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Peter wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> StrandElectric wrote
>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> 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.

>>>> 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.

> Does one still need to be still to make a call?

Nope.

> Most mobiles will allow a call to emergency services for free. No sim required. 112.

You dont know that its that sort of emergency he is talking about.

> If the emergency is to tell the one who is on holidays about the
> dog getting run over Skype and free wifi would be a heap option.

> Just make sure you take your sim out of the smart (I know) phone to avoid
> excess data roaming charges that can creep into the tens of thousands.