said by tomz17:There is a new "category" of phones called 3g multimedia phones. These phones are now REQUIRED to have at least the $9.99 plan. These are phones that have substantial multimedia capability but run a proprietary OS (anything not blackberry, windows mobile, or android). These usually have larger screens, a non-wap browser, a simple e-mail client, and are designed to promote multimedia messaging.
Verizon has ALWAYS strongly suggested the purchase of a data plan for these... (after all, what idiot spends the cash on a phone like this if you aren't going to use the 3g multimedia features!?)
Actually my chocolate 3 is classified as one of these phones and thus is required to get at least the $10 data plan if I make changes to my plan. I don't use the data and no that doesn't make me an idiot. Ever think some of these phones have features people want that have nothing to do with data?
