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Verizon Customers on Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans Face $20 Price Increase
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That's amazing, I've known about this method but never really looked into it because work paid for my phones. I just bought a 6S at full price! I still have 9 days to return it though....
I returned my 6s yesterday and i'm getting a new one this Monday and now my contract expire 2017
what I understand is that you have to order the phone using best buy . Once you received the phone do not turn it on with the sim that came in. swap the sim that you're using right now.
That's how I think you have to do it but If you loose your UDP do not blame me
Well... Were you not able to google this yourself? If you were trying to be the English police you were wrong anyway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics
Thanks. I figured the dust was still settling on changes to my account; I'll check again once the phone has been shipped.
I just thought it was strange that when I first checked a few hours after purchasing the new phone through Best Buy's website, subsidized/upgrade option was gone and my contract was extended to 2017, but if I check as of right now, the option of purchasing another subsidized phone is back.
That's exactly what I said, order on the basic line and when the iPhone 6s comes in don't turn on but take out the sim and put my old sim from my iPhone 5 which is the unlimited line in the iPhone 6s and activate iPhone 6s on Verizon.
Why not order from Apple or Best Buy and do the Best Buy Method which is the SIM swap?
Yup. Just give it time. It will change. It took awhile for my "upgrade available" to fall off but once it shipped. It disappeared.
But you said you CAN'T upgrade the unlimited data line using the Best Buy method. But I'm telling you or correcting you, that you don't have to upgrade a basic line or another line either. You can in fact upgrade the unlimited data line using the SIM swap technique.
No. It just doesn't make sense for you to say that using "too much data" (as defined by whom?) as wrong when the terms of my plan state that I get unlimited (really, no limits) data for $30/month. If we were jailbreaking devices and downloading apps to get around a limit (or even get tethering for free), then you'd have a point. But when I pay $30/month for truly unlimited data and $30 on top of that for tethering, then there is nothing wrong with me using any amount of data.
Your right, I didn't see the Best Buy method since I had never heard of that, the last time I did this was back in 2012 with my iPhone 5 and I used my 2nd dumb phone line to order it thru Verizon, I guess there are new ways of doing this now.
So if I use the Best Buy method and order a iPhone 6s using my unlimited line isn't Best Buy going to ask me to pick a data plan in order to move the screen forward to order it at the subsidized price? The website link that shows you how to use the BB method doesn't say, it just says order the new phone using your unlimited line upgrade but doesn't say if they are going to ask you to pick a data plan since unlimited is no longer an option.
If this article is true, we still don't know if Verizon will still charge the $20.00 for unlimited whether you are off contract or in contract. They may only look if you have unlimited and add the $20.00 so people may be upgrading phones for nothing.
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At least you'd be getting the subsidized cost of the phone. The other thought is what if Verizon audits these accounts and any that were used to upgrade at Best Buy they change you to a tiered plan?
That could also happen...I'm still undecided if I should upgrade to the 6s just to extend my contract for unlimited 2 more yrs. I ran the math and it almost works out to be the same cost for me. I only have 1 line that is unlimited. If I upgrade it would have to be the 128 GB model since I'm maxed out of the 64 GB.
Math:
Cost to purchase 6s 128 GB using the Best Buy Method
$424.00 (includes tax)
BB site also says $35.00 Verizon upgrade fee if true that would be $460.00
Don't upgrade and keep my iPhone 5 pay the extra $20.00 hike for 2 yrs
$20.00 x 24 months $480.00
In 2 yrs, this is almost about the same price, I don't really NEED a new phone, my 5 is working great, I'd only do it to avoid the $20.00 a month but working the math, doesn't seem to be that much difference.
You also forgot the part where you will have a 128GB 6S for $20 less over 2 years and you can sell off the iPhone 5...seems like the biggest difference to me.
It doesn't ask you to pick a plan. The confirmation email will show "keep existing data plan" but if you activate the SIM, it will move you to a default new plan. It used to be the 2GB plan; I'm not sure what it does now with the new plans.
Then it'd be material change that would allow someone to get out of contract, right?
New Math, it's what my business partner did.
Cost to purchase 6s 128 GB using the Best Buy Method
$424.00 (includes tax)
BB site also says $35.00 Verizon upgrade fee if true that would be $460.00
Activate new iPhone 6S and wait for it to show up on the My Verizon portal - wait about an hour, and don't use it - make sure your contract is extended and UL data remains. Then power it down, remove the SIM and put the SIM back in your trusty iPhone 5. Flip your iPhone 6 for roughly $700-ish dollars. Keep your UL data at the current price for 2 more years, with about 8-10 months of data paid for by your iPhone 6 sale price difference.
Two happy campers. You with the phone you like and the plan you like, and the person rocking your now-former iPhone 6. One grumpy camper - Fran Shammo, VZW CFO (that's Customer F***er Overer).
To the Best Buy Method n00bs - do read the slickdeals first post. I'm not going to regurgitate any of it. I've done it 3 times, and I'll be using my last and 4th upgrade shortly. There's one step to take upon arrival of the iPhone - take the iPhone 6S out of the box, remove the SIM card and cut it up then throw it in the trash. If anyone activates that SIM, your UL data will likely go the way of the Dodo Bird.
One add. There's a Car Toys near where I live. One of the reps told me that they'll sell you an iPhone 6S and use an upgrade, then let you walk out the door with it - still wrapped and unactivated. YMMV.
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Can I ask you how long after it shipped did your upgrade disappear? My phone is due to be delivered tomorrow and my upgrade is still available.
What about the customers with the "Talk & Text Plus Data $20 Discount Promotion they where offering back in the day? I have a 5s & 5c, this is on my bill under each UDP line.
Line Access $9.99
Email & Web Unlimited $29.99
Talk & Text Plus Data $20 Disc -$20.00
So my promotion goes by by?
Line Access $9.99
Email & Web Unlimited $29.99
Talk & Text Plus Data $20 Disc -$20.00
So my promotion goes by by?
Legal or not, it's immoral. Not all, but some people have no other way to utilize the Internet.
I agree but will the increase really satisfy Verizon's need for cash?
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