Recent content by purplehaze67

Yep, especially in the last 6-ish months, things are changing fast. I'm not one who has to have the cutting-edge, latest and greatest device, especially if that's going to run me around $400 a year just for the phone. I do want my next phone to be 4G for sure, and probably dual-core but I...

True, but what does that actually cost the carrier? I paid full retail for the phone and paid my monthly bill for whatever period of time I used the service, before jumping off. They made money on the phone and on each bill, up to the time I left.

I guess I did a poor job of getting my thoughts out there... If I walk in today and sign up on a new, 2-year plan, I get a substantial price break on the phone. However, if I choose to pay full retail on the phone, I am still subject to the same plan costs, just as if I had taken the phone...

Thanks! Maybe not a bad option to consider, but even still $439 is a decent chunk of change for what I'd be using as a stop-gap. And as far as I know (and I could easily be wrong) Verizon doesn't offer any discount on the phone plan if you are not getting a subsidized phone. That seems like a...

Currently own a barely-usable LG eNv Touch, and I thought long and hard about jumping to this phone. In the end, I didn't want to be tied to a 3G, single-core phone for the next 20 months. Had Verizon not eliminated the one-year contract, maybe I'd give this a try but with things changing so...