AT&T customers need iPhone and iOS 9.3 to take advantage of new feature. However, it is worth noting that new service does not differ from normal rates for calls abroad.

Subscribers AT&T with iPhone 6 or newer model can make and receive calls via Wi-Fi when they are outside United States.

Today operator informed its customers of the change in the Wi-Fi feature that was introduced in October 2015. Previously, this option was limited for calls from US, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. Now, users can make and receive calls over a wireless network when traveling abroad.

Official page AT&T has been updated and said that calls using “Wi-Fi can be used domestically and abroad, in most countries.”

Once activated function calls via Wi-Fi transmits phone calls over the wireless network. By using a wireless network, the user can still make and receive calls even if the cellular signal is weak or unavailable. This feature is available to all customers AT&T, so you do not need to download any other application.

Recall that four largest US carriers, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon offer calls via Wi-Fi.

Calls via Wi-Fi has become popular thanks to apps like Skype and WhatsApp. New offer is a way for operators to compete with such applications and each other to retain and attract new consumers.

Moreover, users AT&T could save money using calls via Wi-Fi from abroad. If you call via Wi-Fi to another cellular phone, you do not pay the cost of the call made in another country. However, calling a number abroad from a cellular US itself will cost the normal rate of an international call, but will not be charged for the minutes of the monthly user fee. In addition you can send text messages via Wi-Fi.

There are some limitations. For subscribers of AT&T, calls via Wi-Fi require iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus. They also need to install iOS 9.3, the new version of Apple’s operating system, which was released on Monday.

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Do you want to get new smartphone Samsung Galaxy S6 for free? US carrier AT&T gives you such opportunity. The deal looks very attractive, but it has a small print under the main part of promotion.

AT&T is offering an amazing deal – if you buy one of the latest smartphone of South Korean company, for example, Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+, S6 Active or Note 5, then the company give you smartphone Galaxy S6 for free.

The deal looks very good, you can to buy a smartphone and get the second for free. What could be better for the Christmas Tree Gift? However, the deal has a few nuances.

Nuances in the deal to get Galaxy S6 for free

First of all, the user must choose a plan for the AT&T service for free Galaxy S6. In addition, new plan must be registered for 24 months with a minimum fee, which is $70/month. The consumer will receive $21.67 per month for the next 30 months. Thus, the client will receive $650 for the smartphone, and actually get Galaxy S6 for free. If the user refuses the services AT&T, then he will have to pay for the lack of the unpaid cost of the smartphone.

However, the deal is a good offer for those who are still planning to use the services of AT&T over the next two years, and at the same time they can get Galaxy S6 for free. For these people it is a good deal, all the rest is unlikely to see the benefits for themselves. You can check all the information on the official website of AT&T and decide for yourself whether to take Galaxy S6 for free.

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When you buy iPhone 4 on eBay, first of all you should pay attention on from what carrier is locked smartphone.

Until recently, you could buy iPhone 4 AT&T, and then unlock smartphone for $3 in special services. However, after the release iPhone 5s AT&T the price of unlock became more expensive.

Why unlock iPhone 4 AT&T has become more expensive? The exact answer does not exist. Some people say that it is related to the difficult economic situation in the United States, others think that the carrier agreed with the services for unlocking. In my opinion the most logical version is that many users have begun to buy locked iPhone 4, then unlock them just a couple of dollars and sell on Ebay. Therefore, AT&T decided to complicate the procedure of unlock.

However, let us return to our topic. From what carrier you need to buy iPhone 4, so it works in most countries of the world?

As the first models of iPhone 2G, 3G и 3GS are not so popular, we decided to consider iPhone 4.

From what carrier to buy iPhone 4 on eBay?

As I said before, it is not profitable to buy iPhone 4 AT&T on eBay for $170 and to pay as much for it to unlock. Therefore, we consider other options. Apple iPhone 4 Verizon is also not suitable because there is no slot for a SIM card. Thus, we do not need to buy any locked iPhone.

You will need to pay a lot of money to unlock iPhone 4 by IMEI. Methods like gevey, rsim, turbosim and others do not work with iPhone 4.

Do not buy: iPhone 4 verizon

Think before you buy: iPhone 4 AT&T

Buy: iPhone 4 factory unlock or neverlocked

Thus, the only good option is to buy unlock iPhone 4 on eBay.

