Help me~!!!

[nknphotojunkie]

I have an android on my phone plan with ATT..
im getting tired of it, and frankly, I can't afford it..
So can i "down grade" to a basic, not-smartphone without having to pay an early termination fee?
let me know!
Thank you.

 

[John Redcorn]

I believe you can, as far as I know you are contracted to keep a voice plan for 2 years, a smartphone requires a data plan if you ever put a sim in to it but I don't think you're under contract to keep the data plan.

You'll have to buy the dumbphone outright off of ebay or something or an ATT go phone at walmart.

If you ever put the sim back into a smartphone they will add a data plan right back on though.

Check the AT&T forum here, they'll have better answers.

 

[Yeahha]

Moved to the AT&T forums.

If you haven't had the phone for more than 30 days you can return it to AT&T and should be able to return it with a restocking fee
Wireless from AT&T.

 

[nb_mitch]

I would just call and ask, I know on-line I could never remove my data plan. I have never read the contract, whether you signed up for 2-yr or voice or 2-yr of data I don't know, I think you are required to keep the data plan for at least 6 months if you got it through a reseller.

The lowest smartphone data plan is $15/mo (which I have been on for a year now without any issues because I am on a wifi network 99% of the time).

It might be cheaper to get the smallest data plan than pay the ETF, depends on how far in you are ($320 - $10/mo used).

 

[rui-no-onna]

The contract is for just the voice plan, not the data plan. As long as you use a smartphone, you're required to have a data plan. However, if you switch to a dumb phone, you can cancel the data.

 

[Therethennow]

Yes, you can downgrade your device free of charge. If anything, you'll save some money by not having to pay for ATT's required data plan for smartphones anymore. ATT does have an unlimited data plan for non-smartphones available for something like $10 a month, but I can't honestly think what the point would be for a non-smartphone. No data charges for using MMS, maybe? Game downloads? I dunno.

Take John Redcorn's advice- don't swap out the SIM or they will automatically add a data plan onto your account, the $25/ month, 2GB plan, I believe. And I agree w/ nb_mitch, it may end up being cheaper to switch to the $15/ month, 200MB data plan (the smallest, cheapest one available)until the end of your contract than paying your current ETF.