Travel guides
Connectivity tips, country deep-dives, and how to travel data-light.
Türkiye blocks the eSIM shops, India took the apps down, and an eSIM needs internet to install. Where buying on arrival fails, and what to do instead.
Your phone can text by satellite now. Here is where that works abroad, where it quietly does nothing, and what it will never replace.
Two of those three brands are now one network. What each charges for Asia roaming in 2026, and the trips where paying them beats a travel eSIM.
A local SIM puts you inside a registration law that expires in 30 days. What the three networks actually cover, and how much data island hopping needs.
Australia's networks follow the population, not the map. The east-coast cities run fast 5G, the interior runs none, and every 3G network is now switched off.
Norway is covered. Switzerland, ferries and your unlimited plan's small print are where the EU allowance really runs out.
Apple's foldable iPhone Duo has no SIM tray in any country, mainland China included. What the new lineup actually changes if you travel with an eSIM.
Japan's 90-day radio rule covers Wi-Fi, not your mobile data, and ID checks on data SIMs are coming. Coverage, cost and a realistic data budget.
Egypt registers every SIM to a named person and taxes phones brought in from abroad. What that means for a visitor, plus coverage and a real data budget.
Türkiye blocks a foreign handset 120 days after you enter, and 5G only arrived in 2026. What that means for a visitor, plus coverage and a real data budget.
Since 2025 a Thai SIM needs a face scan, not just a passport, before it activates. A travel eSIM skips both. Coverage, cost and a realistic data budget.
Local SIMs need a passport, a fingerprint scan and a 60-day PTA clock. A travel eSIM skips all three. Coverage and data budgets from Karachi to Hunza.