XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 02/08/2020 17.55, 123456789 wrote:   
   > Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> Arlen Holder wrote:   
   >   
   >>> The [carrier's] VP told me a smartphone was no good without data! I   
   >>> had to ask that VP if she ever graduated from high school, since a   
   >>> smartphone is just fine on WiFi or off the net, but she _insisted_   
   >>> that a smartphone is worthless without a data plan.   
   >   
   >> She is right :-P   
   >   
   > Depends on your intended use.   
   >   
   > I picked up a smartphone on my local Target department store discount   
   > rack awhile back for $15 US. I use it when puttering around the house as   
   > an Android iPod. It also streams radio stations from around the world.   
   > Works great without either a data plan OR a phone plan...   
      
   Sure. I have one mobile which doesn't have a data connection, nor do my   
   tablets have one (they both can, they have a SIM socket).   
      
   Nevertheless, generally speaking, a smartphone without a dataplan is   
   useless. I can not check the map while I'm on the street; I can not get   
   a message (here we don't use SMS, we use Whatsapp). I can not do many   
   things that I do normally till I arrive home to my wifi. These days, to   
   get the menu listing of a restaurant, I have to make a photo of its QR   
   code at the door and look it up online, as it is not printed in a board.   
      
   So of course I need a data plan to use a smartphone as intended, as   
   designed. It is a gadget invented to be used on the move with Internet   
   access.   
      
   That you can live without it? Sure.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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