3. SMART PHONE (vs basic phone)

• "Basic" Phone

• Keep "Basic" phone (and no data) for lowest hassle

• Add internet access by adding DSL (covered above) to your "basic" phone

• Drop your "basic" phone. Subscribe to ONLY data from cable; add your own wireless or wired phone which "plugs into" the data

  • magicJack $3/mo
  • BasicTalk $10/mo (caller ID; Voicemail; call waiting; no contract)
  • Vonage $20/mon (1 yr contract)
  • possible issue: does FAX still work on VoIP?

• Convert from "basic" phone to "basic" CELL phone for maximum flexibility at ~same monthly cost

  • "Straight Talk Wireless" @ $15/mo, no data
  • Senior Mobile ; phone photo
  • BASIC PREPAID VOICE CELL PHONE
  • Disable cellular data on an Android SmartPhone: Turn "on" WiFi, and Turn "off" mobile data

• "Smart Phone"

• Buy your own new or 2nd hand SmartPhone:

  • Buy a newish or re-manufactured 4G smart phone (re-program/flash to be the older 3G)

  • Buy a 2nd hand unlocked smartphone: Motorola Droid 3; HT Incredible 2 ($72 remanufactured on eBay), etc.

• Buy latest design knockoff, directly from China:

  • Chinese phones that work in the US; explanations of GSM, CDMA, WCDMA

  • Cheapest cellphone/smart phone: single core; Android 4.2; 2G GSM; $49

  • Duo-Core Android 4.2; 5" screen; 2G GSM; $85

  • Most recent quad core Android 4.4.2; 5"screen; 2G GSM + 3G WCDMA $125 ; tinydeal specs

  • Buy inexpensive Android tablets ($50-$70 for 7 inch screen), as discussed in previous workshops

• Google Nexus5 (5 inch phone) $350

• "Jitterbug Touch 2" smartphone provided by "Greatcall"