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Article #642Re: Cheap Mobile Phone for Emergency Contact
From: Playdough
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 02:23
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 02:23
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Rod Speed wrote: :: 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. Only western Europe. :: 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.
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