Assumptions and questions from a complete dummy

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Originally Posted by 25jive1

I've never traveled abroad with a cell phone.
I bought 2 Samsungs with Tru SIMs off ebay for an upcoming trip to Europe.
I know nothing about international dialing except you must use a country code when calling. I assume I need to put in country codes in when loading my contact for calling back home.
I plan to activate the SIMs with local (Missouri USA) numbers. I won't be making many calls so price per minute is not terribly important.

When I'm calling my wife at her USA number even tho she's close by but we're both in another country do I dial the USA country code?

If I make a local call while abroad do I dial the country code even if its just down the street?

Be gentle, thanks

With GSM you can always dial like it's international even if it's not and the call will complete and will be charged as a local call.

Your message is a little confusing. You say you are "going abroad" does this mean that you are going outside of the US or you are flying to the US and that is your abroad? In any case you can make a local call either the way the locals make it or using +country code/area code/number. It will cost the same either way. To call a number in the US for example 311-555-2368 you'd key +13115552368. If you were calling a number in London, England 020-7654 3210 you'd key +442076543210. Most phones you make the + character by pressing and holding the 0 key. Nokia phones you press the * key twice quickly.