LONG LIVE THE EMERGENCY PHONE
Posted on September 16th, 2012 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
The “Spare One” is an emergency cell phone that came out in January, but we just recently decided to try one.
The $99 phone has a claimed battery life of 15 years without recharging, if you don’t turn it on, or ten hours of continuous talk time if you do. It works on a single double-A battery. The point is to keep it in your car’s glove box for emergencies. It has a red button that calls 911, even, they say, if you press it for the first time 15 years later.
If you want to use the Spare One as a regular phone, though, you need to buy a “sim card” from a cell phone service provider. The cost for that will depend on the contract. The lowest we could find was around $35 a month from Virgin Mobile; they let you go month to month.
