Iphone without paying for internet?

I want to get an iphone to use as an ipod and as a phone to call/text people
but i don't want to pay $30 a month for Wi-Fi.
is there any possible way that i can have the iphone as a phone but not pay for internet?
i have verizon by the way.

Well, you can buy an unlocked iPhone on either Amazon or eBay. With an unlocked phone, you can use the phone on any carrier and if you don't have a data plan on the current cell phone contract, you won't have to pay for a data plan.

Kevin basically summed up the answer, I just want to clarify that it's extremely expensive (at least in my opinion) to buy the iphone unlocked. I think it would be around $600 and up to buy the iphone 4s unlocked.

No, not with Verizon. Verizon requires a data plan for the iPhone, and won't activate it without one. No activation means no voice service either.

Also note Kevin is mistaken. Unlocked phones do NOT work on Verizon. They can be used on any GSM carrier, but Verizon is not a GSM provider (they use CDMA).

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