XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android
From: REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com
Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 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.
>
You can use Google Maps offline by downloading the map to the phone. You
will need the gps to work though.
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