You all know what the FaceTime function of the new iPhone 4 does, so I won't go into details related to it, however I will detail my experience related to the activation of this function. Very little was said about the activation of the FaceTime function, but even less was said about the costs that this activation implies. When the FaceTime function is activated, your phone sends an international SMS to an Apple server with the UDID of your phone to request the activation of the function. This SMS is charged by Orange with 12 cents, but probably other telephone operators do not charge for this activation and the SMS is sent free of charge.
A few days ago, I inserted a credit-free card from 3 Italia into my phone, which in Romania worked on Cosmote. Of course, I could not activate the FaceTime function of the Cosmote phone with that card, but when I reinserted my card, the phone asked me if I wanted to activate the function. I pressed "Ok" and the message that the phone is waiting for activation was displayed on the screen. Seeing that the phone does not activate, I turned On/Off the FaceTime function 2 more times, but without result, so I decided to reset the phone. After the phone turned on, I noticed that the function was activated, and 2 days after activation, I noticed that I had 36 cents extra for the additional cost, even though I didn't send any international messages, I didn't call abroad/etc. I attribute the cost to the 3 attempts to activate the FaceTime function because every time I tried to activate the option I received a message warning me that there is a possibility that the telephone operator may charge for the activation, and I have the experience of the first activation which cost exactly way.
I don't know if the telephone operator charged you for this activation, but I at Orange paid 12 cents (the cost of an international SMS) for each activation.
