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Anyone else notice this? Couldn't justify $30 a month of data I rarely used. I have a computer for email. I recently sold my eris on ebay, and went back to my Black razr2. Well, the razr2 broke last week. So, now, I'm left with regular phones that wouldn't even impress the biggest nerds.
EVERY current regular phone has intentionally been made to look lame. They could easily design a non-smartphone with a keyboard like the Samsung Alias, except made to look cool.
I understand I'm in the minority here, but the way I see it, if you pay for a data plan, you are just giving them free money in a down economy. Just what Verizon wants.
30 x 12 = $360
I personally would not give anyone $360 for no reason. I understand for some people it's essential to be able to check email and reply instantly at any given time. Smartphones have intentionally been made to "require" a data plan, when it could have been engineered to NOT require one, and just use wi-fi when it's available, which is basically everywhere given it's 2011, and the US is not sub-saharan Africa.
I think it's sad that a stylish dumbphone can't be found anywhere. Verizon knows it would hurt their profits, lol.
On Sprint, I personally think the Sanyo Innuendo looks pretty good for a feature phone with a qwerty keyboard.
Personally, I wish that the big four would leave behind the voice-only options... and leave that for prepaid. Focus their resources on improving the data networks.
It's typically a bad model to have both high end and lower end devices under the same branding.
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My wife has a decent looking dumb phone with touch screen that appears to be a smart phone to the casual passerby, just smaller. It's an LG cosmos touch from verizon, slideout keyboard.
She has an i-pad so no need for smart phone. I love my android, though I thought like the op that it was not needed after a few weeks I wonder how I managed without it.
There are options to a major carrier, discussed in other threads on this same forum. I ported my ERIS to an alternate carrier which resells Verizon. My plan includes 1200 minutes talk and 100 megs of data. I have little need of data and use my home WIFI, not Vz network.
$30 a month x 12 months = your same $360 (annual total)... for same service, including talk/text/data.
I'm in the market for two phones with keyboards that do not require data plans. They are getting harder to find. I am choosing between Sprint and T-Mobile. I'm considering just using my old BB with no data plan, but I'm not sure if it will last (micro-usb is getting loose). I hope something is available.
Anyone else notice this? Couldn't justify $30 a month of data I rarely used. I have a computer for email. I recently sold my eris on ebay, and went back to my Black razr2. Well, the razr2 broke last week. So, now, I'm left with regular phones that wouldn't even impress the biggest nerds.
EVERY current regular phone has intentionally been made to look lame. They could easily design a non-smartphone with a keyboard like the Samsung Alias, except made to look cool.
I understand I'm in the minority here, but the way I see it, if you pay for a data plan, you are just giving them free money in a down economy. Just what Verizon wants.
30 x 12 = $360
I personally would not give anyone $360 for no reason. I understand for some people it's essential to be able to check email and reply instantly at any given time. Smartphones have intentionally been made to "require" a data plan, when it could have been engineered to NOT require one, and just use wi-fi when it's available, which is basically everywhere given it's 2011, and the US is not sub-saharan Africa.
I think it's sad that a stylish dumbphone can't be found anywhere. Verizon knows it would hurt their profits, lol.
Check out PagePlus Wireless. They operate on the Verizon network (using any Verizon or unlocked CDMA phone). You can get 1200 minutes talk time and 3000 text messages (and 100 mb data, if you want it), for just $29.95 per month. If you want unlimited talk and text (w/ 40mb data) you can pay $40.
For GSM phones there is H2O and SimpleMobile.
You can get lots of good looking phones on the secondary market. You can even buy a good looking Smart Phone and NOT have to have Smart Phone Service, which is what I did.
I agree completely with the OP...basically the only place I'm at that doesn't have wifi is in my car. And I certainly don't need to be Facebooking then!! Data packages seem like a huge scam to me. Another thing holding me back is that lots of the seemingly unlimited data plans slow down after a certain amount of data.
I already have an ipod touch so now I just buy the cheapest decent phone I can find. As long as it has a usable keyboard, a camera, and is a flip phone (no pocket dialing), it's fine with me.
There are options to a major carrier, discussed in other threads on this same forum. I ported my ERIS to an alternate carrier which resells Verizon. My plan includes 1200 minutes talk and 100 megs of data. I have little need of data and use my home WIFI, not Vz network.
$30 a month x 12 months = your same $360 (annual total)... for same service, including talk/text/data.
Which carrier? I will look into it and see if available in my region.
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