data plan required on verizon for pre?

needsmoar · 03/12/2010, 02:25 PM

Know someone that is due for a upgrade on Verizon, trying to convince her to get a Palm Pre Plus, however money is tight right now and cannot afford a data plan, so I am wondering is a data plan required or can you get the Pre on a regular family plan with data disabled and just use on wifi?

I know and have explained you miss out on features and functionality this way but from what I understand data plans are pretty much $20+ and no no cheap limited data plans are avail. Please correct me if i'm wrong on that one! I'm in Canada so I can't see the verizon info on their site.

Thanks for any input/info

sd7318 · 03/12/2010, 02:35 PM

It's required, $29.99/mo.

needsmoar · 03/12/2010, 02:44 PM

ouchies, i guess its not really an option then

thanks for the info

sd7318 · 03/12/2010, 02:47 PM

No problem, might want to do Sprint if they want a smartphone but want to save $. Minimum would be $69.99 (450 landline minutes; unlimited cell phone calling, texting, gps and web).

dante501 · 03/12/2010, 03:20 PM

mention free to any cellphone provider calls on sprint and yearly full upgrades instead every 2 years and tv gps web music store all included its an bargain if u wanna save money sprint it is. and yes data plan is required on verizon with the pre.

ElBarto · 03/13/2010, 02:54 PM

Verizon now requires a mandatory $10 data plan on most 3G non-smartphones anyway, so a smartphone is not that much more expensive a month.

03/12/2010, 02:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
needsmoar Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 22 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	data plan required on verizon for pre? Know someone that is due for a upgrade on Verizon, trying to convince her to get a Palm Pre Plus, however money is tight right now and cannot afford a data plan, so I am wondering is a data plan required or can you get the Pre on a regular family plan with data disabled and just use on wifi? I know and have explained you miss out on features and functionality this way but from what I understand data plans are pretty much $20+ and no no cheap limited data plans are avail. Please correct me if i'm wrong on that one! I'm in Canada so I can't see the verizon info on their site. Thanks for any input/info
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sd7318 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 78 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts	It's required, $29.99/mo. __________________ Go Blue!
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03/12/2010, 02:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
needsmoar Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 22 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	ouchies, i guess its not really an option then thanks for the info
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03/12/2010, 02:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
sd7318 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 78 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts	No problem, might want to do Sprint if they want a smartphone but want to save $. Minimum would be $69.99 (450 landline minutes; unlimited cell phone calling, texting, gps and web). __________________ Go Blue!
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dante501 Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 259 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 5 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts	mention free to any cellphone provider calls on sprint and yearly full upgrades instead every 2 years and tv gps web music store all included its an bargain if u wanna save money sprint it is. and yes data plan is required on verizon with the pre.
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03/13/2010, 02:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
ElBarto Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: So. California Posts: 1 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Verizon now requires a mandatory $10 data plan on most 3G non-smartphones anyway, so a smartphone is not that much more expensive a month.
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