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re: Verizon kills off service contracts, smartphone subsidies
Posted on 8/22/15 at 7:13 am to Joe
Posted on 8/22/15 at 7:13 am to Joe
Just to clarify, you are saying under these new plans there will be no more $200 up front for the phone fees if you are paying for the phone on the 24-month subsidy?
Also, are these new plans going to push everyone who is on the grandfathered unlimited data off of that when there contract ends?
Also, are these new plans going to push everyone who is on the grandfathered unlimited data off of that when there contract ends?
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Posted on 8/22/15 at 6:37 pm to AZTarheeel
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Just to clarify, you are saying under these new plans there will be no more $200 up front for the phone fees if you are paying for the phone on the 24-month subsidy?
Also, are these new plans going to push everyone who is on the grandfathered unlimited data off of that when there contract ends?
For the first part, correct. Since you are paying the phone over 24mos, you don't pay anything except tax at point of sale.
For the second part, if you switch to the new plans, you are giving up whatever current plan you have, yes.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 10:58 am to AZTarheeel
They are not renewing any contracts from my understanding. I just got a new phone on Saturday. We have a group plan and only two phones are left on contract.
With the contracts, we were paying for a data plan that we all used, and each line was charged $40 per month for phones, and $10 per month for the tablets. You paid the discounted upgrade price for your phone ~$200-$250 if you were getting the newest phones. Now I pay $20 per month for my phone to be part of the data plan and no longer get the subsidized phone. For the S6 edge, it was $31 per month. So a total of $51 for the phone in addition to the data plan. I'm paying $11 more per month than before, but didn't have to pay the up front $250. If you take that $11 extra over 24 months, it comes out to $264. So ultimately I'm paying a very small amount more than what I paid before.
With the contracts, we were paying for a data plan that we all used, and each line was charged $40 per month for phones, and $10 per month for the tablets. You paid the discounted upgrade price for your phone ~$200-$250 if you were getting the newest phones. Now I pay $20 per month for my phone to be part of the data plan and no longer get the subsidized phone. For the S6 edge, it was $31 per month. So a total of $51 for the phone in addition to the data plan. I'm paying $11 more per month than before, but didn't have to pay the up front $250. If you take that $11 extra over 24 months, it comes out to $264. So ultimately I'm paying a very small amount more than what I paid before.
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