Re: T-Mobile Sprint Merger: Say goodbye to scam calls
Arlen Holder <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android,alt.cellular |
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| Organization | Mixmin |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Sun, 2 Aug 2020 13:54:37 -0700, sms wrote: > 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. While I too have a free-for-life T-Mobile 200MB/month data plan on some of my iPads (which turns the iPad into a free US calls POTS-capable incoming/outgoing speakerphone for example)... And while I agree that data is inexpensive anyway, in many cases, at least in the US, we do have to realize Carlos is in, oh, as I recall, one of the Iberian Peninsula countries (AFAICR). However, even with zero data, there are very few things someone who is intelligent can't do (I have a few threads on that topic alone, in the Android ng). For example: o What decent free offline no-login privacy-enabled road map apps exist for Android users to enjoy? <https://groups.google.com/topic/comp.mobile.android/YadPNimUcu8> o How to Send and Receive Text Messages Without a Phone Plan or SIM Card <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/RVGqku3UtRg> o Offline speech-to-text recorder/transcription unofficial Google Recorder APK port now available for many Android phones <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/_Amn35T16NA> There are still "some" things which are easier with data than without: o Is there a non Google freeware traffic app https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/Ve_2cgliiGk> o Let's document the best known current free REPLACEMENTS for Google "mail" account - so all benefit from our efforts <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/YUdwh4QgoRQ> But not many... o And certainly those few functionalities work fine when you're on Wi-Fi. -- People who can't comprehend facts are doomed to be ruled by MARKETING.