Teacher
•
14 Messages
Possible to transfer phones>?
I currently have a iPhone 3GS and will soon be upgrading. But My main concern is can I give my 3GS to my son who has a "Unlimited Data Plan" and he be able to use it but connect on wifi only. Or can he connect to data but use a small amount? THIS IS A BIG FACTOR in my decsion to stay with my current or upgrade to bigger and better phones. If I can not I am not going to spend $15 more a month for him to have a data plan. (WE ARE IN SOME TOUGH TIMES!!! )
Accepted Solution
Official Solution
satchev
Professor
•
2.4K Messages
13 years ago
No, read the response. All iPhones on AT&T, like all smartphones, require a data plan.
If you do not want to have a data plan on his line, the options are:
If you go that route, the old iPhone can still be used as an iPod touch, all phone related functions will be disabled. If you attempt to use an iPhone or any smartphone on AT&T without a data plan, they will add a data plan for you.
0
0
smalcom
Scholar
•
176 Messages
13 years ago
0
0
Programmer56
Teacher
•
14 Messages
13 years ago
So then your saying he can only use it as a ipod then? Can he still call and text and what not? If so then can he do this without fearing charging me with a substantal bill or is there a option in the menu to disable data?
0
0
Programmer56
Teacher
•
14 Messages
13 years ago
Thats really disapointing. I have been a valuded customer since '91. Other companies are sounding better and better...
0
0
21stNow
Professor
•
2.7K Messages
13 years ago
Your second sentence makes it sound like your son already has an unlimited data plan on his account. If so, you do not have to add another data plan, as long as the existing data plan is a smartphone data plan.
0
0
Wild Banchi
Master
•
10.2K Messages
13 years ago
Programmer56, which phone is your son currently using, anyway? Is it a smartphone? To me, it sounds like a quick messaging device. If he is not using a smartphone and you are willing to give him your 3GS, a data plan will be required.
0
0
johninsj
Professor
•
3.1K Messages
13 years ago
There are no cell service providers that I know of (at least among Sprint, TMo, AT&T, and VZ) who allow any smartphone to have voice service WITHOUT data service.
It's nothing to do with how long anyone has been a customer, it has everything to do with customers complaining about casual data use charges when they don't have a data plan.
$15/mo is the cheapest data plan you can get for an iPhone.
0
0
guzinta_00
Mentor
•
88 Messages
13 years ago
Do let us all know when you find a cell company that doesn't make you take a data plan on a smart phone...
0
0
21stNow
Professor
•
2.7K Messages
13 years ago
John and Guzinta, T-Mobile does not require a data plan if you buy your smartphone at full price or bring it with you. If you buy a subsidized smartphone and your contract ends, you can remove the data plan.
There are rumors floating on the web that this may be ending, but T-Mobile employees say that they are closing a loophole that contract customers were using to get out of a data plan.
Edit: T-Mobile has a contract plan now where smartphone users don't have to have a dataplan, but it is a contract for a non-subsidized phone. This contract plan is strange to me but some customers like it.
0
0
johninsj
Professor
•
3.1K Messages
13 years ago
What's the per-KB casual data use cost on T-Mobile?
0
0