Got reliable info about future devices on VZW.

**mettec** · 05-24-2012, 10:57 PM

My sister and her fiance who happens to work at Verizon Corporate Headquarters in Marketing are here visiting for the Memorial Day weekend. I asked him what is the deal that VZW has no new devices other then the Droid Inc LTE and that has no release date. All he could tell me is that they do have a number of devices coming out but it will be after they start the new shared data plans. This is for obvious reasons! He could not tell me what devices are coming due to a confidential agreement that he has. So there you have it.

Will just have to wait until after the new data share plans start then should see some new devices within weeks.

**aokusman1** · 05-24-2012, 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by bassman

My sister and her fiance who happens to work at Verizon Corporate Headquarters in Marketing are here visiting for the Memorial Day weekend. I asked him what is the deal that VZW has no new devices other then the Droid Inc LTE and that has no release date. All he could tell me is that they do have a number of devices coming out but it will be after they start the new shared data plans. This is for obvious reasons! He could not tell me what devices are coming due to a confidential agreement that he has. So there you have it.

Will just have to wait until after the new data share plans start then should see some new devices within weeks.

Why make this post at all? You told us nothing the next man on the street could not have told us.

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**Premium1** · 05-25-2012, 10:29 AM

Well it does make sense, I mean verizon isn't going to release some new super phone and let people get unlimited data. They are greedy and want more $$$$. That is why as soon as the new plans come out I think the floodgates will open with new devices on verizon.

**Bbeelzebub** · 05-25-2012, 03:43 PM

Meh, whatever. I'll just upgrade to the Maxx the day before the new data plans take effect at Costco, then go back and exchange for the SG3 when it comes out.

I doubt they'll be waiting 90 days to release it.

**QBert** · 05-25-2012, 05:22 PM

I just want to know what the new data plan structure will be like... Does anyone know when VZW is going to release the details? If it works out for me then I'll wait for the new plans and to upgrade. If not, I'll get the Maxx now, then sell that and buy a new device off contract when the new devices launch.

**Premium1** · 05-25-2012, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by Bbeelzebub

Meh, whatever. I'll just upgrade to the Maxx the day before the new data plans take effect at Costco, then go back and exchange for the SG3 when it comes out.

I doubt they'll be waiting 90 days to release it.

if you do that and the new plans are in effect you will have to get one of those because when you return the phone it resets your contract date so when you got the new phone would be the new date and if it fell under when unlimited grandfathering is no more you will be SOL.

**91_z28_4me** · 05-26-2012, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by QBert

I just want to know what the new data plan structure will be like... Does anyone know when VZW is going to release the details? If it works out for me then I'll wait for the new plans and to upgrade. If not, I'll get the Maxx now, then sell that and buy a new device off contract when the new devices launch.

THIS. Right now the Sprint MVNO, Ting, is catching my attention. Or one of the $30 Tmobile plans.

**Radman** · 05-26-2012, 05:09 PM

question about the new plans. i have a 4g phone now with unlimited data that i got a year ago. lets say if i upgrade that phone next year, will i be able to keep my unlimited plan?

**paul-c** · 05-26-2012, 08:40 PM

Even if you're already on LTE grandfathered unlimited you'll lose it if you upgrade. To keep it, you'll have to buy your next phone full price.

**Premium1** · 05-26-2012, 08:43 PM

if you upgrade you lose it. Looks like I will buy my next phone full price( since I do not have an upgrade until next june anyway) and then will explore all my options once my contract is up.

**Issemann** · 06-07-2012, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by Premium1

Well it does make sense, I mean verizon isn't going to release some new super phone and let people get unlimited data.

<Cough, cough..> People are pre-ordering the Samsung Galaxy S3 and keeping their unlimited data plans. If Verizon is allowing this now, why not allow it a bit later? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the S3 should be the 'best' device that Verizon offers for the remainder of the year, no? (Or at least until the end of the year when Google announces the next line of Nexus phones.)

