What are the options for internet access in Thailand if my iPhone is not paid off?

Use an eSIM then you can leave the SIM card in there.

Wait a sec. If phone not paid off it work using a new SIM card in Thailand or Laos ?

Get a cheap Android 2nd hand phone here to use as a wifi Hotspot

You can ask your network provider to unlock your phone, it takes a couple of days but that’s what I did

There are some portable hotspot I think you can rent. For a couple of hundred dollars you can by an older quality phone, which will have share-internet option (mobile hotspot). Maybe will have something.

Don't buy from the little cell phone counters.

Why can't I see comments ?

Yeah you can buy an unlocked phone.

My Taplink is my personal hotspot works every where just top it up monthly no cellphone charges

Most bars and restaurants have free WiFi also hotels

If you've paid your phone off they are supposed to unlock your phone. Just contact AT&T or go by a store.

Buy a cheap second phone 🤷‍♂️

Sukhumvit can do for you easy, and cheap

I got a cheap Thai phone and unlimited internet for 300 baht a month, an run my iPhone on the Thai phone’s hotspot- works great

You can unlock it here in Thailand. Phone shops will do it for you

Use WiFi. Most places have it

Every phone you can get unlocked by your provider I’m with Tesco and have an iPhone 12 Pro Max and they have unlocked it for me by asking them too

My Mum had a big issue with her French sim. They refused to unlock it without her contract ending, so she just had to rely on wifi where available and make sure her roaming was turned off to avoid huge charges.

Most bars/restaurants/hotels will have free wifi ☺️

Maybe before you buy anything try putting your friend's SIM card in your phone and see if it will work. If it works, just buy a SIM. If it doesn't, you know for sure that you need another solution.

Get a cheap phone here for under bt1000, and a pay as you go sim card, and you're set. Go to the fourth floor of MBK, and you'll have so many cheap phones to choose from you'll be overwhelmed. Get a bt50 pay as you go sim card, and a bt100 top-up card. In just two weeks you'll not need much more than that. A bt100 card is 100 minutes, and if you get close to using it all up you can get a top-up card at any 7-11. Just be aware you need your passport to buy a SIM card. It's part of anti terrorist measures. In the deep south they use cellphones for bombings.

You can get it unlocked in places like tukom!

Buy a cheap unlocked phone on Amazon before coming, saves a lot of time.

buy a burner phone for 500 baht with a net sim, use that as hotspot

Most (all?) iPhones come unlocked. And companies will almost always unlock for international travel anyways.

Just call them to make sure it is unlocked or have them unlock it

Edit: I clearly am mistaken. Though at one point they were. Now it seems carrier locks are back as a thing.

2 of my last 3 iPhones were on payments and those two were the ones I switched US carriers with (had payments left when I switched). (Sprint to Verizon to T-mobile) At the time I bought the oldest I was told all iPhones were being sold unlocked. Since I haven’t had a locked iPhone (carry financed or not) since then I assumed the policy had continued.

I haven’t had a locked iPhone since my 5S which Sprint unlocked for international travel with a 10 minute phone call.

Had no idea that carrier locks were a thing again since it has been 8 years since I had one locked.

I just got my mate one of those pocket wifi things was 2200 baht for a year unlimited