Buy a smart phone without a data plan?

[DANNQ]

Originally Posted by BigE4284

The other issue is that every time the phone searches for data and fails it causes an error on the network...then engineers have to troubleshoot when in fact there really isn't a problem, it can end up costing USCC way more money than your $24.95/month is worth.

under what circumstances is the phone just searching for data without the user coaxing it to? this sounds like a BS answer to me. If the system can't handle a failure to send data to a phone then the system bites and the engineers working on it should all be fired for incompetence. sounds like the kind of balogna a salesperson would provide. are you a salesperson? Seriously, though, just probing for more info here, not really trying to bust your chops (i was being sarcastic about the salesperson joke, don't be offended, but I bet that didn't come off as such in the typing!!!)

[piranah]

ask for a pay per use kilo plan...i am on vzw and they have that option...but all i use it for is for mms, so it doesnt count against me...

[samr]

I have a Q on US Cellular without a data plan. I bought the phone on the internet, walked in the store and asked to activate it. The woman asked me if I wanted the data plan, I said no. Nothing else.

[DANNQ]

I asked for no data plan because my wife told me to. They said "no." I asked why, and they had no answer but said they'd tried before and the "people above them" told them they could not, not even for employees. I didn't push it, because I actually want the data plan, so I told my wife they wouldn't do it. I had to sell my moped to pay for a years worth of data plan. I haven't ridden that thing in years. I consider it a good trade. (wish my Q got 70mpg)

[Stokley]

Hello, I work at US Cellular and currently we are not offering any plans where you can buy a smartphone without the data plan. There are a few reasons for this, one of the biggest being that the phone is designed to look for the data network first and when there isn't a data plan it does cause errors on the network that our engineers have to troubleshoot.

If someone was able to recently go into a store and get one activated without the data plan then it was either an agent location or a newer RWC who might not have been trained with smartphones.

jmac3, I don't know if you have gotten a new phone yet or not but if you are only looking for a phone that will allow you to schedule appointments, keep track of contacts and only need minimal email access to Y! Mail, AOL Mail, HotMail, or GMail, you can do that with most of our phones that aren't smart phones. If you like having the full QWERTY keyboard, then I suggest the LG UX260, it has a full keyboard, calendar with full scheduling capabilities, a to do list and even a memo pad. It has a lot of the features that smartphones have, only it doesn't require a full data plan. You can get the access to those email services I listed above with an EasyEdge plan and EasyEdgeToGo and you can backup your contacts with My Contacts Back Up.

We're trained that if a customer doesn't want or need a full data plan, then a smartphone really isn't the phone they need. We just need to educate them on the all the features our other phones offer because a lot of the time they have the basic features that a customer wants but doesn't realize are available on nonsmartphone phones.

I hope that helps.

[Nely]

so can i buy the moto q on ebay and go to the us store and just activated??without monthly charges of voice plan?or data plan?

[n99hockey]

Originally Posted by Nely

so can i buy the moto q on ebay and go to the us store and just activated??without monthly charges of voice plan?or data plan?

what would be the point of activating if if you dont want voice OR data?

[bobby-n]

games GPS((depending on what phone he gets) other applications...... calculatorlllljust to mess around with if he gets it fir a cheap price

[n99hockey]

Originally Posted by bobby-n

games GPS((depending on what phone he gets) other applications...... calculatorlllljust to mess around with if he gets it fir a cheap price

you shouldnt need to activate it to install progarms on it

i installed all apps on my new Q prior to activation

[bobby-n]

ha good point lol ...that is a good question.....umm maybe texting ??????