Cellphone Recommendations

[WCMason]

iPhone 6 plus. Does it all. Good battery too but it's charging anytime I'm in the car anyway. There is an unofficial buy one get one free sale right now. I got my new one two days ago and yesterday another one showed up. I called AT&T and they said it keeps happening. Sounded a bit like the honor system of turning it in. Yes, I'm turning mine in.

Could not agree more. I've had mine for about three weeks and love it. And even with a leather wallet-styled case, it fits in my pocket easily.

 

[pcbinsurance]

Is that an I-Phone 6+ in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

 

[somarco]

Don't bother with lens adapters. Waste of money.

You can get long life batteries on Amazon for Samsung and probably others as well. Charging while driving works too if you are using 3G/4G data.

And you can get portable chargers too

Otter Box is one of the better protective cases.

 

[WinoBlues]

I have a Samsung Note 3. Great phone for work. I have 3 or 4 spare batteries in the car and another couple at my desk. I pay something like $15 dollars for 3 with block charger. Stylus works great for notes and mark ups.

 

[lch]

Has anyone used the Freedom Pop? (the co. rents Sprint network)

You buy the Sprint phone (either from them refurbished, or ebay, etc.), then free
1 - 200 min/mo. talk
2 - 500 texts/mo.
3 - 500 MB data/mo.

It uses VOIP for phone calls, sprint cell network for other.
It looks like they've been going for about 18 months.
Do search on youtube - fox news freedompop.

 

[somarco]

Freedom Pop works great as long as you are standing next to the tower. That assumes you can find one. I looked at this a year ago for a trip and didn't want to use up my data or pay $20/day for hotel WIFI. Total crap.

http://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Photon-Mobile-Hotspot-Black/product-reviews/B009FCGAQC

FreedomPop's Free Wireless Would Be Cool If It Wasn't So Shady | TIME.com