Data Plan

[jayaskren]

I'm thinking about buying the Hero through Sprint. I may be able to buy an unlocked version from Best Buy. If so, I'm considering not getting the data plan with my phone. I have access to Wifi 90% of my day and think it's silly to pay $60.00 extra a month to add data to our family plan just to get internet access the other 10% of the time. I'm curious how much this will limit my phone. Sure there are apps such as visual voice mail and Google Voice may not work well w/o an internet connection, but I would think many of the other features would work just fine. Any thoughts on this?

[Zebedee]

The phone is permanently connected to the internet unless you can be bothered to keep turning on and off sync. It would only take a minor memory lapse (to turn off syncing) and without a data plan you could end up with a $500 bill!!

This phone is all about internet. You say you're planning on buying the phone SIM free but would it not be cheaper to get it though a network, with data plan?

[yxan]

how do you buy unlocked cdma devices? is there such a thing they dont use sim cards so u are SOL

[crow11ad]

Originally Posted by jayaskren

I'm thinking about buying the Hero through Sprint. I may be able to buy an unlocked version from Best Buy. If so, I'm considering not getting the data plan with my phone. I have access to Wifi 90% of my day and think it's silly to pay $60.00 extra a month to add data to our family plan just to get internet access the other 10% of the time. I'm curious how much this will limit my phone. Sure there are apps such as visual voice mail and Google Voice may not work well w/o an internet connection, but I would think many of the other features would work just fine. Any thoughts on this?

Hey I have the Sprint Hero and it's just amazing what it can do. You need the data plan.