**Jude526** · 06-07-2012, 06:14 PM

3 customer care reps have told me I can keep my unlimited. I can't upgrade till next year. But stores say no. They need to decide what is right

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**HawaiiD** · 06-10-2012, 06:55 AM

Originally Posted by Jude526

3 customer care reps have told me I can keep my unlimited. I can't upgrade till next year. But stores say no. They need to decide what is right

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Jude,

Is this true even if you decide to upgrade your phone later?

**Premium1** · 06-10-2012, 09:06 AM

The CEO said if you upgraded you would be forced onto the new plans.I think asking reps now is pointless because there is no plans out yet. Once the shared data plans come on then go talk to reps. You are just wasting air talking to them now.

**dacp283** · 06-10-2012, 09:31 AM

Simple work around for this mess. Get new line. Then upgrade the new line phone whenever you want and transfer the new phone to the line with unlimited data lol. That's what I'll be doing. Wife and daughter get my hand me down phones.

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**Issemann** · 06-10-2012, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by dacp283

Simple work around for this mess. Get new line. Then upgrade the new line phone whenever you want and transfer the new phone to the line with unlimited data lol. That's what I'll be doing. Wife and daughter get my hand me down phones.

I did that when I bought the Rezound back in April. But it only works when you NEED to get a new line. In my case, we were ready to get our daughter her own line, so it worked out great.

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**HawaiiD** · 06-11-2012, 06:08 AM

Originally Posted by dacp283

Simple work around for this mess. Get new line. Then upgrade the new line phone whenever you want and transfer the new phone to the line with unlimited data lol. That's what I'll be doing. Wife and daughter get my hand me down phones.

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so you will be getting new phone number every 2 years?

**PJnc284** · 06-11-2012, 12:36 PM

Paying for a new line for 2 years isn't much cheaper than just buying full retail.

**MWBAM** · 06-14-2012, 02:55 PM

The new data shares seem sketchy but in the end I think that VZW will end up switching back to unlimited.

**Doorman Diaries** · 06-14-2012, 05:24 PM

Alas, with the money they'll be making from it, I don't see them ever going back to unlimited. I promise you, once they go tiered, they will never go back to unlimited...

**La.productions92** · 06-14-2012, 07:47 PM

They will have to switch back to unlimited eventually to compete and keep their sales, Sprint has been releasing phones and noone sees them changing to limited data plans

**PhiPsi32** · 06-19-2012, 10:19 PM

Sprint is on life support. Unlimited Everything is the only marketing gimmick they have. For data rates to come down, subscribers would have to leave VZW and AT&T in large numbers and defect to Sprint. They are not doing this.

Ry · 06-19-2012, 11:28 PM

If both Sprint and T-Mobile get their upgraded networks out before they fold, they will be viable alternatives.

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**cw0974** · 07-09-2012, 12:04 AM

Originally Posted by MWBAM

The new data shares seem sketchy but in the end I think that VZW will end up switching back to unlimited.

It really is, but it's hard trying to avoid it. I took it as is and bought my mom an iphone and switched into the new plan. I'm actually thinking of buying a tablet and adding it for 10$. Not a bad price to add a 4G tablet.

**ballr4lyf** · 07-17-2012, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by PhiPsi32

Sprint is on life support. Unlimited Everything is the only marketing gimmick they have. For data rates to come down, subscribers would have to leave VZW and AT&T in large numbers and defect to Sprint. They are not doing this.

This.

I have been a Sprint customer for over 10 years. Every year I tell myself that it can only get better. Every year, I'm proved wrong. So I'm migrating to VZW as soon as it is financially feasible (ETFs being what they are makes it hard to move 4 lines). A lot of people are in this boat with me. What's the point of having unlimited data when you cannot use it? Last time I checked, I was using less than 1GB of data per month on Sprint, and it's not because I don't try... It's because whenever I launch an app that requires a network connection, the app either times out or I time out. So I'd rather pay more for restrictive service that I do get, as opposed to unlimited service that I don't get.

So yeah, VZW and ATT don't have to change their model currently. People will migrate towards them. It remains to be seen if the new LTE push for Sprint will draw more subscribers in their direction, but their track record speaks for itself.