Altern wrote:
The days of flip phones are over ...
Nope. Smart phones are too big.
My good old Verizon/Samsung Convoy is way smaller .... fits nicely in pant or shirt pockets without me worring about cracking it's glass if I lean up against something. I can hook it up to the Internet at 3G speeds for browsing in a pinch, too, if I want to pay for the service.
An iPad Mini is far superior for RV ease-of-use when the passenger is trying to read a slightly jiggling screen when traveling in the RV - especially if the passenger's eyes aren't as good as they used to be for looking at little tiny things.
However, a main problem with flip phones, iPhones, and iPads on RV trips is they have to be able to CONNECT TO the Internet when in non-coverage areas - of which we are in a LOT OF here out West. To eliminate a lot of the connection problems, we've installed a roof antenna and an amplifier in the RV for boosting access to Verizon towers whenever we're in the RV, both when moving and when camped. The RV becomes a hotspot when using the antenna and amplifier, so that computers and iPads just have to use their WiFi circuits to connect through the RV's wireless hotspot router.
