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Verizon started requireing a data plan january of 2010-ish. I was working there at the time. The phones Pre that requirement do not need a plan, the ones that came after that do. Their reason for this is two fold. First and formost, it means more money for them. second, a lot of the phones you simply cannot turn data off... So if you didn't have a data plan, you would be racking up data charges right and left (a huge problem when people could go without smart phone plans...) so it was just easier for them (less credits to give out). also a lot of companies, like blackberry/apple/google/motorola, get a piece of that data plan to support their severs. that's why blackberries charged 30 bucks for a personal plan and 45 for a corporate plan. so if you pick up like an old trio 650, or a moto q, you can activate with no data plan. iPhone? no.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Stupid Smart Phone Question, STICKMAN, Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:14:43
- Flip phone versus Smart phone, MI-Roger , Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:30:35
- Independence, frugality, stubborness & the here and now, AeroBaron, Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:52:00
- But if I buy a USED smart phone..., STICKMAN, Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:32:03
- Verizon specific info, nwas, Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:50:44
- Re: Stupid Smart Phone Question, bender , Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:38:24
- Re: Stupid Smart Phone Question, JerseySaab , Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:56:43
- Re: Stupid Smart Phone Question, Tio Barry, Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:50:03
- Re: Stupid Smart Phone Question, Simon S, Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:41:30
- Re: Stupid Smart Phone Question, AdamD, Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:20:47
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