Using an old Razr V3 flip phone

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11:16a, 9/15/20

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I found an old motorola Razr V3 flip phone when cleaning out my garage the other day. It looks to be just fine outside of a bad battery. If I bought a sim card, would it still work? What's my cheapest option for getting this thing up and running again?

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1:43p, 9/15/20

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I wouldn't mess with it to be honest. We're now on 5G networks and that thing likely has 2G GSM radios that I don't think are operational anymore. It would at least be hit or miss on what spectrum is available where, I'd think.

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In reply to BEaggie08 • 1:51p, 9/15/20

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BEaggie08 said:
I wouldn't mess with it to be honest. We're now on 5G networks and that thing likely has 2G GSM radios that I don't think are operational anymore. It would at least be hit or miss on what spectrum is available where, I'd think.

I have slowly started to realize that. I was really just looking for a cheap option to make calls for work. I didn't want to use my personal cell number and thought this might be an easy and kinda fun solution. I ended up installing a burner phone app on my cell and will use that instead.

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9:39a, 9/16/20

I had a flip phone I kept in my carry one for emergency use while traveling. Once they started upgrading towers to 4g, it stopped working at most major airports or business areas.

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8:33p, 9/20/20

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I prepay AT&T, a year at a time. You can get pretty reasonable service that way - think it still comes w 8gb per month, but I carry a Sonim flip phone.