bottom line is....
and this is coming from a verizon employee...if you dont want to pay for a data plan then you dont need a smartphone/pda...trust me there are many other options of phones to choose from...AND the phones are not subsidized to make up for the data plan that you will have to be paying for in the coming months they are lowered because you are agreeing to be a customer for 1or 2 years and thats why you pay an early termination fee because you bought a discounted phone and it makes up for the cost of the phone if you do leave before your contract expires...you can buy a phone at full retail and go month to month but would still require to be attached to a number/ data plan...for all of you who do not want to pay for the data the only option is to go buy the phone on ebay or craigslist and just chose to never activate it but use wifi in that case u have no phone...
so moral of my rant is that if you do not want a data plan but want the phone then getting it without is just pointless because you will not be able to do anything on the phone...no market/apps, internet, maps (which is amazing by the way)...you would just be wasting your money and time
and this is coming from a verizon employee...if you dont want to pay for a data plan then you dont need a smartphone/pda...trust me there are many other options of phones to choose from...AND the phones are not subsidized to make up for the data plan that you will have to be paying for in the coming months they are lowered because you are agreeing to be a customer for 1or 2 years and thats why you pay an early termination fee because you bought a discounted phone and it makes up for the cost of the phone if you do leave before your contract expires...you can buy a phone at full retail and go month to month but would still require to be attached to a number/ data plan...for all of you who do not want to pay for the data the only option is to go buy the phone on ebay or craigslist and just chose to never activate it but use wifi in that case u have no phone...
so moral of my rant is that if you do not want a data plan but want the phone then getting it without is just pointless because you will not be able to do anything on the phone...no market/apps, internet, maps (which is amazing by the way)...you would just be wasting your money and time