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I don't know what country you're from, but in most of Europe and the US (or anywhere infact!) why would you not have a data plan for your phone? It's quite diff

I don't know what country you're from, but in most of Europe and the US (or anywhere infact!) why would you not have a data plan for your phone? It's quite difficult to find a phone plan without some form of data included, even PAYG, and the price difference is often negligible. Fair enough if using a fashionably retro 'dumb' phone and not a smart phone, in which case you can't use WhatsApp anyway. If you are using a smart phone without a data connection, then why? Surely you're missing out on all of the benefits of owning a smart phone like maps and instant access to online information, free messaging (WhatsApp anyone?). If you just don't want a data plan, you can still use WiFi which would likely cover you for 80% of the time (home and work).

nly 13y ago
> It's quite difficult to find a phone plan without some form of data included, even PAYG Citation needed. Pay and go plans in the UK still charge data by the megabyte.
- koopajah 13y ago
  Yes but a lot of them come with 100 to 500MB free of data everytime you top-up
  - nly 13y ago
    Which is great if you're topping up by £10+ every month (because the data allowance no doubt expires). If you're spending £10/month on credit, you may as well get a rolling contract and get minutes, texts and unlimited data (Giff Gaff -> £12) I know plenty of people who aren't willing to pay that even though they use a smartphone (mostly on wifi)... and 20p/megabyte for occasional or accidental data use is just outrageous. Data prices are still a huge problem imo.
    - mcintyre1994 13y ago
      Have you checked out Three's 321 PAYG plan? If you're not using enough to justify a rolling plan, it looks like the best bet - 3p/min, 2p/text, 1p/mb. http://www.three.co.uk/Store/Pay_As_You_Go_Price_Plans http://www.three.co.uk/Store/Pay_As_You_Go_Price_Plans
- _mulder_ 13y ago
  Orange and T-Mobile give you 1Gb of data when you top-up £10. Other carriers do similar things.
graeme 13y ago
Yeah, I just don't want data, I don't want to be constantly connected. Never missed it. Wi-fi covers me for most apps. I figured a messaging app might not be so useful if it didn't work at the precise moments I went out to meet people. Maybe that's not how it's used though.

nly 13y ago

> It's quite difficult to find a phone plan without some form of data included, even PAYG Citation needed. Pay and go plans in the UK still charge data by the megabyte.

koopajah 13y ago
Yes but a lot of them come with 100 to 500MB free of data everytime you top-up
- nly 13y ago
  Which is great if you're topping up by £10+ every month (because the data allowance no doubt expires). If you're spending £10/month on credit, you may as well get a rolling contract and get minutes, texts and unlimited data (Giff Gaff -> £12) I know plenty of people who aren't willing to pay that even though they use a smartphone (mostly on wifi)... and 20p/megabyte for occasional or accidental data use is just outrageous. Data prices are still a huge problem imo.
  - mcintyre1994 13y ago
    Have you checked out Three's 321 PAYG plan? If you're not using enough to justify a rolling plan, it looks like the best bet - 3p/min, 2p/text, 1p/mb. http://www.three.co.uk/Store/Pay_As_You_Go_Price_Plans http://www.three.co.uk/Store/Pay_As_You_Go_Price_Plans
_mulder_ 13y ago
Orange and T-Mobile give you 1Gb of data when you top-up £10. Other carriers do similar things.

graeme 13y ago

Yeah, I just don't want data, I don't want to be constantly connected. Never missed it. Wi-fi covers me for most apps. I figured a messaging app might not be so useful if it didn't work at the precise moments I went out to meet people. Maybe that's not how it's used though.