If you're retired and on Social Security (like me), you can get a free Tracfone, paid by the govt. Before I retired, I bought the cards. Then I got on this program. I get 500 minutes per month at no cost. They provide the phone, but do not allow smartphones on that program. I dont need or even want a smartphone. They provide the phone too, either a flopphone or similar non-flip type.
There is a browser on my flip phone, but it's pretty useless. I can google something like the meaning of a word or how to convert metric to SAE, or even find a picture to use for my phone wallpaper, but sites like youtube, ebay, amazon and stuff like that dont load. Also, since many websites have switched to HTTPS (secure), none of them work at all. I cant even get the weather reports anymore.
But the price is right. I really only need a cellphone for emergency calls and to call a friend or business when I am not at home.
I dont use my phone to get drugs, except when I call the pharmacy for refills of my prescriptions..... .
Having a Tracfone thru that free service makes it not be anonymous. They require all your legal personal information to make sure the person is really getting SSI. Actually, anyone who is low income can get these free phones, if they can proive their low income. SSI is not required.
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(Signing up is kind of a pain in the ass though).