There will be many of us that have been met with expensive roaming
charges when travelling overseas, and to get around this many smartphone
users purchase a pay as you go SIM card to insert into their device.
When it was released the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 was touted as a
global phone, but in reality the device has resulted in some
disappointment regarding roaming use.
When Verizon first announced
the availability of the Galaxy S3 the fact the handset would be a truly
global phone was much publicized by the carrier, which would mean
owners could just insert a local SIM outside of the country. This would
mean no expensive roaming charges being incurred by the user, but it
seems the handset is not as global as first thought.
As Cnet are reporting after enabling the feature with the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update
it only allows owners of the device to make and receive calls or SMS
messages, and doesn’t allow them to access data. The carrier has
seemingly blocked the ability to edit or add the APN that is needed to
connect to a data network.
It is not currently known if this is an oversight by Verizon or part
of the company’s plans for the smartphone, but if it is a mistake a
software update could easily cure the problem. Currently owners of the
Verizon Galaxy S3 when travelling abroad are left with a handset that is
basically a feature phone.
Obviously technically the handset can still be called a global phone,
but many owners of the device will use it for much more than just
making calls and these features such as emails or social networking will
need a data connection.
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