You could buy a used iPhone from a private seller instead of AT&T, and a voice-only plan, but then why have an iPhone in the first place? If you get it from AT&T, you are required to have the data plan.
i want to convince my parents to get me an iphone and my friend told me that if you just buy the iphone for like $300 you dont have to pay like $80 a month. is that true or do u have to pay a lot?