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Playdough wrote

> I'm looking for a mobile phone, basic/no bells and whistles necessary, only for emergency contact during international 
> trips by the son-and-heir.

You really need a quad band phone in that case unless you can specify
just what areas he plans to visit.

Even then it gets complicated because many places like the US have
much worse coverage for GSM than CDMA, so if his international trips
include north america, even a quad band GSM phone isnt going to be
good enough, particularly if he wants to be able to use it in the wilds etc.

And that wouldnt be the best for this country either, you really need NextG for this country.

> Second-hand is ok.  Any suggestions?

Not unless you are more specific about just which international trips are involved.

In some cases like north america, if he plans to stay there for more than just
a few days, it can make more sense to get a cheap phone there just for north
america. The cheapest decent coverage phones cost peanuts there.