I have been reading that more than a few traveling baby boomers have been shocked out of their minds when they found huge charges for international data roaming on their cell phone bills made during a recent international trip.

You see, when you’re traveling internationally, there are companies out their who are happy to give you “roaming” cellular service.  However, the charges are often over $1.00/minute!

Furthermore, what catches people off guard is that they are unknowingly being charged to view their e-mail which they didn’t compute as using international data roaming services.

So, to prevent unwanted data roaming charges on your iPhone, do this:

• Tap the Settings app on your home screen.
• Tap General
• Tap Network
• Slide the Data Roaming slider to Off.

To prevent your phone from using any cellular service, do this:

• Tap the Settings app on your home screen.
• Tap General
• Tap Network
• Slide Cellular Data to Off.

This will turn your iPhone into a WiFi only device, assuming that you have WiFi enabled.

If you find that searching for a WiFi signal won’t meet your needs, call your cell phone carrier before you leave to inquire about their international data and cellular roaming services.

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