$100 spareone.com
You just blew up your Galaxy attempting to video your rocket launch and youโre hurt. Your ROVโs adrift and your Nexus slipped overboard. Or, like me, your carโs dead and you cooked your iPhone senseless on the hot dashboard.
Call for help with this emergency GSM cellie, with or without your SIM card. Itโs barebones โ no screen! โ but it runs on a lithium AA battery thatโll last 15 years unused (it provides 10 hours of talk time when in use), survives conditions other phones canโt (โ22ยฐF to 140ยฐF), and automatically text-replies your friends telling them to phone you instead. And itโs unlocked, so you can buy prepaid SIMs too.
An upgrade, the SpareOne Plus, debuted at CES 2013 but hasnโt hit stores is said to include a location-tracking service and a waterproof, floatable bag that you can talk through.
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