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StrandElectric wrote:
> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:9453aeF61fU1@mid.individual.net...
>> 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.
> Satellite phones are clearly not cheap... but they are getting
> remarkably cheaper!  Their use would be anywhere would it not?

They arent that physically convenient compared with the typical mobile phone, much bigger.