SpareOne Emergency Phone

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4 pointsnamzo3 comments

Nice idea, though expensive for what they are when you can for the same money buy a cheap solar charger and basic nokia phone.

Also, at least in the UK and I believe europe, if you put any SIM into a phone, nomatter if it has a contract or not. You will be able to call 911/999/emergency services. So you can get a SIM for a each network and have them spare to cover all permutations.

Though as I said, nice idea, just expensive for what it is. Realy needs to be sub $30.

I'm not currently in the UK so I can't test it myself but I was under the impression you don't even need the SIM

That's true at least here in sweden. I'm guessing the rest of europe as well.

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