A Little Confused About Verizon Plan for Note 4

[bspill]

I'm thinking of buying the N4 outright from Verizon, but, when I go to their website, it says that the monthly charge on the MORE plan is $40. Since I wouldn't be financing it, I would think the monthly charge would be less. I called Verizon and they appeared to be even more confused than me. Has anyone who paid unsubsidized price on a standard plan been charged the full $40 monthly charge?

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[clevin]

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Is vzw your only viable choice in term of coverage?

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[felloffthetruck]

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The average price for a Verizon smartphone service is $103.00 a month.

 

[jweimn]

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I'm thinking of buying the N4 outright from Verizon, but, when I go to their website, it says that the monthly charge on the MORE plan is $40. Since I wouldn't be financing it, I would think the monthly charge would be less. I called Verizon and they appeared to be even more confused than me. Has anyone who paid unsubsidized price on a standard plan been charged the full $40 monthly charge?

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Call them and process it over the phone, as far as the discount on the $40 charge yes it will be lower but the way it works is Verizon still charges you 40 but a bill credit is automatically applied bringing it down to the discounted price.

 

[Andy847]

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That's why I left Verizon for AT&T. I get a $15 discount off the line fee for buying my Note 3 full price. If you bring your own device, you get that discount. I'm on the month to month mobile share plan unlimited talk, text, and 2gb data and pay $65 month plus taxes. I got tired of how much I was paying on Verizon, so when contract was up in August, I left and am not looking back.

 

[Willn]

The 40 bucks is to start another line, if your just looking to replace an old phone on an existing line you have to use the uprgrade option. It will ask if you want 2yr contract, edge, or full price. You chose full price and then it will ask you to pick an insurance option. After that it will review your old plan and ask if you would like to make any changes, then just check out. It wil keep your original plan and sell you a new phone at full price. I was confused a little aswell but eventually i figured it out and was able to preorder my note 4 without loosing my precious unlimited data.

 

[TabGuy]

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The average price for a Verizon smartphone service is $103.00 a month.

Where did this come from? I have a family plan with 10 gig data and 5 phones (4 of them have insurance) and the monthly cost, including all taxes, is $315. That comes to an average of $63 per phone per month.

 

[Mr. Toad]

I'm thinking of buying the N4 outright from Verizon, but, when I go to their website, it says that the monthly charge on the MORE plan is $40. Since I wouldn't be financing it, I would think the monthly charge would be less. I called Verizon and they appeared to be even more confused than me. Has anyone who paid unsubsidized price on a standard plan been charged the full $40 monthly charge?

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You should be able to get the same discount as edge. $15 off for less then 10 GB of data. $25 for over that amount. I believe you have to be out of contract to get that discount.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...everything-savings-coming.html&token=3e_kpmMv

 

[clevin]

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Where did this come from? I have a family plan with 10 gig data and 5 phones (4 of them have insurance) and the monthly cost, including all taxes, is $315. That comes to an average of $63 per phone per month.

surely your family plan is not representative of the whole vzw business picture.

here is more updated data



Average Monthly Bill Report: Verizon Most Expensive, T-Mobile Cheapest | Androidheadlines.com

 

[Willn]

^^ The average bill costs and the average single line costs are 2 different things. The majority of wireless customers only hold 1 single line, most of the carriers have been trying to change this with there sharable plans to make customers less likely to leave them. The more number of lines you sign on increases the overall bill, but the cost per line generally goes down. Ive personally been paying only $92 for a single line for 4+ yrs with verizon.

 

[dpham00]

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The average price for a Verizon smartphone service is $103.00 a month.

surely your family plan is not representative of the whole vzw business picture.

here is more updated data

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Average Monthly Bill Report: Verizon Most Expensive, T-Mobile Cheapest | Androidheadlines.com

I think different things are being said. Fell said that the average price for a Verizon smartphone service is $100 . this seems high. Now per account, mixing individual and family, I would believe the $148 number. And imo, paying less than 4% more to move from Sprint to Verizon is a no brainer.

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[clevin]

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I think different things are being said. Fell said that the average price for a Verizon smartphone service is $100 . this seems high. Now per account, mixing individual and family, I would believe the $148 number. And imo, paying less than 4% more to move from Sprint to Verizon is a no brainer.

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 3

lol, we all know how sprint is doing..... which is dying. Should really compare to ATT and TMobile.

 

[dpham00]

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lol, we all know how sprint is doing..... which is dying. Should really compare to ATT and TMobile.

Based on the most recent data that I could find, Verizon is first, followed by att, with tmobile in a distant third.


http://www.rootmetrics.com/us/special-report-2014-1h-us

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 3

 

[Almeuit]

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lol, we all know how sprint is doing..... which is dying. Should really compare to ATT and TMobile.

They definitely have some work ahead of them.

 

[Wildo6882]

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Where did this come from? I have a family plan with 10 gig data and 5 phones (4 of them have insurance) and the monthly cost, including all taxes, is $315. That comes to an average of $63 per phone per month.

Wow, that's really expensive. I have the same plan (data-wise, but only three phones) on AT&T and pay $142 after taxes and everything. I could add two more lines and still be $100 or more cheaper than your Verizon plan. Granted, I don't have insurance on any phone. But still, that seems REALLY high.

 

[clevin]

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Based on the most recent data that I could find, Verizon is first, followed by att, with tmobile in a distant third.


US special report 2014 1H | RootMetrics

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 3

its hard to quantify, I am not disputing VZW's quality is good, I simply don't think they are $25/mo better.

 

[Willn]

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At&t is definitely the better value for a new customer. But that $25 difference is the subsidy that verizon has been very stingy about. At&t has stopped charging subsidies for anyone not on 2yr contract, and verizon should do the same but just haven't. I personaly would drop verizon for at&t if i wasnt grandfathered into unlimited data. I would then be able to bundle my cable, home Internet and wireless all in to 1 bill. But the deals just haven't been enticing enough to come off unlimited.

 

[reesh11]

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At&t is definitely the better value for a new customer. But that $25 difference is the subsidy that verizon has been very stingy about. At&t has stopped charging subsidies for anyone not on 2yr contract, and verizon should do the same but just haven't. I personaly would drop verizon for at&t if i wasnt grandfathered into unlimited data. I would then be able to bundle my cable, home Internet and wireless all in to 1 bill. But the deals just haven't been enticing enough to come off unlimited.

I heard all people will have to switch to newer data plans before long...

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[Willn]

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Well they cant legally take it away as long as you dont sign a new contract. They have tried for a couple years now to make it less desirable, but for 20% of there customers who still have it they obviously will need to come up with a better sales approach.

 

[tech_fan]

I'm thinking of buying the N4 outright from Verizon, but, when I go to their website, it says that the monthly charge on the MORE plan is $40. Since I wouldn't be financing it, I would think the monthly charge would be less. I called Verizon and they appeared to be even more confused than me. Has anyone who paid unsubsidized price on a standard plan been charged the full $40 monthly charge?

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Why would you want to pay the full price for the Note? It will not be worth anything in about 6 months. If you do the Edge program, you will get a line discount which will offset the payment required on the Edge. The line discount will range from 10-25 per line.