08-20-2020, 11:17 AM
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aka Spike
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: The Darkest Corners of My Mind
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Get him a cheap flip phone with just call and text on it.
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08-20-2020, 11:38 AM
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#3
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Franchise Player
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The issue with any phone, dumb or smart, is that he is more likely to lose it somewhere or forget to take it with him as compared with a wearable device. He is already accustomed to wearing his Fitbit smartwatch so it would be any easy transition to a connected smartwatch.
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08-20-2020, 12:11 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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This looks like it would be exactly what you want: https://www.amazon.ca/Verizon-Gizmowatch/dp/B07ZWFYHT3/
It's sold by Amazon.ca, so presumably, it works in Canada, but it does say it works on the Verizon network, so I don't know. There aren't any reviews from Canada.
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08-20-2020, 02:23 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Marseilles Of The Prairies
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There is a Canadian version:
https://www.liltracker.ca/
SIMs are like 120$ a year, watch is $180 flat. They run on the Rogers network.
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Last edited by PsYcNeT; 08-20-2020 at 02:31 PM.
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08-20-2020, 03:39 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
There is a Canadian version:
https://www.liltracker.ca/
SIMs are like 120$ a year, watch is $180 flat. They run on the Rogers network.
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The plans for those are ridiculously laughable. They are using pricing from like 20 years ago. $10 per month for 50mb of data? What a joke.
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08-20-2020, 04:09 PM
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Participant
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Quote:
Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
The plans for those are ridiculously laughable. They are using pricing from like 20 years ago. $10 per month for 50mb of data? What a joke.
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Just buy your own SIM card, doesn't look like you have to use their plans. Get a $10 unlimited text plan from somewhere like here:
https://www.speakout7eleven.ca/plans
EDIT: That's if you're fine with not using the GPS feature. If you want it you need data, but still, $10 a month for all the data you'd need for one of those seems entirely reasonable. They say they only use 20-30mb per month with daily use.
Last edited by PepsiFree; 08-20-2020 at 04:13 PM.
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08-20-2020, 04:57 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary - Centre West
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If you just want data on the LilTracker, you can probably add a shared data tablet plan to your Rogers account and do that. Mine works out to --checks bill-- ... $0 a month.
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08-20-2020, 09:23 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Marseilles Of The Prairies
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Yeah I don't suspect your kid will be watching YouTube on the thing. It's $10 :shrug:
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08-20-2020, 09:53 PM
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Franchise Player
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If you want cheap plans for whatever device in Calgary take a look at freedom. They have $100 per year per pay for unlimited talk and text or $15 per month for unlimited text and 250mb late and unlimited 3G. The advantage with the unlimited 3G is it makes messaging apps work.
We just have the kids using old phones.
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08-21-2020, 09:57 PM
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Franchise Player
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What about a blackberry with a data only SIM? Blackberries are harder to break than the typical touch only smart phone.
I'm not sure of the SIM options that would work best for you though. There's data only SIM, pay as you go, or perhaps even a pooled family plan?
EDIT: Missed the no phone preferred post.
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08-22-2020, 10:30 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GGG
If you want cheap plans for whatever device in Calgary take a look at freedom. They have $100 per year per pay for unlimited talk and text or $15 per month for unlimited text and 250mb late and unlimited 3G. The advantage with the unlimited 3G is it makes messaging apps work.
We just have the kids using old phones.
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Or if you have Shaw internet get the new Shaw mobile plan - free talk & text (just a $20 activation fee). We got a couple of cheap phones for our kids (was just going to give one my old phone but it went and died) and set them up on that. If we ever need data we can add that but since the phones are really for letting us know they're home, if they miss the bus, etc. they don't really need data when they aren't on wifi.
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08-22-2020, 09:41 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: SW
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Quote:
Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
The plans for those are ridiculously laughable. They are using pricing from like 20 years ago. $10 per month for 50mb of data? What a joke.
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I got one of these for my daughter. You can only "text"using their crappy app so they wouldn't be able to text friends. It also doesn't work on freedom or Shaw Network. 2/10, would not buy again.
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