taking somesones upgrade not on your plan?

[sholzer]

my friend has a family plan with several phones. not so much a tech junkie and has 2 upgrades coming. i have about 10 months left on my droid but want something new in the next few weeks with all the great releases. can she buy the new device at the promo price, and give it to me and i can i then activate it? how exactly can this be done? also, technically since i didnt use my upgrade can i get the new phone promo in 10 months?

thanks!

 

[coolbreeze]

I done that once before. You can do it but your friend would have to activate the phone on their line and accept the new contract terms. Then they can reactivate the old phone on their line and you can activate the new phone on your account.

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[sholzer]

So ya coolbreeze I think your right. I was at costco today though and the weird thing is she told her she's not 100% but if I had a warranty issue Verizon wouldn't cover it? Seems kinda odd what's the difference? But she said it would be covered under the manufactures warranty so I could use that but vzw does make it easy. Thoughts?

 

[Super_Mario]

You would be able to get the phone on your line with no issues. They would be extending their contract on the line you upgraded and the phone would have no warranty on your line.

 

[sholzer]

why is it that the phone will no longer have warranty? can i get the protection then....for a monthly fee? seems odd, its new. What happens if within say a month the thing stops working properly...which has happened to me on occasion.......happened with my droid pro. had 3 before it worked correctly.

 

[lmc05]

Verizon's system would see that it wasn't a phone that you had personally purchased from them...in their mind you're purchasing it from your friend instead which voids their warranty. If their protection plan is like T-Mobile's then the protection would cover any phone, whether you purchased it from them or someone else.

 

[anon(19758)]

I have been told by Verizon that the monthly protection plan covers your line, regardless of the phone you have activated.

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[dragonsamus]

Warranty is for original buyer only. Also, if you use your friend's line to upgrade to a smart phone the line will need a data plan to be active for two years. If the line has a smart phone already then its no problem. And you will still be eligible for an upgrade in ten months since you didn't use it.

 

[Last Ride]

Warranty is for original buyer only. Also, if you use your friend's line to upgrade to a smart phone the line will need a data plan to be active for two years. If the line has a smart phone already then its no problem. And you will still be eligible for an upgrade in ten months since you didn't use it.

This is not true. I currently have three lines on my family plan. I bought a cheapo dumbphone for my stepson off-contract. My wife's BlackBerry met with a vicious water puddle, and she needed a new phone. Since her line was not yet eligible, I used the upgrade for my stepson's line to get her a Droid Pro. I activated the new Pro on her line using his upgrade. The only thing that was affected was that I now have an ETF if I cancel my stepson's line. I was not required to buy a data plan for his line, but the ETF is the hefty $375 (or somewhere thereabouts) for a smartphone. So even using his upgrade, his phone remains $10 a month, and our two unlimited data smartphones are $30 apiece. YMMV,

 

[sholzer]

Agree. Finding out u don't necessarily need data to get a smart phone. Add a phone for 10 would also allow me to get a new phone at the promo price but is 120 a year worth having 2 upgrades just to have the latest equipment?

 

[YourMobileGuru]

I done that once before. You can do it but your friend would have to activate the phone on their line and accept the new contract terms. Then they can reactivate the old phone on their line and you can activate the new phone on your account.

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Correct. However...

So ya coolbreeze I think your right. I was at costco today though and the weird thing is she told her she's not 100% but if I had a warranty issue Verizon wouldn't cover it? Seems kinda odd what's the difference? But she said it would be covered under the manufactures warranty so I could use that but vzw does make it easy. Thoughts?

Warranty is for the original purchaser/activator and transferring phones will void that, and you will not be able to add insurance to the line..

You would be able to get the phone on your line with no issues. They would be extending their contract on the line you upgraded and the phone would have no warranty on your line.

Correct

why is it that the phone will no longer have warranty? can i get the protection then....for a monthly fee? seems odd, its new. What happens if within say a month the thing stops working properly...which has happened to me on occasion.......happened with my droid pro. had 3 before it worked correctly.

The difference is that warranty's cover the ORIGINAL purchaser ONLY. Read the fine print. Once the phone moves to another account the warranty is void.

Verizon's system would see that it wasn't a phone that you had personally purchased from them...in their mind you're purchasing it from your friend instead which voids their warranty. If their protection plan is like T-Mobile's then the protection would cover any phone, whether you purchased it from them or someone else.

Technically they track what line and account the phone was first activated under, but essentially correct.

TMobile and AT&T have different rules than Verizon.

I have been told by Verizon that the monthly protection plan covers your line, regardless of the phone you have activated.

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No, unfortunately it doesn't. In fact it wont even let them add the insurance if the phone has been activated before and even when you do an ESN swap you have to call in and have them manually verify that the phone was literally just removed from another line because it drops off if the customer does it themselves. If anyone is manually adding insurance anyway then they are violating policy.

Warranty is for original buyer only. Also, if you use your friend's line to upgrade to a smart phone the line will need a data plan to be active for two years. If the line has a smart phone already then its no problem. And you will still be eligible for an upgrade in ten months since you didn't use it.

Actually no. They need to add the data plan in order to activate the smartphone BUT they can remove it when they switch back to an older, non smartphone, but the higher ETF would still be in effect.

This is not true. I currently have three lines on my family plan. I bought a cheapo dumbphone for my stepson off-contract. My wife's BlackBerry met with a vicious water puddle, and she needed a new phone. Since her line was not yet eligible, I used the upgrade for my stepson's line to get her a Droid Pro. I activated the new Pro on her line using his upgrade. The only thing that was affected was that I now have an ETF if I cancel my stepson's line. I was not required to buy a data plan for his line, but the ETF is the hefty $375 (or somewhere thereabouts) for a smartphone. So even using his upgrade, his phone remains $10 a month, and our two unlimited data smartphones are $30 apiece. YMMV,

Correct.