Hello, am looking for a recommendation for a semi burner phone for travel. Features I would like to have are: decent vendor support (that is, software updates), relatively inexpensive (cheap enough so that if it gets stolen or confiscated by porcine law enforcement I won’t be too sad) but nice enough to keep as a daily driver, physical SIM card, ok camera for travel photos. I am currently leaning towards the Pixel 9a but at $499 USD that is pushing a bit against affordability. Any suggestions?
Eh, you can get a tracfone on Amazon that includes an free plan as promotion. Anywhere from $20 to $80.
I think there’s like a Samsung Galaxy A15 or a Moto G 5G 2024 for less than $80 that you can get with a promotion, you just go to the website, type in imei (the SIM should already inside the phone and its tied to the imei), activate, wait 60 days and it should auto unlock.
You might have to be inside the US for the activation and perhaps for the auto-unlock too.
You don’t need a 60 day plan, just 30 days (which if you have a promotion, they include a free 30 day plan), then let it expire and wait another 30 days.