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This is all very helpful. Thanks so much for your time! 

Ah, good to know. Thanks! 

I've got to to start somewhere and hopefully I'll learn techie stuff along the way, or hopefully my techie friends can help me in a pinch.  

Data harvesting can be minimized, and if I can do just that, I will.

The one in my link has been modified (ie. deGoogled) as far as I can understand. The $429 is CDN in that link. I found that seller in an article about Freedom Phones, that was saying this is a cheaper option for essentially the same thing...basically...