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

Carlos E.R. <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
> 

You can use Google Maps offline by downloading the map to the phone. You
will need the gps to work though.