I couldn't believe it when I went into Tmobile today and just tried to get a phone that wouldn't fall apart after 2 weeks and they REQUIRE that you sign up for a data plan for all decent phones (AKA smartphones)! We have two lines, so that's an extra $60 a month they want to steal from us! The last thing I need is internet on my phone....especially for that price! You can get a good home internet connection for half that cost! I decided to try to go with another company, but they all do that now. F****** B*****s! It's not like they have enough money already. My only option is to pay $500 per phone in order to avoid the required data plan!
I have been looking at other options and they are appealing. One option I have is to just get their regular free crap phone then buy a "smartphone" off eBay and call them up, claiming that my new phone won't work. They'll totally unlock the sim and I'll be able to use it without a data plan. That could save me a few hundred bucks at least. But I still don't want to spend tons of money on phones! But I want to be able to do more than call someone on my phone. I really want a phone with Windows Mobile like I have. I guess I'll just stick with my Wing (which is now like 3 or 4 years old). I've already had to take the sucker apart and fix it a couple of times....and it was a $600 phone! I can't imagine going with some of those shit phones they have out there. They wouldn't last a week with me.
It just really pisses me off that these companies are trying to screw their customers even more. They've already got more money than they could ever spend. Cell phone prices are absolutely asinine. Now they want to tack an extra $60/month fee onto that for a service that I will NEVER use?! I don't think so! I'd rather have a f****** landline (God forbid) then be used and abused like this!