It is next to impossible to find a more reliable, rugged, unstoppable phone than those simple Nokia phones. And with a flashlight built in - a great simple way to make a call. Hard to beat that!
But for those coming to island, the "tabloid" type title of this thread is far from the truth. The Jamaicans I have shown this to are hurt and frustrated by this horrible sterotype. Hundreds, if not thousands of people who visit Jamaica weekly use their iPhone with no problems at all. None! Zippo! Ziltch! An iPhone makes you no more of a "mark" than being wearing shorts during the day.
Jamaicans who purchase iPhones want the box, the manual and all the "cool" factor that Apple has built into the iPhone. And with the latest release of the iPhone 6 - the latest version, it has becomes increasingly hard to use a "stolen" phone.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/17...l-for-that.htm
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenhue...lt-kill-switc/
The "kill switch" built into the iPhone can make it a "paperweight" for the vast majority or people who would attempt to steal it anywhere in the world. If you believe the subject title, then dont use your iPhone in your city as well. So as not to mislead people, to quote Forbes, a somewhat respected news outlet:
"Smartphone crime rates have already dropped since Activation Lock debuted. Thieves, wary of robbing someone but ending up with a dud phone, stopped trying as often. In the first five months of 2014, smartphone robberies and thefts dropped significantly in San Francisco, New York City and London, a June study found."
Sure, there are ways around the kill switch and completely blanking the phone (I do know people in "low places"), but ALL the services that can make a stolen iPhone work in Jamaica will make sure that this will cost you nearly as much as as buying a brand new iPhone.
For one, they know you are hacking a stolen phone, and two, they want to make it worth their while to take the risk. And then you have the issue of Digicel or LIME being able to track legit IME numbers on the phone so they may not activate it even after you have spent all that money. No one I talked with today would buy an iPhone without the box and manual, etc that came with it. Even for ja$2000 or us$20 - they wouldnt want to take the risk.
I have been at restaurants where 17 out of 19 people there were on their smartphones. While I find this sad, almost everyone here carries at least one smartphone. The brand is nearly irrelevant. The one exception is a Blackberry 10 - those are like the "Holy Grail" of smartphones on the island.
You are much more of a "mark" by smoking the herb and/or drinking til 3am than you are by carrying an iPhone. Flashing a wad a cash it much worse than using an iPhone. Just use your head and and there will be no worries!