You can also read our article How to buy refurbished phones unlocked on eBay.

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Apple iPhone 6 became the best-selling smartphone. Users like the smartphone of its size, the amount of memory, colors and other.

We should note that iPhone 6 Plus is also popular, even despite the fact that Jobs says that the big smartphone uncomfortable and useless. The company took a chance and got success.

However, the price of the smartphone is quite high, so buyers started looking for where to buy cheap iPhone 6.

As you know, the price of iPhone 6 in the US are the cheapest. The basic version of the iPhone 6 with 16 GB of memory costs $ 199, the price of the model with 64 GB is $ 299, and the maximum version to 128 GB is estimated at $ 399. iPhone 6 Plus is even more expensive, starting at $ 299 for 16 GB version.

When someone finds such a low price, he quickly went to the US to buy a smartphone from US retailers.

However, not all so simple. Attractive price tags «official price» is a clever marketing trick.

In fact, each iPhone 6 tied up a contract with a particular mobile operators such as AT&T, Verizon and Sprint.

The problem is:

Everyone who buys a smartphone in the US operator, signed a two-year contract under which he is obliged to use only the services of the operator. It sounds good, if you live in the United States. However, if you leave the country, your phone will be locked (at least the next two years).

The second point that you should note that when using smartphones on the contract you’re really overpaying.

Therefore, if you ask local residents to buy your phone – most likely they will refuse.

So you can buy the iPhone 6 in the US stores only if you plan to stay there for the next couple of years.

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Sprint announced a new plan for those who do not use a lot of data per month.

The plan called “Starter Unlimited Data” offers unlimited data, voice calls and text messages for $20 a month. After the customer uses a 1 GB of data, the speed is reduced to 2G.

It should be recalled that $20 a month data is added to US $20 a month for access to Sprint’s network means that the monthly cost for the wireless client plan would be US $40.

New Sprint plan “Starter Unlimited Data” is the cheapest among the four major US phone operators. In addition, differences with plans Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile in some respects can be significant.

For example, the main competitor of Sprint – T-Mobile – asks $50 a month for 1GB of high-speed data (reduced to 2G later) with voice calls, text messages and network access. But unlimited data does not provide access to some streaming music.

Meanwhile, AT&T charges $15 per 1GB, but costumer can buy only 2GB. So, for $30 the user receives unlimited AT&T with 2GB of high-speed data, voice and text messages. In addition to this amount, the client AT&T has to pay US $25 a month to access the network that carries the monthly price to US $55. The AT&T customer could pay US $45 a month, but only get 300MB of data.

The second largest US operator AT&T charges US $20 for each 300MB if you had 300MB plan and charges US $15 per 1GB in the other plans.

The largest operator in the country, Verizon, sells each gigabyte of data per US $30 and US $20 further charges by the telephone line. Then the price is similar to T-Mobile, but do not get streaming music. In addition, Verizon charges $10 a month per 1GB that you use on your fee.

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If you train for a marathon with a SmartWatch connected to a wireless network you can leave your phone at home and still receive calls and notifications, but your mom will know which phone number to call?

AT&T announced a solution to this problem. At Wednesday the operator presented its NumberSync service linking telephone numbers of the various devices connected to a client on its cellular network under a single number. After the user linking devices the first time you need to remember and share a new number. All devices are synchronized via the cellular network and at the same time receive calls and notifications.

AT&T says NumberSync will be enable this Christmas.

Meanwhile, T-Mobile and Sprint, the No. 3 and No. 4 Wireless carriers in US, confirmed Thursday that also seek to offer a similar service to its customers. Verizon, the country’s largest phone carriers has not informed whether plans to offer the same function.

The NumberSync service has been developing for over a year and was named Cascade Project. The idea came from an employee of AT&T wanted to connect SIM cards from cars connected to a parent cell. The idea grew to include technology devices apparel, explained the engineer Erik Sundelof during a visit in January 2015 Innovation Center AT&T Foundry in Palo Alto where Cascade born. This center is one of four that has AT&T, with internal and external ideas, products that enhance the capabilities of the company and the consumer experience develop.

“It is heavy change phone numbers, many people like to have one number, and link [device] over a cellular network adds safety,” then he explained Sundelof adding that phones have to be able to work over LTE (VoLTE) and will not need Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or NFC.

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