Im going to be going on vacation and travel in November, and honestly, this is needed. I’m on the lookout for a secondary phone that i can degoogle real quick, put the neccessary apps that i need and just call it a day. I’m already prepping my family and stating that im not gonna bring my primary phone. I was wondering what do you guys use, if any of yall bring a secondary phone. (FYI: I am in the US and will be traveling internationally)

  • Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    This is probably not what you want, but I sometimes use a 2017 Nokia 3310, the one with 3G.

    There are not really apps on that(IRC only twitter and facebook, and I don’t know if those still work), but you can install/upgrade to the latest version of opera mini, which does offer access to (some) more apps.

    To be clear this is on my to do list. In the past I just used it as a dumbphone.

    • Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.orgOPEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Unfortunatly, the older Nokia phones are completely unavailable to obtain in the US and 3G is being phased out everywhere, so that already isn’t an option. Also, i would need to download specific apps that relate to taxi services and talking with my group that I’ll be traveling with. Even though the Nokias are cool, it just isnt feasible.

      • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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        1 day ago

        It might have been useful to say up front that you live in the US. Are you planning to travel domestically or internationally? All these things change phone availability and strategy for what you should do.

      • Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 day ago

        completely unavailable to obtain in the US

        vinted/ebay

        3G is being phased out everywhere

        2G fallback.

        specific apps that relate to taxi services and talking with my group

        Yeah. That’s a no.

        I find it annoying that everything’s an app now, when it could also still be a website.

        • Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.orgOPEnglish
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          1 day ago

          I no longer go on ebay because they started asking for age vertification.I tired buying a laptop there once, and immediately cancelled my account because of that. 2G basically dosen`t exist, everything now is turning into 4G/LTE, 5G or you use satellite. When signal is poor or not there, is gonna fall towards LTE or satellite. There are a couple of stores in the US you can go to find phones, but the most convenient options are not really convenient. Yeah, I hate that too. I would prefer to just book those ahead of time but that’s not happening.