Del is experimentally "throwing in the towel" re: NO smart phone EVER

TrailBeast said

If the main phone has the hotspot function, yes.
My Sons phone doesn’t have service right now, and he has a hard time justifying getting back in service because he doesn’t want it bugging him at work and he simply uses the wireless (hotspot) here at the house.
Even when he does want to use it on a break or something, he just connects to the hotspot at work and uses internet phone and app messaging.

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AAAAAANNNNDDddddddd....................LOL we are learning a bit more. Turns out I have the cheapest, not-exactly-shown-on-the-website "talk and text" plan for 30 a month, so no internet (on the flip). That means for it to use the hotspot feature--which the flip has--I'd have to upgrade to at least 45 a month

The issue I see with that is, if my flip quits or whatever, I'm "completely" dead. So I think for now, I'm going to just go with the cheapest I can get on the new phone as a separate, independent number--which I may or may not keep, and leave it at that. This will cost me more, total, and that may change in the future.