Q. My husband is looking for a simple att flip phone that he can hook up to our wifi at home. He does not text or use internet but would like to download a few apps.
A. There have only been a very few "smartphone" flip phones made. Currently AT&T offers no "smartphone" flip phones, though you can use an unlocked GSM-capable phone on the AT&T network (i.e., a flip phone that doesn't come from AT&T).
The last "flip" smartphone offered through AT&T was the Blackberry Pearl Flip in 2010 (the current version is the model 9670). Although you can still buy the Pearl Flip from other sources and use it on the AT&T network, AT&T will recognize any Blackberry phone and charge you a mandatory $30 per month for their "Blackberry Data Plan" even if you only ever use it on wifi.
Some non-smartphone flip phones may still offer "apps" though these are not the apps you normally think of in terms of iPhone, Android or Windows Phone apps. Feature phone "apps" are JAVA-based and tend to be much harder to find and not as good in quality as smartphone apps.
It is possible to operate a smartphone on the AT&T network without paying for the data plan, using only wifi for the "apps". To do so you must *not* use a phone that was originally sold by AT&T (AT&T will recognize one of its own phones and force a data plan onto your bill). Instead you must find a GSM-compatible smartphone from T-Mobile or from outside the US and "unlock" the phone for use with any carrier. When setting up the phone for use AT&T you do *not* configure the SMS, MMS or data plan settings. This assures that your phone can't use AT&T data connectivity.
More specific info can be found in the posting "Smartphones Without a Data Plan":
http://www.atxgeek.com/2012/08/smartphones-without-data-plan-phonegeek.html
Good luck!
The last "flip" smartphone offered through AT&T was the Blackberry Pearl Flip in 2010 (the current version is the model 9670). Although you can still buy the Pearl Flip from other sources and use it on the AT&T network, AT&T will recognize any Blackberry phone and charge you a mandatory $30 per month for their "Blackberry Data Plan" even if you only ever use it on wifi.
Some non-smartphone flip phones may still offer "apps" though these are not the apps you normally think of in terms of iPhone, Android or Windows Phone apps. Feature phone "apps" are JAVA-based and tend to be much harder to find and not as good in quality as smartphone apps.
It is possible to operate a smartphone on the AT&T network without paying for the data plan, using only wifi for the "apps". To do so you must *not* use a phone that was originally sold by AT&T (AT&T will recognize one of its own phones and force a data plan onto your bill). Instead you must find a GSM-compatible smartphone from T-Mobile or from outside the US and "unlock" the phone for use with any carrier. When setting up the phone for use AT&T you do *not* configure the SMS, MMS or data plan settings. This assures that your phone can't use AT&T data connectivity.
More specific info can be found in the posting "Smartphones Without a Data Plan":
http://www.atxgeek.com/2012/08/smartphones-without-data-plan-phonegeek.html
Good luck!
what is the best android phone from metro pcs?
Q. hi all, i have been looking and phones and want some opinions.... there are a lot of nice phones out there but i am wondering about:
Coolpad Quattro� 4G
LG Connect 4G
HTC Wildfire S�
thanks!
Coolpad Quattro� 4G
LG Connect 4G
HTC Wildfire S�
thanks!
A. The best in my mind is Lg Connect 4G,but see for yourself
If you've never lived in China, then chances are you've never heard of smartphone maker Coolpad. The company, which is a major mobile player across the Pacific (Coolpad outsells Apple there by a wide margin), hopes to make the jump to the United States with the Quattro 4G ($79 contract-free from metroPCS as of 10/2/2012), its first smartphone offering here. Though the phone has speedy 4G LTE and a good-sized 4-inch display, the Quattro 4G's clunky feel, outdated operating system, and poor camera won't make Coolpad a household name here any time soon.
ne of the recent phones to be released by the Taiwanese mobile giant HTC is the HTC Wildfire S. It is primarily meant to be a budget class Android phone and it has really served the purpose. It caught our attention at first sight and we have loved the phone ever since. So we thought we would give it our full attention and focus on the pros and cons of the HTC Wildfire S. So, here is the list of pros and cons of the phone.
Pros:
The phone has really excellent design and dimension specifics of 101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4 mm lengthwise, breadthwise and by thickness respectively. The device weighs a mere 105g which competed with all the devices in the market today.
