Re: T-Mobile Sprint Merger: Say goodbye to scam calls

On 02/08/2020 17.55, 123456789 wrote:
> Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> Arlen Holder wrote:
> 
>>> The [carrier's] VP told me a smartphone was no good without data! I
>>> had to ask that VP if she ever graduated from high school, since a 
>>> smartphone is just fine on WiFi or off the net, but she _insisted_
>>> that a smartphone is worthless without a data plan.
> 
>> She is right :-P
> 
> Depends on your intended use.
> 
> I picked up a smartphone on my local Target department store discount
> rack awhile back for $15 US. I use it when puttering around the house as
> an Android iPod. It also streams radio stations from around the world.
> Works great without either a data plan OR a phone plan...

Sure. I have one mobile which doesn't have a data connection, nor do my 
tablets have one (they both can, they have a SIM socket).

Nevertheless, generally speaking, a smartphone without a dataplan is 
useless. I can not check the map while I'm on the street; I can not get 
a message (here we don't use SMS, we use Whatsapp). I can not do many 
things that I do normally till I arrive home to my wifi. These days, to 
get the menu listing of a restaurant, I have to make a photo of its QR 
code at the door and look it up online, as it is not printed in a board.

So of course I need a data plan to use a smartphone as intended, as 
designed. It is a gadget invented to be used on the move with Internet 
access.

That you can live without it? Sure.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.