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Originally Posted by wisniak

I agree 3G is not essential, he's going to use the phone mostly for emails & browsing.

I'd still recommend using wi-fi for that, emails and browsing would normally be done at a coffee shop, hotel, etc. Much cheaper. It's nice to have always-on data, but across two countries for a short period of time it really does get expensive, an unneeded luxury.