The TFT capacitive touchscreen is actually miserly but given the cost of the phone, we feel it is pretty much worth it! We have always loved the HTC Sense UI and it is the same in this phone too.
The microSD expansion of the phone�s memory can be done up to 32GB which is really awesome but we were pissed with the internal memory specifics of the phone. We will come to that in the cons section. Still, we loved the RAM of the phone which is a pretty decent 512MB one.
The camera is a pretty decent 5MP shooter which can shoot good pictures at a resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels, has features like autofocus, LED flash, geo-tagging, etc. VGA video recording is also possible at 24 fps, in the phone.
Unlike the LG phones, the HTC Wildfire S runs on the most advanced version of the Android operating system, the Android v2.3 (Gingerbread) and this is one of the features we love most about the phone.
Cons:
Of course, the phone has its own set of bad qualities too. Some of them are manifested in the form of bad processor, bad battery, etc. HTC, learn fast!
The processor of the phone is a really simple 600 MHz processor which can be easily beaten even by a Nokia 5130 Xpress Music phone (remember those red phones which caused quite a furore when they were released)
We also hate the speeds of GPRS and EDGE, which are 114 kbps and 560 kbps respectively. I mean come on, you can give us better speeds for the money we are paying. The phone isn�t that cheap!
The battery of the phone really sucks! The 1230 lithium ion fuel is no match for the rate at which Android is growing virulently! A powerful battery is a must have in all phones and HTC simply does not seem to understand this basic fact as far as mobile phones are concerned!
Anyone looking for a budget Android device; buy this one and you�ll not regret it!
http://www.phonerated.com/c-lg_connect_4g-pros-and-cons-review
Enjoy
If you've never lived in China, then chances are you've never heard of smartphone maker Coolpad. The company, which is a major mobile player across the Pacific (Coolpad outsells Apple there by a wide margin), hopes to make the jump to the United States with the Quattro 4G ($79 contract-free from metroPCS as of 10/2/2012), its first smartphone offering here. Though the phone has speedy 4G LTE and a good-sized 4-inch display, the Quattro 4G's clunky feel, outdated operating system, and poor camera won't make Coolpad a household name here any time soon.
ne of the recent phones to be released by the Taiwanese mobile giant HTC is the HTC Wildfire S. It is primarily meant to be a budget class Android phone and it has really served the purpose. It caught our attention at first sight and we have loved the phone ever since. So we thought we would give it our full attention and focus on the pros and cons of the HTC Wildfire S. So, here is the list of pros and cons of the phone.
Pros:
The phone has really excellent design and dimension specifics of 101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4 mm lengthwise, breadthwise and by thickness respectively. The device weighs a mere 105g which competed with all the devices in the market today.
The TFT capacitive touchscreen is actually miserly but given the cost of the phone, we feel it is pretty much worth it! We have always loved the HTC Sense UI and it is the same in this phone too.
The microSD expansion of the phone�s memory can be done up to 32GB which is really awesome but we were pissed with the internal memory specifics of the phone. We will come to that in the cons section. Still, we loved the RAM of the phone which is a pretty decent 512MB one.
The camera is a pretty decent 5MP shooter which can shoot good pictures at a resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels, has features like autofocus, LED flash, geo-tagging, etc. VGA video recording is also possible at 24 fps, in the phone.
Unlike the LG phones, the HTC Wildfire S runs on the most advanced version of the Android operating system, the Android v2.3 (Gingerbread) and this is one of the features we love most about the phone.
Cons:
Of course, the phone has its own set of bad qualities too. Some of them are manifested in the form of bad processor, bad battery, etc. HTC, learn fast!
The processor of the phone is a really simple 600 MHz processor which can be easily beaten even by a Nokia 5130 Xpress Music phone (remember those red phones which caused quite a furore when they were released)
We also hate the speeds of GPRS and EDGE, which are 114 kbps and 560 kbps respectively. I mean come on, you can give us better speeds for the money we are paying. The phone isn�t that cheap!
The battery of the phone really sucks! The 1230 lithium ion fuel is no match for the rate at which Android is growing virulently! A powerful battery is a must have in all phones and HTC simply does not seem to understand this basic fact as far as mobile phones are concerned!
Anyone looking for a budget Android device; buy this one and you�ll not regret it!
http://www.phonerated.com/c-lg_connect_4g-pros-and-cons-review
Enjoy
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