Starting September 6th, AT&T will require smartphone data plans
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1. Hotzb22 posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:43 0 0
not really im a rep and many people dont and does cause alot of overage
2. guitarguy0124 posted on 22 Aug 2009, 10:11 0 0
not to mention your an idiot if you try and get a smart phone without data. that's the whole point of a smart phone.
3. trentsinmypants posted on 22 Aug 2009, 10:19 0 0
dude no, didnt you know that a cell phone is a status thing now? I have people who come in ALL the time saying that they NEED a blackberry Storm or Tour. When I tell them about the required data plan they reply with "Well, I dont need the internet or email. Cant I just get the phone?" >.< If you dont need those two key features, then this phone isnt for you........ Glad to see AT&T do this....less of a headache for their reps......I was soooooo happy with VZW did this a couple of years ago.....
4. theman10 posted on 22 Aug 2009, 10:56 0 0
You'll for sure notice a difference. I have talked to T-Mobile corporate rep.'s that didn't have the internet on their blackberries. How lame is that?
5. chack_fu posted on 22 Aug 2009, 12:19 0 0
It's like buying a tralier in a mobile home park telling people you bought a house!! I laugh at people that want a blackberry and dont "plan" on using the service.
6. ICanAffordVZW posted on 22 Aug 2009, 13:46 0 0
Or its like leasing a car. You want to have that nice car so bad even though you cant truly afford it...so you lease. HAHA
9. remixfa posted on 22 Aug 2009, 15:36 0 0
technically, vzw didnt require all phones to do that until nov of last year :)
8. Jyakotu posted on 22 Aug 2009, 15:04 0 0
I don't see why anybody would be against this. After all, wouldn't you get a smartphone for the Internet and email? If not, then get a dumbphone instead of a smartphone. Nobody should be mad at AT&T for requiring this.
10. remixfa posted on 22 Aug 2009, 15:37 0 0
they are late to the party. i dont understand why every company doesnt require it by now. u must like paying more in overages or just want to be "cool" to your friends by having a smartphone though you have no need.
11. insider80 posted on 23 Aug 2009, 02:15 0 0
good for att! i hate it when people try to do this wtf do u want the phone for if your not gonna use the features. and im always amazed how many people try to do it especially with a wifi enabled phone "oh ill just use the wifi if i need to go online or something" what do u live in the stock room of a starbucks...numbnuts
12. blue posted on 23 Aug 2009, 13:03 0 0
Lot of simple mindedness in here. I don't know why everyone seems to be in favor of taking away options from the consumer. Whether it's something people should have or not, forcing them into a contractual obligation vs letting them decide seems like a bad thing to me. It's great that all of you have no problem paying the extra money to have internet and email all the time. I (and I'm not the only one) on the other hand don't have the money to allow me to have that. What I want is a phone that will also function as a PDA and allow me to use and develop applications for it. @insider I don't know what backwards hick town you live in but here in a developed city there is in fact wifi everywhere.
13. Jyakotu posted on 23 Aug 2009, 14:55 0 0
Then maybe you shouldn't have a smartphone if you're not going to use it for Internet and email. Seriously, smartphones are meant for business people anyway.
14. trentsinmypants posted on 23 Aug 2009, 17:15 0 0
Wow, blue....you must live in a HUGE starbucks stock room then since in the developed city I live in, there isnt wifi access everywhere. In the few places I can pull wifi, its locked down with a password.
15. blue posted on 23 Aug 2009, 18:30 0 0
A) Smartphones are not meant for just business people. Some are designed more specifically for business oriented people like blackberrys, but I think you're sorely confused if you think mobile applications, A/V, and internet/email are only being used by suits. B)You're neglecting all the other features smartphones are capable of. Phones aren't running GHz processors for internet and email. C)I don't know why you think starbucks is the only place with wifi but again I live in a REAL developed area, the sticks don't count just because you don't live in the swamps. And passwords are hardly a problem. It's discouraging to hear this kind of crap from readers here because I would assume they'd have a better understanding of technologies and how they can be used. Further that they would want as many options as possible to use that technology. Sounds like a bunch of lazy cell phones sales people in here.
16. Jyakotu posted on 23 Aug 2009, 21:46 0 0
Better to have a data plan just in case. They're like only $30 at the most and if you can't afford a regular plan, plus a data plan, then maybe you shouldn't have a smartphone at all. Cause really, regular phones can do what most smartphones can, but they just don't use the Windows Mobile OS and the other smartphone OSes.
17. dbb10001 posted on 16 Sep 2009, 13:56 0 0
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