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blackberry without a data plan
i want to get a blackberry, but i dont want the data plan. i just want to call and text. is is true that i dont have to have the data plan for it to work?
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I found myself asking the same question before I bought my blackberry. There are a lot of mixed answers to this question - but I will tell you from my own experience that a data plan is not needed unless you purchase the blackberry from your carrier because your carrier (mine is t-mobile) will "require" you to purchase the data plan upon checking out.
I have a t-mobile blackberry curve 8520 and I don't have a data plan, so yes, it is true that you don't need the data plan to talk and text.
Texting and talking are all that I need too, and they both work just fine without the data plan; I love the blackberry regardless.
I purchased my phone from a craigslist ad. Since I have t-mobile, all I had to do was put my sim card into the blackberry that I bought, and texting and talking were the same as they would be with any other phone. I just can't access the internet or wifi. For t-mobile and at&t you can just put your sim card into the phone and it will work the same way as any other phone would with your plan. I can't speak for any other carriers, though because t-mobile and AT&T are the only carriers I know of that use sim cards.
However, blackberrys require a data plan for picture messaging, so even though I have unlimited picture messaging (comes with my unlimited texting) I am not able to send or receive pictures on my phone unless I purchase data.
Blackberrys are great phones for messaging and talking. I highly recommend buying one, even without the data plan. Data plans are very overpriced and to me are unnecessary - so I choose to use my phone without one.
Just make sure you buy your phone online instead of from your carrier, because like I said the CARRIER requires you to have a data plan.
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You need to data plan no matter what.
Otherwise you wouldn't be able to use the phone at all.
I wanted a Blackberry just for those reasons, and I was told multiple times you NEED the data plan. Impossible to not have it.
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