VZW; Anyway to get pda phone without getting data plan?

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Not sure if it is still the case ( I do use more than enough data to need the data plan) but in my area you used to be able to get smartphones without data plans on business lines, not consumer. So if you have a way of switching to a business plan it might work (though no idea if they cover the cost some other way).

Unfortunately around here Verizon is pretty much my only option. AT&T doesn't have good enough coverage and I'll never go back to Sprint after the way they screwed me with my old phone.