number. I usually email customer service, give them the required info and they tell me how many credits are on my phone. Get back to Ja and get a credit locally and your back on the phone again in Ja, remember to change the chip.

actually NO HE CANT.. verizon iphones are CDMA and not GSM - they dont have sim cards
10-03-2011, 08:37 PM
Kind View

All he needs to do is get his iPhone unlocked and push the sim card out. its an iPhone sim card but iPhone simcards are available in Ja.
The topic heading says iPhones or iPads. So I take it they have an iPhone. Someone else said they had Verizon. You dont have to yell.
10-03-2011, 09:31 PM
jasperpso

For at&t iPhone you're correct, but Verizon has iPhones too, and those do not have sim cards.. sorry, I wasn't yelling as much accenting but see why you thought otherwise... I guess I thought the op said he had Verizon.. mybad if I got that wrong..