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swsmailman
Active Member
I don't but I can tell you something that you might want to watch out for.
If you are planing on getting a phone that is considered a "smartphone" you are going to have to get a required 39.99 data plan, no if's and or buts.
I was planning on upgrading my phone to a new 79.99 Droid Eris which has WiFi built in, once I found out I had to have the data plan I said no thank you and walked out, I work, live, and go to school in a wifi area, I do not need the 3G data. When you are in the store it will not say that on the cards that are beside the phone, so watch out for that.
This also applys to Blackberrys, anything by HTC, and pretty much any 3G phone.
There is a way around this if you want to know how.
If you are planing on getting a phone that is considered a "smartphone" you are going to have to get a required 39.99 data plan, no if's and or buts.
I was planning on upgrading my phone to a new 79.99 Droid Eris which has WiFi built in, once I found out I had to have the data plan I said no thank you and walked out, I work, live, and go to school in a wifi area, I do not need the 3G data. When you are in the store it will not say that on the cards that are beside the phone, so watch out for that.
This also applys to Blackberrys, anything by HTC, and pretty much any 3G phone.
There is a way around this if you want to know how.
sean_bart1
Member
The way around it is buy an unlocked phone on FeeBay. I had the same problem with At&t. They swore up and down that I couldn't just buy a phone and put my sim card in it. But I did and it works fine. I don't know if the droid has a sim but if it does it will work.
txinvestigator
TGT Addict
Verizon and Sprint do not use SIMs. 
I thought the smartphone plan was $29.99? That's what I'm paying anyway for my Droid. They have a different data plan that's $39.99, but that's for the full data plan which includes tethering (using your phone as a modem with a laptop). I don't think that's an unlimited data package either. FWIW, the data performance is very good - typically I get around 1.5 to 2 Mbps down and 500 to 800k up.
swsmailman
Active Member
It might be 29.99, but it still sucks that they require it for phones.
