"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
12/21/2018 at 15:02 • Filed to: None
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"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
12/21/2018 at 15:02 • Filed to: None | 1
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I’m trying to find a simple candy bar or flip phone that will accept a Verizon smart phone SIM card. The idea is to have an inexpensive backup for those times when a smartphone is accidentally rendered useless, a child needs a simple phone for use on a trip, or someone has lost phone privileges but we want them to still have basic phone service.
Any ideas?
CB
> TheRealBicycleBuck
12/21/2018 at 00:57 |
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Not that I can think of, unless AT&T offers one (I know my carrier offers one). Find out the model and buy for cheap online.
MrDakka
> TheRealBicycleBuck
12/21/2018 at 01:08 |
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The Samsung Rugby was my most recent experience with a no frills cellphone, back in my government days, a couple years ago. $150 unlocked on Amazon. You can also pick up a nano/micro SIM card adapter at Walmart for $5.
facw
> TheRealBicycleBuck
12/21/2018 at 01:17 |
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Hmm, I don’t see much. Here you can get a Moto E4 for a $100: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875209524 which should work with Verizon, but that’s still a smartphone, and $100 is still a bunch of money. I don’t see any of the $20-30 phones that will work on CDMA networks. I’d guess your best option would be to look for a used phone?
Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
> TheRealBicycleBuck
12/21/2018 at 06:32 |
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When I was in CA for the summer, I just bought a random Samsung or whatever at a small electronics
corner store for 30 bucks, which included a
1 month pre-paid plan as well. I also saw a selection of similarly priced phones at Best buy, they had all the major providers covered so I had no worries about the single-provider locks.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> facw
12/21/2018 at 06:44 |
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Yeah, part of the plan is to force the offender to suffer with the basics for a while. Any suggestions for a used marketplace?
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
12/21/2018 at 06:45 |
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Pre-paid might be the answer.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> CB
12/21/2018 at 06:45 |
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I’ll have to swing by the Verizon store.
diplodicus
> TheRealBicycleBuck
12/21/2018 at 08:06 |
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https://www.verizonwireless.com/basic-phones/kyocera-cadence-lte/?sku=sku2650010
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> diplodicus
12/21/2018 at 08:17 |
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That looks like a solid option. Thanks.
Lokiparts
> TheRealBicycleBuck
12/21/2018 at 08:52 |
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Have you seen the new Relay “phone?” I say phone in quotations because it is the most stripped down communication device ever, it do es n’t even have a screen . It’s basically a walkie-talkie with cell service. But for kids it could be perfect. They can communicate with other Relay devices and anyone with the Relay app on their phone.
I don’t think you can just pop in an existing sim card and go, but the devices are only $50 and I think it’s like $10 a month for service on them. I think it’s kind of neat and I have been considering getting a couple of them for my kids .
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Lokiparts
12/21/2018 at 11:02 |
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I’ll have to look into it!
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facw
> TheRealBicycleBuck
12/21/2018 at 11:43 |
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Not really, you should summon Miss Mercedes, she enjoys a good phone flip.
Mercedes Streeter
> TheRealBicycleBuck
12/21/2018 at 15:08 |
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I’ve been summoned! Surprisingly I don’t have much knowledge in the way of non-smartphones (or as the kids call them, “feature phones”). I suppose anything unlocked for CDMA or locked to Verizon would do.
If you’re interested in cheap as heck smartphones, I’d be looking at something pitiful like a BLU (assuming they have any models that work on CDMA) or some several gens old phone from eBay. :)
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Mercedes Streeter
12/21/2018 at 15:27 |
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Thanks. The idea is to have a backup for emergencies (like when my wife dropped hers into the toilet), a cheap/less desirable phone for times when the kids are off to camp and I don’t want them to take their more expensive phones, and as a feature-free phone for use when a child has lost their smartphone privileges but we need the child to have a phone on hand for emergencies. That last scenario is important since our kids are commuting half an hour or more to get to school.
brianbrannon
> TheRealBicycleBuck
12/23/2018 at 19:20 |
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Basic phones are available in prepaid form for less than $30. The problem is that even with a Verizon SIM card to move from phone to phone you still have to call Verizon to activate the new phone
serial number. For a price of course. That’s how it worked some years ago at least