Is this phone a Smartphone? Will I have be forced to pay for data fee just for having this phone with AT&amp;T?
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AT&T told me they classify a phone as a smartphone based on the type of Operating System (OS) that it has. This one is a "dumb" phone and has a user interface but not a full-blown OS. Smartphones would have something like Windows, Android or the iPhone OS on it. Steer away from those if you don't want to pay for a data plan on AT&T.
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Yes you can, thats what I had did. However, AT&T is still going to automatically add a data plan to your account after the phone has been used for more than a day. With all AT&T smartphones(which this phone is), it is required to have a data plan. Even if you only planned on using this as a basic talk and text only. They are still going to charge you for data plan, roughly about 30 dollars a month. But in my case it is now 20 dollars plus tax a month
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No, it is not. Which means you are not required to get a data plan with it. However, as many other non-smart phones it can connect to internet. If you want to avoid any extra charges, you can go under settings and just disable data transfer completely.
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Yes it is technically a smart phone and a data package is optional. If you have AT&T;, they don't detect this as being a smart phone. Therefore, you can unlimited data for a basic phone for $15. If you choose not to have data, you don't have to. If you do get the unlimited data package, understand that you will be using 3G internet. This phone does not have 4G LTE capability.
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Yes, it is a pay as you go process just like any service offered by one of the major carriers. I have a monthly plan with ATT. The cost is dependent on the carrier, their data plans and your needs.
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Answer here...The phone I bought works great all I had to do was charge phone and I put my sim card in the phone so you do need a sim card you could buy a sim card online or go to an AT&T; store and ask for one and more than likely they will give you a free one.If you have a sim card already you can use that you can do the phone prepaid or contract also and I use wifi so I do not have to worry about data charges
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Hi Karen, I use this phone because it does not have data capabilities. I have ATT and do not pay data charges on this phone. Darrell
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I researched this myself for a long time trying to find a definitive answer and it kept coming back to it's a feature phone. So, I went ahead and bought the phone for my daughter and put her AT&T; sim card into it and let her use and waited to see what happened. Within a month AT&T; sent a text informing us this is a smart phone and they were adding a data plan. So, if this phone is being used in the US on AT&T; it will be considered a smart phone and they will automatically add a data plan.
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The phone I purchased is not unlocked. I just needed a micro SIM card. They can either cut your older SIM card or issue you a new one. There is no charge if you have an att account.
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No, this is not considered a smartphone. It is in fact, a "feature phone" that does Not require a data plan, but instead has an optional $10 add-on data plan that allows for unlimited data as long as your plan has unlimited texting. So the real answer is: it can be charged for data, but you don't have to if you don't want to.
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Yes, but there is an extra charge for the service. I wouldn't recommend this phone based on my own personal experience. Lots of "flaky" problem.
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The phone is an unlocked at&t; phone. I use Consumer Cellular as my provider. we had to do a little work to load the "4g" to make it work but it was worth it.
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Yes it is, that's what I have. Just drop in you sim, charge the phone up and connect to AT&T and you are ready to go. I must say though that I saw a lot of charges start to appear as if out of nowhere. No nig charges but small charges usually in the 1 to 2 dollar range. I would pick up my phone to make a call, swipe it on and there would be a message "The last transaction cost $x.xx." The thing was that I hadn't used the phone since my last call and I had already seen the msg about how much that call had cost me. I ended up putting my sim back in my Samsung dumb phone. However that isn't a problem with the phone. The phone worked great, good quality sound, beautiful display, easy to use and set up. All of those small unknown charges came from AT&T. I'm thinking about when my minutes run out of finding a better pay as you go service. I hope it's something compatible with my sim and the 917
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It is not a smart phone and it takes a regular sim. AT&T; will issue you a new sim at no cost for same account. Hope this helps
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Yes. All AT&T phones can be used as a go phone but must have smartphone plan.
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Yes this phone is no contract.... You can use pay as you go as long it is with At&t; :-)
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It's not categorized as a smartphone, so you don't have to have a data plan, which was what I wanted for my daughter :) you can pay for the data you use (can be quite expensive) or disable data completely. The side effect of latter is you can't do mms. Hope that helps...Btw, my ears could not take the nagging anymore, so she got an iphone as a birthday gift, now she has to have a data plan...