Hi there,
I just got back on Sunday and visited all the places you mention including the coast road down to Dakhla. You say you are going to buy a smartphone. I would highly recommend getting a chinese copy of a Samsung Note 2 (£120 and comes with a spare case and battery) on Amazon or any unlocked smartphone with TWO sim card slots. Then get a WorldSim card and fit that together with your local sim card. When away, make all calls etc via your WorldSim card and it will connect to the strongest signal available (Maroc Telecom probably) completely automatically. You use your ordinary dialing numbers ie no country codes required and it works all over the world (its pay as you go with internet or voice call topups).
Worked all over Morocco for me and in places more remote than you are considering.
Bye the way, if you make it to Assa, there is only one hotel, basic but clean, only they do not do food (ANY food, even breakfast) so take some with you (250DM per night).
Strange to have wifi but no food, it's usually the other way round.
Wifi free in every hotel I stayed in and NO passwords required anywhere. Never needed an internet cafe.
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