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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am going to upgrade to the iPhone 6 soon.  If I give my son my iPhone 5, can I opt to just have calling and texting, no data?  I know how expensive my plan is and I don't think he needs data access.  He can use wifi in our home for that.[/quote]

don't know if your service provider will allow you to purchase a plan without data -- I think most require it when you have a smart phone.  What you can do is get a program where you can limit the internet access.  It might be provided by your provider via a family plan, or you can get Norton Deluxe (that has the family plan security and you can set the times when internet is available or the amount of time when internet can be used... or certain cites that can be accessed).  There are ways to limit it even if your provider requires you to purchase the data -- although it probably isn't the best financially speaking... to pay for internet when you don't need it.  You'd be better off getting a low end smart phone from tracfone that has a limited amount of data on a 3g network (making it not super fast or fun)... then your kid can set "mobile data" off --- meaning it only works on wifi.  He/she can turn mobile data on when needed -- but if you only get a small amount of data, s/he will have to be careful about when it is used.  That will be cheaper than most other plans.[/quote]

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