BlackBerry, Blackberry Classic beds - it works overseas

I have an older Blackberry Curve with Verizon and it works very well overseas. Before buyingit, I just wanted to be sure that the classic also work abroad. I noticed that a Verizon technical support doesn't have a lot of grumpy who are warned - Blackberry will understand.

The second issue is that someone told me that I can buy a SIM card in Europe to one of their major carriers that would allow me to make phone calls, texts and data of use through any carrier that is available wherever I am - be it in the Denmark or Germany, instead of through Verizon. Is this true?

Thanks for your help.

Hi gittabrown,

The short answer is Yes, the classic works foreign, i.e., outside the United States where you appear to live.  At least it works in all major European, South American and Asian countries.  I live in England and frequently travel around Europe, the United States and South America, all perfect.

When you travel outside your home country, you can buy a local SIM card at your destination and slide in your phone to make local calls at local expense.  But this means that you will not be able to receive and send data through your e-mail account, only local calls.

The best thing to do is to keep your old phone (your curve) and who has take with you when you travel outside the U.S., if you need to make calls the.  Drag a local SIM card in this phone and use it for local calls only.  Then continue to use your Classic (which has your data plan), connect to a WiFi which are now generally free in most hotels, coffee shops, restaurants, etc, to receive and send e-mails, browse etc.  And download an application that allows you to send free SMS from abroad, like WhatsApp or similar.  Skype or similar will allow you to make international calls using the Internet to other Skype users, free, so you can avoid having to carry a second phone and having to buy a local SIM card for local calls.

I hope this helps, good luck!

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