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Or, I can go to Ting.com, buy from them a used Samsung Transform Ultra (Android 2.3) 1Ghz for $76, and a 100m/100texts/100mb plan for about $17/mo with no contract. <BR>
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And I can expect that their phone will actually work. Meaning they will support what she'd doing. Granted, it's on sprint's network, so it's not REALLY unlocked, is it. But compared to a "free" phone from Verizon with a mandatory $30/mo data plan that turns positive in 6 months. <BR>
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Neal Rhodes<BR>
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On Tue, 2013-04-23 at 14:55 +0000, Mike Harrison wrote:
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> Does anyone know of a carrier that will sell an android smartphone WITHOUT a data plan?
You can BUY a smartphone.. unlocked, from many sources. Best Buy for
example.. Amazon.com..
Most carriers want that plan.. they are carriers. ;)
I bought my Samsung Note II from T-Mobile, cash.
After the return period (45 or 60 days, I forgot)
they nicely emailed me an unlock code. No plan was required.
I do use and like their prepaid service in urban USA areas.
But I was just in the Philippines and for 550 PHP (Pisos)
got a local sim and minutes (no data), That's $13.00 for a Sim,
Phone# and minutes/text capabilities. As I needed to test the local
SMS gateway system we were installing, I needed a true local number
and SMS capabilities. WiFi worked great for data..
The difference is, buying from a carrier with their "less than full price"
requires a data plan because that's what subsidizes the cheaper price.
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