Can you use this phone w/o dataplan?

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i have wifi everywhere. no need for dataplan.

are there parts of the droid OS that absolutely requires buying a 3g data plan for some strange reason or another? everywhere i am there is already wifi.

Originally Posted by JediFonger

i have wifi everywhere. no need for dataplan.

are there parts of the droid OS that absolutely requires buying a 3g data plan for some strange reason or another? everywhere i am there is already wifi.

I think a data plan is required... perhaps at first. My parents recently bought a phone from T-mo & they needed to sign up for a data plan, but only for the first month- then they complained that they don't even know how to use it to a CS agent in a phone conversation & the plan was removed. However, being that it's 4g, I'm not certain if there's a mandatory charge (like Sprint does w/ its 4g Evo).

Edit: Another option is if this was a retail purchase & not via a contract w/ the provider. Simply slip the sim card in the 2x & your minute plan moves into your new phone (assuming there was no prior data plan)... am I correct?

Originally Posted by JediFonger

i have wifi everywhere. no need for dataplan.

are there parts of the droid OS that absolutely requires buying a 3g data plan for some strange reason or another? everywhere i am there is already wifi.

Dataplan is not required, wifi is enough.

Originally Posted by juhar1

Dataplan is not required, wifi is enough.

I wish it were always up to the consumer but that's not true. You are by contract (if you purchase the phone via contract) to have a data plan. Most of us will be forced to do this, very few can get away with it.

Originally Posted by fen_nyc

I wish it were always up to the consumer but that's not true. You are by contract (if you purchase the phone via contract) to have a data plan. Most of us will be forced to do this, very few can get away with it.

Yeah but that was not the case here? Question was that if you can use O2X without data plan or not.

e: And I understand from the OP's post that it's not required to take data plan with phone.

Originally Posted by juhar1

Yeah but that was not the case here? Question was that if you can use O2X without data plan or not.

e: And I understand from the OP's post that it's not required to take data plan with phone.

Yeah, you're right.

OP, the Android OS has an wifi adapter integrated & you can use your phone w/ out a data plan.

But apart from buying this phone off contract, you'll be obligated to have a monthly data plan.

i've had a HTC hermes for 4 yrs now w/o dataplan. somehow i got ATT to pay for it AND still don't have to pay for dataplan. i know it's different now

my current phone is dying and when it does, i plan to go w/this X2 phone. i would have liked HTC to have had the tegra2 chipset... but ce la vie =P

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/18/t...g-on-april-20/
^anyways, what i plan to do is either:
-do the contract, then pay early termination fee. if the phone was $200 and early term. fee is $300, that's still $500-600 range. i hear this phone will be $600-700 range.
-but if hte phone was $500-ish by itself w/o contract, then i'd probably just freakin' buy the phone.

either way will be better than paying dataplan for 2 years. $30/mo*24months=$720.

just wanted to know if i do get this, that the droid OS can turn off any 3g stuff. i'll also have tmo block it as well, no dataplan. thank.s

JediFonger, I recall hearing users buying this phone w/out a minute plan as well. Weird, I know. Why? Well, obviously for its surfing via wifi but, there is a app somewhere (I don't know too much about it) where you can use the 2x to broadcast as a wireless network. Pretty neat!

technically any wifi device can re-broadcast itself adhoc. one just needs the proper program >) hopefully i can get 1 minus dataplans.

just got G2x and 2GB plan... i have 3G Watchdog & apnthingy to turn it off if i hit certain limits. i'm still good with wifi, hardly using the 2GB