The new plans are expected to be available starting August 13. Verizon Customers having a contract will continue to enjoy the same features at the same price. Verizon’s new strategy is to focus, apparently, on promoting just four choices with varying degrees of data included. All of these plans will allow for shared data between multiple devices. A customer buying a new phone still doesn’t need to pay that whole amount right away, though. Verizon Communications Inc. hasn’t responded to requests since Friday for clarification.
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The plans see the removal of single lines and family plans. The old system involved a lot of variables and it was hard to calculate what the actual price would be. Adding all of this up for two people will be $138 per month, if you put $200 down on the iPhone up front. Verizon has ended service contracts, which means new subscribers won’t be able to get an iPhone or any other smartphone for the subsidized price.
There are variations, though. Customers will not get any phone subsidies though.
Verizon Wireless is forever changing the way you pay for your cellular service. Previously, the access fee was $40 if you signed a contract, $25 if you had a plan that had 4GB of data or less, and $15 if you had a plan with 6GB of data or less. An hour or two will eat up your allotment. With smaller data plans, you could actually pay slightly more every month for two years. It’s $56 a month after subtracting the subsidy.
For two lines, couples paid $130 a month for 3 gigabytes and $150 for 6 gigabytes under subsidized plans.
Are you thinking of switching to Verizon, or do you have it already? Existing Verizon customers can keep their current plan. The company is now moving away from the long-running services and subsidies based contracts with the introduction of a new set of plans.
Instead, unsubsidized prices may have a bigger impact on higher end Android phone sales-at least for the cost-conscious consumer. This idea was inspired by T-Mobile’s concept and they have been doing this sort of thing for years, it is highly inspiring other competitors to catch up this concept and highlight it.
Verizon is jumping on the month-to-month bandwagon, following T-Mobile and AT&T’s model of eliminating annoying year, or multi-year contracts. Well, Verizon has options for you.
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Don’t switch to a new plan simply to avoid the contract.
