Can a smartphone be used as a non-smart phone?

[marksurendra]

Hello,
  So I find that I NEVER use the internet seeing as I am not a FB guy and nor do I tend to get lost.  Currently I DO have my phone bought out right.  It is a non-iphone with LG U+.   I would like to get rid of the data plan and save probably 10,000 but in the States, your smartphones MUST have a data plan.  So I was wondering if this ball buster worked overseas too?

Thanks in advance.

[marksurendra]

I haven't asked the shop yet, and I'm slowly talking to my co-teacher.   But if someone knew the answer that would be great.  I feel that the co-teacher kinda struggles to help me figure things out and this is kinda hard to explain, let alone will have to explain to the LG shop.

[dorfgook]

Did you buy your phone via LGU+? Is it an android device?

Take note:
1) LGU+ is the only service provider that does not support GSM sim enabled devices, in other words, their handset does not have a sim slot, cannot support a sim and most likely wont work anywhere else in the world accept Korea or countries that still support CDMA like Japan.

2)that being said, if you signed a contract with them you will have to pay a hefty cancellation fee (which includes the full price of the phone). You will have to then sign up again for a prepaid service with them because you wont be able to use a SK or KT sim card.

3) laws has changed and smartphones are now allowed to be sold without contracts binding them. I however dont know what size databundles you will have to use to keep it running, unless you keep your 3G/4G connection off the whole time. You will be surprised by how much bandwidth is chewed by applications in the background.

[marksurendra]

Thanks for the advice.  I in fact have a LG U+ android device, so no sim card.   In my original post, I did say that I have the phone bought out right= i own the phone.  But my co teach showed me the site and it DOES appear that for at least LG, you need to have some form of data plan.  It was either that or I found it to be more expensive otherwise.

and an FYI for others:  as dorfgook said, there are always programs in the background.  Most phones have an option to disable a lot of these features from these kinds of apps.  In addition, there are apps that tracks data/text/call usage so you don't go over.