I recently returned from a cruise and had no problem using my iPhone or
i Pad in airplane mode. As others have indicated you have a few
options, via Settings, you can turn cellular data, wifi and Bluetooth
on/off as you desire. When in a U.S. port you may (but are not
guaranteed) to be able to access your carrier.
One thing to always keep in mind, there are no cell towers at sea, so if
you really want access to the internet, your only option is to use
services (cellular and/or slow wifi) provided by the ship which can be
costly. The cruise lines usually offer wifi packages that save you
some, but IMHO they are still costly.
Before I left I loaded books I wanted to read and music I might want to
listen to onto my devices. While at sea I had time to relax and catch
up on my reading, and learn how to get around some of Voiceovers quirks.
Rollin
On 11/3/2012 11:19 PM, Wayne Merritt wrote:
Greetings all. I will be going on a cruise a week from tomorrow and
had some questions about hopefully using my iPhone on the cruise ship.
First off, realizing that cruise ship Internet cafe prices are
expensive, is it possible to use one's iPhone in airplane mode on the
ship when in international waters? I called the cruise company and
they said no, since I'm sure they would rather that I drop money in
the Net cafe rather than using my device's battery. Second, when in
the United States territories, is it possible to opt out of the ship's
wireless network and use my AT&T data plan? I will be traveling from
Galveston, TX to Key West, Florida, for the first leg of the trip.
Then I go out of the country to the Bahamas. Since we won't get to
Florida unil day 3 of the trip, I was hoping that I could use my data
plan to stream some football games on Sunday instead of paying the
ship fees. I suppose what I'm asking is if the area from Texas to
Florida is covered in the AT&T network? I don't imagine myself doing a
lot of streaming, but just looking for another option besides the
ship's costly network. Finally, my soon to be wife will be adopting my
old iPhone 4. Since I have moved my AT&T service from the 4 to the 5,
the iPhone 4 isn't connected to a network. However, it still has the
voice memos app and the camera apps for capturing those special
moments. Might it be possible for us to use the old iPhone in order to
take pictures and make some recordings of our time on the cruise? The
only online connectivity I could imagine would be to backup the photos
to iCloud, but we won't be able to do that until we get back home to
Texas anyway. Any thoughts on any of this would be most appreciated.
\
Regards,
Wayne
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