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Verizon - 4 lines, all iPhones-- should we switch?

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Legion103

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Currently have the following Verizon plan:

700 minutes
Unlimited talk & text
Four iPhones ($30 each = $120)
--we use about 500 minutes a month

I was looking over the Verizon share plans, that gives you UNL talk and TEXT and 6GB of data...

Two of the iPhone lines use about 1 GB a month...

What do you guys think I should do?
 
the only important statistic (that isn't listed) is how much data all of the phones use combined.

You can get this info on your vzw online account or you can call and they will tell you the average per line (or combined).

That's the only thing you *really* need to look at.
 
Looks like with the shared plans you would have monthly totals of $230 or $240, depending on whether you went 4GB or 6GB of shared data.

$40 per phone, times 4 phones + $70 shared plan with 4GB or $80 shared plan with 6GB.

If you go to the verizon wireless site and go through the process of buying 4 iPhones as a new customer and choosing a plan it lets you see how much it will be.

Seems like a good deal to me unless you really really want the unlimited data. You're gaining unlimited talk and text and mobile hotspot access, and your bill is going down in total.
 
Stetrain said:
Looks like with the shared plans you would have monthly totals of $230 or $240, depending on whether you went 4GB or 6GB of shared data.

$40 per phone, times 4 phones + $70 shared plan with 4GB or $80 shared plan with 6GB.

If you go to the verizon wireless site and go through the process of buying 4 iPhones as a new customer and choosing a plan it lets you see how much it will be.

Seems like a good deal to me unless you really really want the unlimited data. You're gaining unlimited talk and text and mobile hotspot access, and your bill is going down in total.
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Add taxes & surcharges and it'll go up. Looks to me like the price of Share Everything might be a bit cheaper or comparable, but as you said, the uptake is that now there will be unlimited minutes/texts & the tethering when needed.
 
GAAAaaahhh!

How are people not factoring in the FACT that if you DON'T go to this plan, you will be buying every new phone that you get at 100% of the price?!?!

How can anyone make a calculation about savings and not consider the $450 subsidation that you get by going to the share everything plan?

... sorry, this little missed line-item in the calculations is driving me nuts ha ha why do I care?
 
Leonard1818 said:
GAAAaaahhh!

How are people not factoring in the FACT that if you DON'T go to this plan, you will be buying every new phone that you get at 100% of the price?!?!

How can anyone make a calculation about savings and not consider the $450 subsidation that you get by going to the share everything plan?

... sorry, this little missed line-item in the calculations is driving me nuts ha ha why do I care?
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Maybe they don't intend to buy new phones any time soon?
 
Stetrain said:
Maybe they don't intend to buy new phones any time soon?
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yeah, but eventually they will need to... These things don't last forever... and at that time, it will be a no-brainer... 4 x $450 = $1,800 that Verizon will pay toward the cost of their devices.

I don't know about you, but I don't think retaining unlimited data is worth the extra $1,800 cost. Especially if the total data use for all 4 lines is < 6GB (or maybe even 8GB).

If they're not planning on upgrading any of the devices at this time... OK, fine, it's worth considering... but if their contract is up and it's renewal time anyway, the presumption is that a new device (or new devices) are in order which will make the decision that much easier.
 
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