Where In the US Can You Get Just a Cell Phone?

arakon writes "I am looking around for a cell phone for my technically challenged mother and all she wants is just a phone, and yet there seem to be no carriers in the US that carry a plain cell phone with good reception and battery life. All of them bundle cameras, PDAs, MP3 players, and a kitchen sink with a battery life of 2 hours, all for the low price of $350 or more... Having looked around, the Motorola F3 is exactly what she wants but it doesn't seem to be available in the US. If we order it online will it work on US carriers? Are there any comparable products out there with a similar feature set and price range available for US networks?"

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Q: Where In the US Can You Get Just a Cell Phone?

A: A Cell Phone Store. [google.com]

Re:Did you really look?

[Anonymous Coward]

I hear with Verizon you can get 27 free phones of any model, you just have to ask them about the new "Till death do us part" contract deal.

Re:Thank you!

[Dogtanian]

Then the rest of us can get back to enjoying our phones with Bluetooth, Java, IM, GPS, camera, web-browsing, calendar, PC synchronisation and MP3 playback.

How basic!... don't you know that the latest phones all include a Teasmade [wikipedia.org] and a trouser press [wikipedia.org] as standard?

Re:I want one of those!

[davidsyes]

"And people in hell want ice water."

No, trust me. They don't. Water turns to steam, and steam is hotter than water. And steam in hell would be hellishly hellier than unholy hell.

Re:I want one of those!

[camperdave]

The way some people drive, the crank is behind the steering wheel, not part of the drive train.

Re:Did you really look?

[MadMidnightBomber]

You didn't read the small print did you? The contract doesn't end with your death, and there's something about your eternal soul in there.

Re:I want one of those!

[alman]

Come to Canada, we have all this stuff

I want an operating system that's not running surveillance on me.
There is this thing we like to call OpenBSD, give it a shot.

I want a car that has better gas mileage than a 1975 Honda.
We got these, see half the time your car would be frozen so you can't use it, really cuts down on the yearly mileage.

I want a health care system that won't send me into bankruptcy if I get sick.
It doesn't bankrupt you if you get sick, it bankrupts yous all the time, if you happen to get sick, it will mostly cure you!

I want a news media that doesn't just pass along presidential press releases as God's own truth.
No president, we have a Prime Minister!

I want a President that has better than C- average and who cares about more than cutting taxes for the rich and not admitting he's wrong.
Weren't you paying attention? I said we don't have a President, we have a Prime Minister

I want a country that doesn't believe that half the population is the enemy.
But girls have cooties!!....er.... I think that's just me......Have you seen our army? We are in no position to have an enemy!

Problem solved!

Re:Jitterbug

[Lord Ender]

I doubt my Grandma would use such a cell phone unless it is rotary dial.