Reusing phone from 2007

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The phone should still work as long as it didn't die in the meantime - but you can try that out at home.

The question is more whether the sim card still works. I assume it won't. In most countries sim cards expire if you don't use them. Sometimes after 3 months, sometimes after 3 years, so after 7 years it very likely did. So even if the phone still works, you will probably need a new sim card.

However, you should not need to buy a new phone. Just use your regular phone while you are there. Power is not an issue. You can buy a local charger on very little money.

As for the plan, you have two options:

  • Use roaming - quite expensive, but you don't need to do anything (other than maybe check with your provider from home that roaming is enabled). Just turn on your phone once you are there and you will be reachable on the same number like at home. You can make calls and even use internet. Especially internet can lead to very high bills though.
  • Get a local sim card. This will be very cheap, but a bit more hassle. In most countries, you can just walk into any mobile phone shop and ask for a local sim card. Sometimes they need your passport to register it, but you'll get the card immediately, can plug it into your phone and enjoy very cheap local rates. You can usually also book a cheap data plan to use internet. It is however very important to make sure that your phone will work with a foreign sim card. In some countries, mobile phone providers sell their phones "locked", so that they only work with their own sim card. In that case you won't be able to use a foreign sim card straight away. It is possible to remove this lock, but that varies from country to country. In some places that's even illegal.

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