XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 02/08/2020 22.29, badgolferman wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Sure, in theory. I have done that, and the google maps doesn't work on   
   the mountains of my area. Which means, that my car GPS doesn't work.   
   Besides that, even if the map of the area works, the online status doesn't.   
      
   I prefer to use openmaps for offline maps, anyway.   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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