Hi christopher If you are concerned about data plans take a look on giffgaff.com there are data bundles there with no faire usages policy's. Hope this helpsss
Regards Christopher Huby tel no: 07967603395. Email 1: [email protected] email 2: [email protected] On 7 Jun 2012, at 05:20 PM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: I've been researching smart phones for my son, and I had a thought. You said "I can't imagine why one would want a smart phone if they weren't going to use it for the web and email,", but I was thinking, with wifi, someone could still use there smart phone for web and email and wouldn't need a data plan. In fact, if I could, this is exactly what I'd like to get my son, i.e. a smart phone with voice and texting but no data plan. He'd just have to wait until he had access to a wifi to use his smart phone on the network. Does this make sense or am I forgetting something critical here? On 03/06/12 13:48, Arnold Schmidt wrote: > Well, it appears the old cliche applies one more time. I just called > the number given in the following message, and this is what I was told. > First, the following does not apply to the IPhone at all, one must buy a > data plan for the IPhone. Apparently, for the android phones, and > blackberries, one can apply for this exemption, but it does not mean one > can get free data. Under normal circumstances, one has to buy a minimum > data plan, even if they are not going to use it, just to get one of > these devices. This exemption will allow the device to be used for phone > calls, maybe texting (I am not sure about texting), but not for data, > meaning the web and email. I can't imagine why one would want a smart > phone if they weren't going to use it for the web and email, being that > now some companies are offering unlimited text and phone calls for cheap > prices, using a regular phone. Apparently, their data networks are > being overwhelmed by smart phones, and they want people to buy and use > the simple phones for texting and phone calls. Oh well, I hoped. > > Arnold Schmidt > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Caron" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 11:33 AM > Subject: Re: new to the group and some questions > > > Hello Arnold, > > If the price of the data plan is the only thing keeping you from getting > the iPhone you may want to consider asking for a waiver. AT ant T > allows Blind users in the US to fill out a application that allows for > certain services. One is free information. Another is exemption from -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
