Verizon smart phones with wifi, do you have to have a data plan with the phone also?

Does anyone know if now that some smart phones have wifi capabilities if Verizon wireless still forces you into a data plan with those phones? My contract is up next month and Im interested in a couple smart phones and there are a lot of wifi hotspots around my house and work that I can hit off of so I dont really need a data plan and I dont want to be forced to one.

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