If you are paying full retail for the phone purchased from apple.com, there are no fees from Verizon. If you already have a Verizon line, you simply put your current SIM card in the new phone when you receive it. You can keep the SIM card that ships with the phone as a back up.
Correct. There are no fees to activate the SIM that ships with the phone either. You can do it yourself online or have a chat or phone rep do it for you by giving them the IMEI and SIM card numbers. There are no fees to do this.
Not if you pay full retail. Verizon only charges the upgrade fee if you join the Apple iPhone Upgrade Program. But if you buy a Verizon iPhone X full retail from Apple, there is no upgrade fee charged by verizon.
Verizon always charges an upgrade fee if you get a Verizon-financed iPhone no matter where you buy it from. Verizon will also charge you the upgrade fee if you buy an iPhone on the AiUP financed by Citizens.
This is exactly the kind of info I’m looking for.
I am sure about that. Apple's site erroneously is showing you an upgrade fee but Verizon will never charge you that because since you are paying full retail, Verizon has no idea you even bought the phone. The only reason you get charged the upgrade fee with AiUP is because Apple queries Verizon's internal credit database as part of the credit check so Verizon charges you the upgrade fee as compensation for that credit check. And if you get a Verizon-financed iPhone, same thing.
Yes.
First I would back up both the iP7 and the iP6 to iTunes or iCloud (I do both). Then put the iP7 SIM card in the iPx and activate the iPX using the iP7's backup (iTunes is the fastest way to do this). Then once you are sure that all of your stuff has transferred, factory reset the iP7, put the iP6 SIM card in it and activate the iP7 using the iP6's back up.
No we don't. You can read this forum and find the posts. No upgrade fee for full retail purchases from apple stores or apple.com.
Yep. That is because whenever you buy a carrier model from apple.com you have to give your account details. Doesn't mean they are doing a credit check on you (they aren't when you pay full retail of course). Verizon only charges the upgrade fee when Apple needs to check Verizon's internal credit database. So if you are getting a Verizon-financed or an AiUP phone you get charged the upgrade fee.
Yes of course and you don't get charged to activate a different phone on your line. EVER.
Go back and re-read my posts. I said if you buy it full retail from Verizon you will get charged the upgrade fee. But not from Apple or Best Buy or Target or anywhere other than Verizon. The only time you get charged the upgrade fee is when you buy a phone:
They do BOTH for the AiUP when you initially join. They check both an external credit agency and check Verizon's internal database, hence the upgrade fee charged by Verizon. They only do a hard pull when you initially enroll in the AiUP. When you trade in after 12 payments, they don't do a hard pull but they still query Verizon's internal credit database so you get charged when you do the trade in too.
What happens if my line is past due? Like it’s 3-5 weeks past due of service payments.
Verizon is pretty quick to suspend service so I wouldn't let it go on too long. I would at least call them to make payment arrangements. If you don't do that and if you are 5 weeks past due, I think you are going to find they suspend your service here pretty soon.
Only if you get a Verizon financed phone or a phone financed through AiUP.
As you will quickly find out when you move to Verizon, Verizon phone and chat reps are wrong 50% of the time. You are as likely to get a wrong answer from them as a right answer. They aren't even Verizon employees, they work for call centers that Verizon contracts with.
No, that isn't how it works. If you finance the phone through Verizon no matter where you buy it from there is an upgrade fee and whether or not you activate the phone is irrelevant, you get charged the upgrade fee anyhow. Same if you finance the phone through AiUP - it doesn't matter if you activate the phone on the Verizon line it was ordered on or not, the Verizon line it was ordered on gets charged the upgrade fee.
If you finance the phone on a Verizon DPP, the SIM that ships with the phone will be pre-activated for the line it was ordered on. So the rep you spoke to didn't get anything correct, lol!
