So both my wife's and my Galaxy S4's are eligible for upgrades.
We are on an old unlimited data plan with VZW - and also have 2 dumb phones (for my dad and her mom) that I pay for.
Our monthly bill (with a small discount from a company I represent) is $197 for like 700 talk time and 1000 txt messages with unlimited data.
I realize I'll lose unlimited data by upgrading but I've watched our usage and it's never been over 3gb in any month for well over 2 years. I'd like to get a Note 4 and she wants an iPhone 6 + but I'm trying to sway her to Note as well.
I stopped by VZW the other day just to confirm that tethering is free and will work on both devices we're looking at on a tiered plan. After verifying it would w/o any additional fees the guy proceeded to price out me upgrading and paying the fee vs. swapping to Edge.
On paper it appears to be about a wash price'wise on the monthly payment - however if we keep our new phones past the 2 year mark it seems like Edge is a better deal as the monthly payment on them drops off at that point. We're both at the point in our life where that's very possible as long as the phones work. I have the money to pay for both phones at upgrade cost - but it's also tempting have very little out of pocket upfront costs with Edge if the monthly bill stays the same anyway.
So is Edge a good deal in our situation? I'm leaning toward the new 6gb tiered plan that just started today. Another thing I forgot to verify is if BOTH new phones can go on Edge or not - I don't see why not.
Thanks for any replies.
We are on an old unlimited data plan with VZW - and also have 2 dumb phones (for my dad and her mom) that I pay for.
Our monthly bill (with a small discount from a company I represent) is $197 for like 700 talk time and 1000 txt messages with unlimited data.
I realize I'll lose unlimited data by upgrading but I've watched our usage and it's never been over 3gb in any month for well over 2 years. I'd like to get a Note 4 and she wants an iPhone 6 + but I'm trying to sway her to Note as well.
I stopped by VZW the other day just to confirm that tethering is free and will work on both devices we're looking at on a tiered plan. After verifying it would w/o any additional fees the guy proceeded to price out me upgrading and paying the fee vs. swapping to Edge.
On paper it appears to be about a wash price'wise on the monthly payment - however if we keep our new phones past the 2 year mark it seems like Edge is a better deal as the monthly payment on them drops off at that point. We're both at the point in our life where that's very possible as long as the phones work. I have the money to pay for both phones at upgrade cost - but it's also tempting have very little out of pocket upfront costs with Edge if the monthly bill stays the same anyway.
So is Edge a good deal in our situation? I'm leaning toward the new 6gb tiered plan that just started today. Another thing I forgot to verify is if BOTH new phones can go on Edge or not - I don't see why not.
Thanks for any replies.