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Title: Smartphone without a voice plan? Post by: MuffinMan on March 20, 2009, 10:03:28 AM I had an iPhone a couple months ago but ended up ditching it because I couldn't stomach paying $80+ a month. I had no problem paying for the texting plan or data but I hate hate hate paying for a voice plan. I've used 10 minutes the last 2 months on my VirginMobile phone. Do any of the major carriers offer data plans without voice or even paying $.20 a minute for the 5 minutes that I do use a month?
Title: Re: Smartphone without a voice plan? Post by: stray on March 20, 2009, 10:11:17 AM I'm pretty sure you need some kind of phone number to text???
Title: Re: Smartphone without a voice plan? Post by: stray on March 20, 2009, 10:15:24 AM my bad, i totally read that wrong.
Title: Re: Smartphone without a voice plan? Post by: MuffinMan on March 20, 2009, 10:17:54 AM I've thought about a Touch but I don't want to be tethered to WiFi.
The lowest minute plans from all of the carriers are still way more minutes that I would ever use. I need like a pre-paid Smartphone or a contract one with pay as you go or a super low minute plan. Am I in that small of a minority? Title: Re: Smartphone without a voice plan? Post by: Ookii on March 20, 2009, 10:48:21 AM Google!
Here’s how you get your iPhone to work as a data-only internet tablet for just $20 a month. * Buy an AT&T pre-paid SIM card and load it with minutes * Activate your iPhone to work with the Pay-As-You-Go SIM card through iNdependence * Call “611″ and register your new SIM card * Use the telephone-based system to buy the “Unlimited MediaNet” package for $19.95 (at the voice prompts, indicate that you want to “Buy Features” and then “Data Packages”) Also visit: http://www.wireless.att.com/about/disability-resources/text-accessibility-plan-for-iphone.jsp#tap (http://www.wireless.att.com/about/disability-resources/text-accessibility-plan-for-iphone.jsp#tap) What you really want is a plan for deaf people. Apparently AT&T has one now. Title: Re: Smartphone without a voice plan? Post by: Oban on March 20, 2009, 12:22:35 PM Here’s how you get your iPhone to work as a data-only internet tablet for just $20 a month. ... * Use the telephone-based system to buy the “Unlimited MediaNet” package for $19.95 (at the voice prompts, indicate that you want to “Buy Features” and then “Data Packages”) I could be horribly wrong, but I think ATT no longer offers unlimited medianet on prepaid smart phones. Title: Re: Smartphone without a voice plan? Post by: MuffinMan on March 20, 2009, 08:24:58 PM Google! Here’s how you get your iPhone to work as a data-only internet tablet for just $20 a month. * Buy an AT&T pre-paid SIM card and load it with minutes * Activate your iPhone to work with the Pay-As-You-Go SIM card through iNdependence * Call “611″ and register your new SIM card * Use the telephone-based system to buy the “Unlimited MediaNet” package for $19.95 (at the voice prompts, indicate that you want to “Buy Features” and then “Data Packages”) Also visit: http://www.wireless.att.com/about/disability-resources/text-accessibility-plan-for-iphone.jsp#tap (http://www.wireless.att.com/about/disability-resources/text-accessibility-plan-for-iphone.jsp#tap) What you really want is a plan for deaf people. Apparently AT&T has one now. Looking over that AT&T plan, it looks like I need proof of disability from a qualified health care professional or hearing specialist. Maybe I could go to the doctor and bomb a hearing test. The first option does intrigue me though. I wish I would of made this thread or searched for that while I had the iPhone. Title: Re: Smartphone without a voice plan? Post by: Righ on March 21, 2009, 03:45:19 PM Reading elsewhere, as Oban says they appear to have killed the ability to use Unlimited MediaNet on a prepaid phone in November, along with some muttering about intentions to introduce a future plan for those customers. Expect that to compete roughly with buying the cheapest 'custom' plan with around 200 minutes for $30 and adding MediaNet.
Anyhow, I think this is the data only plan you could use: http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-plans/pda-personal-plans.jsp $35 is better than $80. Title: Re: Smartphone without a voice plan? Post by: Krakrok on March 22, 2009, 12:35:57 PM The TMobile sidekick plan use to be $30 a month for unlimited internet and text and then $0.20 a minute for voice. They nerfed it at the end of last year and now it is $45-$55 a month for the same plan.
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