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Originally Posted by mrcamp (Post 23570408)

For a more functional backup/ttravel phone, at $119, I'd get the Moto E.

http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Moto-.../dp/B00K0NRYF6

I second that suggestion. Great little phone for the price.

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Originally Posted by ScottC (Post 20473674)

In a search for a good old fashioned backup mobile, I came across this beauty:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009S4RW64...Z5NEH8VKGREP4&

$35, true dual sim (both in use at the same time), analog TV, FM radio, media playback and more - quad band. Awesome battery life, and charges off MicroUSB. It even has a MicroSD card slot.

Even with all the nice phones I have, this is now my primary backup device. Perfectly small enough to keep in my gear bag.

I have one of these that i got in March. I bought 2.. and gifted one. The person that i gifted the phone... of course wanted more... and went ahead and bought an smartphone.

For backup i have a Galaxy Nexus. I'm currently using a LG G3 32GB/3GB Gold +Galaxy Gear. Coming from S4, and couldn't be more happy!! I'm loving my G3 got it almost at launch date. Was $550 for me. Factory unlocked.

Looking at inexpensive durable phones the other day, we came across this rugged-looking dual-SIM phone for $37.99. Googling "nitom cell phone" told me practically nothing, however. Only by finding the same phone eBay did I find out it ships from Shenzen, China. I don't know if that phone's any good or not, but the web site we first found it on, Cheap-phones.com, might have other phones of interest to people following this thread.