Does this phone require a data plan from any of the carriers... Verizon specifically?
1330480
No data plan required. We gave our daughter this phone because she destroyed everything else. 1 year and still working. We have the phone on a family unlimited text plan, but that is all. No data plan.
1330481
No data plan is required by Verizon. Verizon is my carrier. I signed up to pay an extra five bucks a month over the cell phone service so I could send up to several hundred texts a month, but no data plan, unless you were going to use this phone to browse the internet or something like that, but I would not advise that.
934526
Yes. I bought this phone for my brother as a basic phone on my Verizon plan. It's been working great. It's a very nice simple phone with a colorful touch display. You will not need to purchase a data plan.
614981
Yes it does. (with AT&T anyway). It is a smartphone, so most carriers will require a data plan.
267466
no you do not have to have a data plan I have at one with AT&T; for several years great phone for talking and texting.
2114750
Yes I bought this phone and just added it online to my Verizon account. No data plan necessary. For the price the phone does the job.
223502
It does not require any data plan. You can install SIM card and start to use it right away. You can choose any GSM provider here in US as well as in Europe. This is a reason to buy an unlocked phone. Unfortunately, we've sent it back to seller. It has very good design (it's a Sony(!), so you get a very good designed phone just by default). It was brand new, in the original box, but did not work at all, unfortunately again. May be it was just a Chinese grey copy, but it's only my guess.
96311
No data plan is required for this model, however, be certain that Verizon does not add a data plan when you activate the phone
698136
It is not a prepaid phone. You must have a wireless plan that will work with this phone to use it. However, it is just a basic phone and not a smart phone so no data plan is needed.
892231
My husband currently uses this phone with a Verizon plan. He only uses it for phone calls; I do not know about text messages or data plan capabilities.
1731086
No, this phone will only work with Verizon, any questions regarding plans we recommend contacting Verizon.
1303336
No. You have to make sure that you call Verizon when you activate your phone and tell them you do not want a DATA plan on it. Be sure to be very specific and tell them more than once.
1750386
It will operate without a data plan. However the carriers will detect you using the data and attempt to charge you. It's a fantastic phone and will work anywhere
1050894
no-this phone does not need a data plan. Don't let them tell you that it does. I activated 2 of them without it.
370085
AT&T; will add a data plan when you activate any smartphone. EVEN IF you don't activate it with them. Hope that helps.
767747
No i dont believe so. I have this phone and i don't have a data plan with it
1474673
No Verizon plan. I suspect most users do not have the plan. Just use it as a web surfer.
1829343
This is an awesome phone...but I don't think you can get a data plan for it. It does use some data if you want to search for ringtones/ringback tones on it. But you would have to manual go into that function. It's not something that just happens. If you have any problems w/ that, Verizon is great in helping you on what pricing would be if you did wanted that.