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[โ€“] arrow74@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Added plus of the cell phone is it can also still call 911 even without a sim as long as you take it off airplane.

Or at least it should be able to, changing the OS could impact that

[โ€“] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

The town I live in is 3 blocks long. The fire department is in the middle block. I can crawl to the ambulance.