Taking Verizon phone to Canada ...

[CycloneDaddy]

I'm headed to Canada (Manitoba) for a week for some fishing and want to take my Verizon (non-smart) phone (Samsung Brightside) with me. I believe I won't incur any crazy charges while I'm there except for the $0.65 a minute for talk if I decide to call home. Anyone have and first hand knowledge? I'm pretty sure texting is just considered normal texting charges. Yes I know I could call Verizon and ask them or use Google (I was semi confused by what Google was telling me).

 

[CYme]

I think you'll pay .05 for incoming texts, .20 for outgoing. Can't remember for sure, it has been a year or so since I went to Toronto.

 

[DBQ]

I was just in Canada about a month ago with a Verizon phone. You'll get a free text once you cross the border outlining what the charges will be, but I think it was about $.89 per minute for calls. If you plan to use your phone quite a bit, you might want to look into an international plan.

I just checked the text I received, and they also charge $2.05/MB for data usage, so if you have any data-hungry apps running, you might want to disable them. All of your texts use this data when roaming rather than them charing you a set amount per text message.