I plan on going to Israel early February for my nephew's bar mitzvah. But I do not plan on taking my iPhone with me to Israel.
Hewlett Harbor man racks up $4,800 iPhone bill from Newsday reports Jay Levy took his iPhones to Israel, but did not turn them on, and still managed to receive a bill from AT&T for $4,800.
Jay Levy and his family took their iPhones on a Mediterranean cruise. Now the Hewlett Harbor entrepreneur feels as if he got taken for a ride, receiving a 54-page monthly bill of nearly $4,800 from AT&T Wireless.
Supposedly, if you turn off the phone, it doesn't mean the phone is really off. The iPhone continues to check back at home base to see if you have email messages, even while off.
I do suspect this is not the case if Airplane mode is turned on, but I do not want to be the test bed for that theory.
AT&T charges $24.99 for 20 megabytes in that region. Apple's statement:
Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris said the company adequately discloses the potential charges on the Web site and when the phone is activated.
Note to self, do not bring iPhone out of country.
Comments
WOW crazyyyy
thank god u found this out before and all.
that would of been nuts if u got a HUGE BILL
Posted by: BILLER | September 10, 2007 3:35 PM
Why not just take the SIM cards out then? Any GSM phone without a SIM can't operate except to make emergency calls. And damn, his iPhone used that much data while OFF?!
Posted by: thatguy | January 5, 2008 3:39 AM
I don't buy this story for a second. They were obviously using the phone over the Edge network. Anyway, this can be turned off.
Posted by: graham | January 12, 2008 10:15 AM
Hi Everybody...
I have arrived with my iPhone to Israel, but even though I see a WiFi connection, the webpages won't open. Does anybody know how to fix this problem?!
Posted by: Dede | January 14, 2008 4:45 PM
Does anyone knows if you buy a gsm sim card in israel and insert it to the iphone , will it work?
Regards
Pedro
Posted by: Pedro Braulio Alvarez | February 25, 2008 12:04 AM