- Feb 1, 2013
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Hey all. Well, my mom accidentally let her old messaging phone go through the wash (oops...), so now she's in need of a new phone. Problem is, in my searching, I can only seem to find flip phones (which my mom doesn't want) and then low end smartphones (I.E: Lumia 520). I don't know why, but the messaging category seems mostly dead. I'm going to keep looking, but in the meantime, my mom says the biggest reason she doesn't want a smartphone is because she doesn't want to have to buy a data plan.
So, I was curious: if we were to purchase a Lumia 520 on Amazon.com, get a proper Micro-SIM card enabled with my mom's phone number, plug it in and simply disable data usage in the settings, would that work? I think it will, but I just wanted to double check that:
- No data would be used over any mobile data connection, restricted to Wi-Fi only.
- Phone would still be able to make and receive phone calls and texts.
- AT&T wouldn't come chasing after us and forcing us to buy a data plan.
Thanks for all your help ahead of time!
So, I was curious: if we were to purchase a Lumia 520 on Amazon.com, get a proper Micro-SIM card enabled with my mom's phone number, plug it in and simply disable data usage in the settings, would that work? I think it will, but I just wanted to double check that:
- No data would be used over any mobile data connection, restricted to Wi-Fi only.
- Phone would still be able to make and receive phone calls and texts.
- AT&T wouldn't come chasing after us and forcing us to buy a data plan.
Thanks for all your help ahead of time!