Don't think so - they're all very expensive because cell networks are expensive. You can get a burner phone, only use it as a tethered internet connection for your laptop which runs VPN software.
replyPhreeli seems to be the privacy promoting MVNO with the cheapest options. Not sure if it’s been audited or what its guarantees are, but anything is probably better than the big carriers.
replyThanks! This looks like what I want
replyCape is another option, supposedly a more complete tech stack of their own
replySilent.link, jmp.chat
replyTurn off the phone entirely.
replyMost have internal batteries and are still "on" to a certain extent unless the battery is completely discharged.
replyIt's "on" enough to detect the activity needed to wake it back up. But will a powered-off phone still be pinging cell towers or making WiFi requests?
replyUse one of the few phones with hardware kill switches or removable batteries.
replyIf you cover your phone with an antielectrostatic bag it can't communicate; that is a Faraday cage.
replySince people around you will think you are also wearing a tinfoil hard, you had better stick to the phones with hardware switches as sibling comment mentions
Most of those bags are total BS
replyI get that anything emitting can be tracked and stuff. I'm looking to take a baby step where I'm at least not having every possible detail recorded and sold. That Phreeli recommendation from another user seems like exactly what I want (paired with other things like a VPN of course).
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