Is data required

rcozzi · Feb 20, 2012

I intend to switch the one non data phone on our account to a (paid for) data capable phone, but prefer to use it as a non data phone. Would we still have to pay for data access?

trav473 · Feb 20, 2012

If it is an android smart phone, VZW will require a data package. AFAIK.

nerdydesi · Feb 20, 2012

If it is a smartphone, you'll be required to tack on a data plan to it at the time of activation.

rcozzi · Feb 20, 2012

nerdydesi said:
If it is a smartphone, you'll be required to tack on a data plan to it at the time of activation.

Hardly seems fair doesn't it??????

Yeahha · Feb 20, 2012

rcozzi said:
Hardly seems fair doesn't it??????

Seems very fair, the first thing the phone is going to want to do is sync and use data so if you don't have data on it you would quickly owe more than the cost of a data package.

If you don't want a smartphone don't have one, get a good MP3 player and a dumb phone.

UncleMike · Feb 20, 2012

Yeahha said:
Seems very fair, the first thing the phone is going to want to do is sync and use data so if you don't have data on it you would quickly owe more than the cost of a data package.

If you don't want a smartphone don't have one, get a good MP3 player and a dumb phone.

Two of my kids have Android phones with no data plan (data is blocked) on Page Plus. The phones are still very useful without data access. Wifi at home and elsewhere minimizes the impact of no data access.

On the other hand, intending to use data without a plan is asking for trouble.

Yeahha · Feb 20, 2012

UncleMike said:
Two of my kids have Android phones with no data plan (data is blocked) on Page Plus. The phones are still very useful without data access. Wifi at home and elsewhere minimizes the impact of no data access.

On the other hand, intending to use data without a plan is asking for trouble.

Yeah Page Plus is different. I don't think VZW will allow you to block data on a smartphone, and if they do but still make you pay for the data plan I can disagree with my previous post. I honestly think that you get much more out of a smartphone if it can do the things it is supposed to do, Page Plus kinda allows you to decide for yourself (if you wish to flash a smartphone to them) while VZW says if you are going to have a smartphone you should use it like one since you are going to be paying for it.

I know wifi at home does eliminate much of a need to use data but what happens when you are used to being able to do something on your phone but happen to be at a spot where you have no wifi access? For you kids checking exchange email may not be a big deal for me it can be

UncleMike · Feb 20, 2012

Yeahha said:
Yeah Page Plus is different. I don't think VZW will allow you to block data on a smartphone, and if they do but still make you pay for the data plan I can disagree with my previous post. I honestly think that you get much more out of a smartphone if it can do the things it is supposed to do, Page Plus kinda allows you to decide for yourself (if you wish to flash a smartphone to them) while VZW says if you are going to have a smartphone you should use it like one since you are going to be paying for it.

I know wifi at home does eliminate much of a need to use data but what happens when you are used to being able to do something on your phone but happen to be at a spot where you have no wifi access? For you kids checking exchange email may not be a big deal for me it can be

With the amount my kids use their phones, the average cost is $2.50 per line per month. Any plan I can get (even on Page Plus) is 10 times the cost. But for me, the phone would be crippled without a data connection.

BTW, not that it matters for the purpose of this discussion, but there's no flashing involved with using a Verizon phone on Page Plus. At worst it requires manual programming if *228 fails.

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