4 Good Reasons to Get an Emergency Burner Phone

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A cheap phone has lots of uses when you can't or don't want to use your main phone.
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ?
A burner phone is another name for a prepaid cell phone. It's a device that you don't plan to keep for a long time.

You can find prepaid phones from providers like TracFone at retailers like Walmart and Amazon.
๐Ÿญ. ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€

This is a natural reason to keep a burner, but it's still important.

The FCC mandates that any cell phone must be able to call 911, even if that phone doesn't subscribe to the carrier's network.
๐Ÿฎ. ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€-๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ

A burner phone provides a way to disconnect from the internet and instant reachability.

You can avoid distractions of social media.
๐Ÿฏ. ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต

A burner phone doesn't require a Google account, GPS tracking your location, or ads in every app logging your activities.

They just work, which is exactly what some people need.
๐Ÿฐ. ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€

There are still some services that make good use of SMS.

With them, you don't have to fill your regular phone's inbox full of annoying messages.
Now you know why keeping a burner phone around is a good idea.

Obviously, these phones won't replace your smartphone.

But they're a cheap addition to your emergency toolkit with use in a lot of situations.
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