omnia private purchase switch

[jlschmoyer]

if i purchase an omnia privately, can i switch my verizon number to it without paying the extra verizon charges for monthly email?

[phullofphil]

dont think so as soon as you activate it you will be charged. maybe you can complain that it does not work for you and get it cancled lator but pretty sure they will charge you.

[dmagalhaes]

they will definitely charge you

[cg83]

im not sure if i understand correctly but if i do all you have to do is switch it online and you will keep the same plan and features as you had on your other other phone

[nerdherd]

Nope, I've searched online and called Verizon several times trying to find a way around it but without any luck. No matter how you get the phone you cannot activate it unless you have the $30 data plan. Seems silly to me because as a student I would have much rather purchased the phone at full price and paid voice only, since I'm in range of Wifi about 95% of the time. But alas, Verizon knows that since the Omnia is so good we can be suckered into paying for the data even if we don't really need it

[talk2nate]

Verizon does offer just a data phone option if you don't need the voice service lol .. But yes Verizon is smart - even if you manually add this device to your online account it knows that it requires a data plan and it will assist you in adding the plan before you activate the phone.

Used to be able to put phones like this on Alltel Prepaid service even though its a Verizon device. But those were the good ol' days lol

[rfarrah]

FWIW, I believe that all cell phone companies require a data plan if you have a smartphone. Even AT&T just switched to that policy a couple of months ago, although if you already had one you were "Grandfathered" in.