I bought my younger brother a Samsung Galaxy S/Captivate (Can't remember which one is on AT&T) out of contract. His current phone was a Flight w/o data.
My theory was that if I swap the SIM card into the Captivate phone and disable packet data, AT&T would be none the wiser since he is using the phone for voice only, and data only when on WiFi.
This phone was bought back in May, and I just realized that they auto-subscribed us to the 2GB data plan and have been charging us ever since. To their credit they, retroactively switched it to the 200MB and refunded us the difference. The frustrating part was that we were not notified of the appended fee to the family account.
I understand that they require data plans on new phones that were subsidized by AT&T, but I didn't think they applied to phones we bought ourselves. Why do they care what type of phone we are using when all I want is voice?
The bottom line is that he has no reason to pay for mobile data and those unemployed teenagers can't afford it anyways .
Is this accurate that there is no way to use a smart phone w/o data, even if it's not a phone purchased directly from AT&T?
My theory was that if I swap the SIM card into the Captivate phone and disable packet data, AT&T would be none the wiser since he is using the phone for voice only, and data only when on WiFi.
This phone was bought back in May, and I just realized that they auto-subscribed us to the 2GB data plan and have been charging us ever since. To their credit they, retroactively switched it to the 200MB and refunded us the difference. The frustrating part was that we were not notified of the appended fee to the family account.
I understand that they require data plans on new phones that were subsidized by AT&T, but I didn't think they applied to phones we bought ourselves. Why do they care what type of phone we are using when all I want is voice?
The bottom line is that he has no reason to pay for mobile data and those unemployed teenagers can't afford it anyways .
Is this accurate that there is no way to use a smart phone w/o data, even if it's not a phone purchased directly from AT&T?