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

sms <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 8/2/2020 1:08 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> In the U.S. you can get a data plan for very low cost (even free!). I 
> have one phone that has a 1GB per month data plan that costs me $2.58 
> per month, and one with 200MB per month that is free.
> 
> There's really no good reason to not have a data plan unless you're 
> using the phone solely as a music player, remote control for a Roku, or 
> some other use where a cellular data connection is unnecessary.
> 
There is the potential for retiring an older obsolete iPhone into service
as an iPod/bookreader.