I folks, my apologies if I missed this in the long thread - I tried to see if there was something similar and didn't see it.

Does anyone have a phone they recommend for T-Mobile Simple Choice? I am thinking of going this route. Travel to the UK & Netherlands. Primarily looking for a usable phone with hotspot capability. I plan to tether my iPhone 5S off of the hotspot when needed. I do not want to be swapping out SIMs between phones since I want to keep my main # up and running the whole time I am abroad.

I don't care about call quality - no calls will be made from this phone. Primarily for data/texting. 3 month trip - so cost is an object since this will be a temp phone.