Question Need new phone

[night66owl]

I have a Samsung S22 that is 2 years old with another year left on the contract. I am only paying less that $2 a month thru Verizon but the payoff is $283.
The phone is getting quirky and battery drain is a problem. Is there anyway I can get another phone and switching to it without having to payoff the current one? I used to get a new phone every 2 years, but they changed it to 3.

 

[notforhire]

I'd check into any deals that Verizon is offering. Perhaps they can be helpful. Have you tried any trouble-shooting?

 

[mustang7757]

I would contact Verizon to see what they say

 

[B. Diddy]

Try clearing the system cache partition, which won't affect your personal data: https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/clear-cache-galaxy-s22

 

[Laura Knotek]

Do you have insurance? If so, you could get the battery replaced.

 

[smvim]

When you buy a carrier-locked phone, there's always a lot of babbling legalese and some pertinent, documented verbage included with your purchase. Read through that original contractual info to see what's covered with the phone they sold you. Hopefully Verizon will be responsible for the whole tab since you're still tied to them by that contract, and you won't have to pay them anything more to have it fixed and/or replaced. Or you might have to pay a percentage of the cost. But you do need to do all this through Verizon.

 

[night66owl]

Try clearing the system cache partition, which won't affect your personal data: https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/clear-cache-galaxy-s22

I'll try that and see if it helps.

Do you have insurance? If so, you could get the battery replaced.

I don't have insurance. I think I can get the battery replaced for around $100.

 

[night66owl]

When you buy a carrier-locked phone, there's always a lot of babbling legalese and some pertinent, documented verbage included with your purchase. Read through that original contractual info to see what's covered with the phone they sold you. Hopefully Verizon will be responsible for the whole tab since you're still tied to them by that contract, and you won't have to pay them anything more to have it fixed and/or replaced. Or you might have to pay a percentage of the cost. But you do need to do all this through Verizon.

I'll contact Verizon and see what they say.

 

[Golfdriver97]

I don't have insurance. I think I can get the battery replaced for around $100.

Best Buy with a Geek Squad can do some phone repairs. I think they can do batteries on Samsungs. It wouldn't hurt to see what they say as well.