I have my "island phone" - an old iPhone that Sharon put a SIM card in for me. I add $$ to it every couple months to keep it active. I use that all over the island for calling taxi's, restaurant reservations, etc. My "smartphone" is a Verizon iPhone 6, for $10.00 a day it works just as it does at home. Being self employed, we don't get vacations where we can cut the cord, but this enables us to still be in contact all the time and take multiple vacations. So sure, $10 a day is steep, but that's calling home, texting and data, and phone acts like it's still in CT. Worth every penny.