Need Smartphone for 2 Weeks

[olds]

Someone may have an innovative idea.

Both my personal phone and work phone were on Verizon. So I transferred the contacts on my personal phone over to the work phone and dropped the personal line. My wife still has a line on verizon.

Fast forward 1 year and I am going on a two week vacation. I don't want to take my work phone as I get about 200 contacts a day between emails, texts and calls. I don't want that distraction while trying to relax.

How can i get a US smart phone for this period? I am assuming I will have to buy a phone, activate it for a month and then cancel? Sounds like a pain. Any end runs I can do?

 

[Printer Bandit]

Are you staying in the US or going international?

 

[Linux23]

prepaid phone?

amazon.com for an unlocked phone and you can by a prepaid sim from any carrier?

what kind of phone are you looking for? smartphone or dumb phone just for calls?

 

[olds]

US
Smartphone

 

[GeekDrew]

I'd personally buy a Nexus 5x via Google Fi (currently there's a $150 discount for doing so), and then cancel Fi when you're done with vacation, and sell the phone. But I imagine that there are less expensive ways of doing it, if you're fine with less capable smartphones -- retailers like Walmart and etc carry crap models on prepaid plans.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Assuming you are not leaving the US and don't want/need work stuff either get a prepaid sim from VZ and use that or if you want a totally different device and want to keep it cheap go to T-Mobile or ATT they have some pretty low cost android smart phones for prepay.
I've worked in wireless for years.

 

[GeekDrew]

either get a prepaid sim from VZ and use that

I completely forgot that was even a possibility. Whoops.

 

[RossMAN]

Wrong forum /Nik

What smartphone are you currently using for personal and work?

 

[olds]

Wrong forum /Nik

What smartphone are you currently using for personal and work?

Galaxy S5

 

[Artdeco]

Olds, pm me your address, I'll loan you a nexus 6, pay for a month of T-Mobile, or whoever, the n6 will work on everyone's network. I have a fresh SIM card I can give you as well, T-Mobile screwed up and sent me a handful.

If you break it, I'd like the going price on swappa

 

[Skeeedunt]

You may even be able to swap a T-Mobile SIM straight into your Verizon S5 https://support.t-mobile.com/thread/70411?start=0&tstart=0

Can I have your new number in case anything urgent comes up?

 

[Artdeco]

You may even be able to swap a T-Mobile SIM straight into your Verizon S5 https://support.t-mobile.com/thread/70411?start=0&tstart=0

Can I have your new number in case anything urgent comes up?

I have some good friends in the P&N forum that need a little basement time while you're gone, if it's ok...

 

[manly]

Assuming you are not leaving the US and don't want/need work stuff either get a prepaid sim from VZ and use that or if you want a totally different device and want to keep it cheap go to T-Mobile or ATT they have some pretty low cost android smart phones for prepay.
I've worked in wireless for years.

https://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/1517095/

 

[poofyhairguy]

Get a $30 Lumia 640 and throw it away when you are done.