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Re:Launch HN: Solve (YC S17) – We Save International Travele... by nicpottier on Monday June 19, 2017 @02:34PM (#14589227)
I travel a lot and to many different places and I can say no, this isn't a useful service to me. A local SIM card yes, and those are the first thing I do upon arrival at airports (I have a pouch of 30 or so I keep as momentos).

My wife was just in Accra and received an Android device like you described at her hotel. My advice to her was not to use it for anything that involved logging in, because honestly, that just sounds shady.

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Re:Launch HN: Solve (YC S17) – We Save International Travele... by tluyben2 on Monday June 19, 2017 @08:04PM (#14591307)
There is something called a Handy (I think) which is an Android phone; it works well for browsing and maps. I have gotten one for free to borrow in a number of hotels around the world. Usually I have a local SIM though.
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