Advice on acquiring cellphone for 3 or 4 week trip to London, then > Germany?
> * Primarily just for a few occasional local calls while in
> those countries -- not for calls back home to U.S.
> * Low total cost; no further use afterward.
> * Acquire it here? Or after arrival in London?
> [Doubt that my low-end Verizon/Samsung cellphone here is
> upgradeable.]
You need to get an unlocked dual band GSM phone capable of 900 and/or
1800 Mhz or an unlocked triband GSM phone capable of at least 900 and
1800 Mhz.
When in Germany you can get a prepaid account for as little as 10 sometimes with as much as 10 credit.
When in the UK you can get a prepaid account for as little as 5 with
5 credit.
Your Verizon mobile which is CDMA is totally incompatible with what's used in Europe. Dual band GSM phones can be obtained via eBay. You may be able to get a phone for as cheap as $20.