Hi there everyone,
I am visiting Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan for a couple of months, and I will need to use my phone while I am there. But roaming sounds like an expensive option, so I would like to use my handset on local prepaid SIM cards over there.
I hear there are fairly cheap prepaid SIM cards available in some of my destinations, but I am not sure if my handset would let me use those local SIM cards.
Some say I would need to get my handset unlocked but some say I wouldn't need to, and I am all confused. I don't even know if my handset is locked to VFNZ at all.
My handset is Sharp 770SH purchased from NZ Vodafone (it could have been Dicksmith actually).
Can anyone please tell me if my handset would work on those overseas SIM cards without having to do something (unlock etc? I am not sure) to my phone before I go? And if whatever needs be done to my phone for me to do overseas-SIM-carding, would it be safe for my phone at all?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Cheers.