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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5389382" data-attributes="member: 177">So, my cell phone got doused in heavy rain this summer, and it has been... quirky ever since.  It is over 2 years old, and my cell provider will give me $150 towards the upgrade, so I'm finally getting over inertia and looking at their offerings.Now, I'm not a Luddite, but I'm not an early adopter of technologies either.  Generally, I need to see a very clear use for a tech before I'll buy it.  My current phone... is a phone.  I use it to make calls.  I send a text message maybe once a month, and the camera on the thing hasn't ever been used.  Needless to say, I'm not currently paying for a data plan.As I'm cruising through the listings of available phones that the company will give me for free, I see a couple of things equivalent to my current device, which is cool.  But, I look beyond that, to some that have features my phone doesn't - like full qwerty keyboards and the like.And, lo and behold, there's a smartphone on the list that I can get for no cost to me.  I read up a bit, and it is reviewed as a pretty nice entry-level smartphone.  Intriguing.  Even more intriguing, the thing can use wifi.  So, technically, if I'm using the associated features at home, or at work, or anywhere else where I have access to wifi, I don't need a data plan.  For a person who doesn't really feel a strong need for the features, but who wouldn't mind having a neat toy occasionally, this sounds ideal.Problem:  My provider does not allow one to activate a smartphone without paying for the data plan.  While a neat toy is good, I am not paying a premium every month for it.  No sale.  These guys just lost an opportunity - if they'd have allowed me to use the phone on wifi alone, and gotten me hooked on the functionality, they might have gotten an upsell on my plan with them eventually.  But now I am just going to buy a vanilla phone, and they've missed their chance.So, no toy for me.  Maybe in another two years, they'll have a more enlightened stance on plans.</blockquote>

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