Question on upgrading phone?

[Aaron Kester]

So as I understand it, Verion will require anyone who purchases a new phone to buy it outright if they want to stay on an unlimited data plan this summer if they are grandfathered into unlimited data. I'm currently in the middle of contract and wont be eligible to upgrade until well past that deadline. So my question is that being on a family plan and my parents are eligible for an upgrade, could they buy say a Droid 4 and then right away swap that phone on their line with the Droid 3 on my line, which would give me the new phone while retaining my unlimited data plan. And then as I understand it I can retain my unlimited data plan until I feel like upgrading, which wouldn't be for awhile. Does anyone see why this plan wouldn't work?

 

[ylexot]

I'm currently in the middle of contract and wont be eligible to upgrade until well past that deadline.

Since nobody knows when the change will happen, you really can't say that definitively. My advice is to just wait until something official comes out and then figure out what you want to do.

 

[AntimonyER]

So as I understand it, Verion will require anyone who purchases a new phone to buy it outright if they want to stay on an unlimited data plan this summer if they are grandfathered into unlimited data. I'm currently in the middle of contract and wont be eligible to upgrade until well past that deadline. So my question is that being on a family plan and my parents are eligible for an upgrade, could they buy say a Droid 4 and then right away swap that phone on their line with the Droid 3 on my line, which would give me the new phone while retaining my unlimited data plan. And then as I understand it I can retain my unlimited data plan until I feel like upgrading, which wouldn't be for awhile. Does anyone see why this plan wouldn't work?

This is along the lines of what I plan to do. I have an extra line I used to upgrade to my GNex, I will use that upgrade from now on, and not the one on my line, to keep my unlimited.

 

[gloriousnumber1]

That gives me an idea. I could keep my ghost line up and running and use it for upgrades.

 

[euph_22]

That gives me an idea. I could keep my ghost line up and running and use it for upgrades.

You might be able to make that work. But I'm pretty sure you'll end up paying far more overall then you'll get from the upgrades.

 

[gloriousnumber1]

You might be able to make that work. But I'm pretty sure you'll end up paying far more overall then you'll get from the upgrades.

True, but it will be spread out, and easier to deal with. Same with car payments, but without the interest part.

 

[dirkbonn]

True, but it will be spread out, and easier to deal with. Same with car payments, but without the interest part.

It's also possible that once your 2 year contract (w/unlimited data) runs out and you go month-to-month, Verizon can then change what they are giving you because you are no longer "on contract".

But, as has been said here many times, until Verizon comes out with something official, nobody knows what's going to happen. We're all in "Wait & see" mode.

As hard as we're trying to find "loopholes" in Verizons plans, they are working to close them.

 

[euph_22]

It's also possible that once your 2 year contract (w/unlimited data) runs out and you go month-to-month, Verizon can then change what they are giving you because you are no longer "on contract".

While true, its incredibly unlikely that Verizon would do that (and every statement from them thus far has said that they won't do that). There is literally nothing keeping those customers tired to Verizon and spontaneously raising prices significantly would drive many of them immediately away. If they let them keep unlimited they might stay on Verizon for years without getting any subsidized phones. Essentially free money, especially since their throttling higher data using unlimited customers.

 

[gloriousnumber1]

While true, its incredibly unlikely that Verizon would do that (and every statement from them thus far has said that they won't do that). There is literally nothing keeping those customers tired to Verizon and spontaneously raising prices significantly would drive many of them immediately away. If they let them keep unlimited they might stay on Verizon for years without getting any subsidized phones. Essentially free money, especially since their throttling higher data using unlimited customers.

Agreed. I'm waiting on the Incredible 4G, and if I like it and it's better than my Rezound, I'll upgrade and sell it to pay the bill, but that S4 processor will really have to convince me, my Rezound is plenty fast.

I'm off contract in less than a month and I'm much safer on a new contract with an upgrade with unlimited just in case.