Personally, I don't like telephones at all, but do realize that
at some time they are vitally necessary. Since I'm a widow and
live alone, drive alone anywhere I please, I find that a Triple A
card with 100 mile towing, and a cell phone are about all I need.
I have a Trac phone, which I love. I drop it, the cat pushes it off
the shelf, I lose it in my purse, and sometimes have to call it from
the land phone to be able to find it before I leave the house.
I bought this phone about 3 years ago, and with it got over a year's
worth of minutes, all this for about 129.00. And each year on that
date I buy another 20 or 30 dollar card so I can punch in the number,
it goes over to another year, plus the left over minutes roll over too.
You can get these at Walmart or grocery stores, they are everywhere.
Since I have a hearing problem, I've found that I can turn up the sound
on this cell, and use it when calling my out of state kids and grandkids.