Doh! Lost my phone in a taxi ...now looking to buy used or rent

[kmol]

Hi BAexpats,

I just absent-mindedly left my cellphone in a taxi cab, and am unlikely to get it back as it was just a random black & yellow cab I hailed on the street (I can’t even remember which company it was).

Fortunately for me, it was an older phone (Samsung Galaxy S3) that I was planning to replace when I returned home mid-June, so really I only lost the latest pictures that I hadn’t downloaded to my computer yet.

Wondering if anyone here:

• has an extra smartphone lying around that they'd be willing to sell (definitely wouldn’t mind getting one of the pre-fingerprint or pre-face-recognition phones…that’s the Luddite in me, but, in reality, I’ll probably just not use those features), OR
• could recommend a business that rents phones to visitors (in which case, I'd just rent a phone here for a month & then buy a used phone on Swappa.com once I returned to the US)?

I’ve always had Android phones, but could easily switch to Apple products. I’ve already picked up a new SIM card from Claro; now I just need to find a phone to put it in.

Suggestions?

Katherine

 

[Macanudo]

Did you try calling the phone to see if anyone answers?

 

[kmol]

Macanudo, that was the first thing I tried, but it was in airplane mode, so it wouldn't ring.

Then I called Radio Taxi Porteño describing the time/place of ride & the phone, and gave them a number where I could pick up a message in case it was turned in. And I plan to give them another call in a day, to see if the phone is sitting in their "Objetos perdidos."

I'm thinking of calling some of the other common black & yellow cab companies, but unfortunately my Spanish is quite limited, so I'm not that effective over the phone.

It would be much more effective to visit them in person, if I knew where these taxi / "objetos perdidos" depots where...so, if anyone knows the addresses of the common black & yellow taxi companies in the Palermo neighborhood, that would be really appreciated.

 

[toongeorges]

You can buy a Samsung Galaxy J4 or similar for less than 150 USD in a smartphone shop anywhere in Buenos Aires. Why not buy such a cheap phone, it is decent enough?

 

[kmol]

That's a solid option, toongeorges, thank you!

 

[MilHojas]

Moto g7 power is on sale in Fravega now. Specs, compare to US.

 

[D.B. Cooper]

The city has a number to call for lost or stolen cell phones. It is *910.
Not sure what they do. Good luck.

https://www.google.com/search?q=llamar+910+para+telefonos+perdidos&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari