do you have to pay for internet service like other smartphones or no?
375873
With these phones, you do not need to pay for data plan (internet service)- which should save you couple hundred per year. You can just use wi-fi at home.
1597287
The applications themselves are free but in many cases (e.g. NetFlix) you have to pay for the service they connect to. There are some services (e.g. NASA videos) that you can view for free using applications on this device but most are subscription based or pay per view. Services you pay for mostly, possibly universally - I haven't checked them all - require you set up an account with them so they can collect payment from you when you use their service.
208432
Nope nothing else to add for the most part as far as charges go. I think my bill is like 90 a month, but its 40 for my plan, 30 for the internet and I think 15 or so for texts. The way I look at it is while its high price IMO, it breaks down to about a dollar a day for internet. For me its worth it. There are apps for myspace and facebook so while I don't nessarliy use the browser everyday I do use the internet part every day.
450459
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.
1906824
When I had this phone in the US, through a contract with Cricket, I was paying for data. You can probably use it without a data plan, but you'll have to be careful to not use the internet features of the phone.
1832411
Regardless of what phone you get if you want to use any internet you will need a 3g/4g plan unless you are around a wifi-hotspot. If your asking if its required to have a internet plan then no. Some carriers tend to say it is a requirement if you own a smartphone but that is not true. The phone should not allow you to connect online on their network without a internet plan don't let them fool you its a sales tactic.
180046
Yes! In order to access the internet, you have to have an unlocked sims-card! It isn't a good phone tho, so I wouldn't recommended no one to buy it!
654901
No. However if you have no plan, you will be charged for the amount of data used. So, although there's no requirement, you probably want a plan.
1215881
yes...I did the same thing...phone service without internet is cheaper...jg
894769
I had the phone without a data plan but it has a very rudimentary 'browser' if you could even call it that... I haven't used it in years but I don't remember it being worth anything internet wise. However maybe the service you get could help prevent any internet usage by not allowing data..
1086450
You can use a sim card. So if your carrier's is a sim card carrier you can use to get Internet.
1848315
No it doesn't have to have internet connection although it is capable. My son's phone does not have a data plan but he is very careful to never use any data because it is very expensive without a plan. I also had to tell Verizon that we were not using a data plan with this phone.
1849840
No..it is not an Android phone. It barely accesses the web. For me, not a single web page loaded, so I decided not to pay for data once I realized how slow it loads. I now have a Samsung Galaxy S5. I was truly left behind with the LG phone, and never realized how stuck I was. Google play is for Android phones and none are pay as you go, unless for maybe Metro. I do not know.
1213606
When I bought the phone it had a bit of a charge on it. I did not have a phone card yet and was able to get on the internet. It comes with a sim card if you buy it from VM.
2045283
You do have to pay for the phone and the service but not the activation. You have to pay extra for voice mail and if you use the operator.
1951010
Yes. It wi8l probably cost you $30-40 per month depending on your plan. It is added like another phone. If you just need a hotspot, most smartphones can double as a hotspot without this device.
1367882
I loved this phone, but I never had data on it. I believe that you can connect to the internet, although I am not sure what the cost of doing so would be. I finally got a smart phone, but it is costly to have internet. Hope this helped.