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Septus
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I'm thinking about retiring my ancient 1st gen iPhone and going with something that has no data plan for a while. I don't want to sign a contract, because I'd want to keep that available, in case I decide later to get another smartphone, but it turns out that it's not easy to find cheap, unlocked phones.
I did stumble across [url=http://www.buy.com/prod/motorola-motofone-f3-cellular-phone-bar-2-1-gsm-800-gsm-1900-480-minute/q/sellerid/23093153/loc/111/210194448.html
]this[/url], however, and I may just go ahead and buy it, because I don't need to do a lot of research for a cheap, low feature phone.
Since I'm using the iPhone now, with no removable SIM card, I'm going to have to ask AT&T to activate this new phone, won't I, and presumably pay a fee? For unlocked phones, do I have to worry about any carrier compatibility other than the communications tech, like whether it's GSM or not?
I did stumble across [url=http://www.buy.com/prod/motorola-motofone-f3-cellular-phone-bar-2-1-gsm-800-gsm-1900-480-minute/q/sellerid/23093153/loc/111/210194448.html
]this[/url], however, and I may just go ahead and buy it, because I don't need to do a lot of research for a cheap, low feature phone.
Since I'm using the iPhone now, with no removable SIM card, I'm going to have to ask AT&T to activate this new phone, won't I, and presumably pay a fee? For unlocked phones, do I have to worry about any carrier compatibility other than the communications tech, like whether it's GSM or not?
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So presumably I should be able to swap sim cards and start using a new phone without AT&T knowing or wanting to charge me anything? Although, I wonder if AT&T would let me use an iphone for voice but not data, which might then prompt them to charge me a fee for a new phone.
When I do this with my iPhone, I can still use any feature that uses WiFi, if I have a WiFi connection to the phone. So, yes, you can still play music. You're basically just disabling the phone (and 3G data) part of the device.
As long as you have a plan, ATT won't care if you stop using part of it. You're still paying them to have that feature available to you. I have no idea if ATT will let you shut off data for the phone but keep your plan; but I'm guessing they will. If, alternatively, you are able to monitor you data usage very well, you won't have to change anything.