Can A BlackBerry Be A Regular Phone Instead of a SmartPhone?

Hi Awesome805,
I apologize for the delay and I can happily address your concerns. A Blackberry can only be activated a Smart Phone, a data plan will be required upon activation. Is something wrong with your current device? Are you interested in a basic phone? You can check your upgrade eligibility by dialing #UPG. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Thank you,
AyaniB_VZW
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Ever since i upgraded to the newer ISO 6 and above my iphone 4s keeps crashing!
I can barely use it as a phone, emails keeps crashing, crashing halfway during calls and even candy crush wont open!
I was so upset to hear that the only solution was to 'purchase the newer iphone 5c or 5s to fix this problem' as you cannot go backwards with the ISO.
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Apple if you want anymore of my money in the future, you better fix this problem.
Maybe Samsung has a better solution to my phone issues.....

Okay, switch.
Why exactly do you believe that anyone in these user to user support forums cares?
Tinglez wrote:
Ever since i upgraded to the newer ISO 6 and above my iphone 4s keeps crashing!
I can barely use it as a phone, emails keeps crashing, crashing halfway during calls and even candy crush wont open!
I was so upset to hear that the only solution was to 'purchase the newer iphone 5c or 5s to fix this problem' as you cannot go backwards with the ISO.
Maybe if basic troubleshooting was tried, instead of whining, a resolution could be found.
There is no need to purchase a newer iPhone. The 4S runs iOS6 and 7 perfectly fine.
Basic troubleshooting from the User's Guide is reset, restart, restore (first from backup then as new). Try each of these in order until the issue is resolved.

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I called when the payment posted the next day, totally wiping out my bank account and charging me overdraft fees.
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That situation went from inconvenient to complicated quickly. Wait for any pending orders to drop off, wait for things to clear up, wait till your upgrade comes up and then upgrade when your contract is fulfilled. I would have suggested a replacement phone, I know, with only a month left why couldn't you just upgrade early, but these situations where people try to upgrade early always end horribly and once a phone order starts, it almost cannot finish until something winds up shipped received and returned. Sorry this happened the way it did. Definitely not efficient.

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