XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: arlenholder@newmachine.com   
      
   On Sun, 2 Aug 2020 13:54:37 -0700, sms wrote:   
      
   > In the U.S. you can get a data plan for very low cost (even free!). I   
   > have one phone that has a 1GB per month data plan that costs me $2.58   
   > per month, and one with 200MB per month that is free.   
   >   
   > There's really no good reason to not have a data plan unless you're   
   > using the phone solely as a music player, remote control for a Roku, or   
   > some other use where a cellular data connection is unnecessary.   
      
   While I too have a free-for-life T-Mobile 200MB/month data plan on some of   
   my iPads (which turns the iPad into a free US calls POTS-capable   
   incoming/outgoing speakerphone for example)...   
      
   And while I agree that data is inexpensive anyway, in many cases, at least   
   in the US, we do have to realize Carlos is in, oh, as I recall, one of the   
   Iberian Peninsula countries (AFAICR).   
      
   However, even with zero data, there are very few things someone who is   
   intelligent can't do (I have a few threads on that topic alone, in the   
   Android ng).   
      
   For example:   
   o What decent free offline no-login privacy-enabled road map apps exist for   
   Android users to enjoy?   
      
      
   o How to Send and Receive Text Messages Without a Phone Plan or SIM Card   
      
      
   o Offline speech-to-text recorder/transcription unofficial Google Recorder APK   
   port now available for many Android phones   
      
      
   There are still "some" things which are easier with data than without:   
   o Is there a non Google freeware traffic app   
   https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/Ve_2cgliiGk>   
      
   o Let's document the best known current free REPLACEMENTS for Google "mail"   
   account - so all benefit from our efforts   
      
      
   But not many...   
   o And certainly those few functionalities work fine when you're on Wi-Fi.   
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