Verizon Launches New 'Customizable' Smartphone Plans That Charge $10 Per Perk

[IphoneX9753]

Just ran SpeedTest with wifi off on Visible. On LTE not even 5G, 107Mbps down, 5mbps up and ping of 61ms. When it switches to 5G I get even better.

 

[munpip214]

“And, our best Unlimited plan comes with a three-year price guarantee for a limited time.”

Wonder what the regular price would be

 

[aorr]

I pay $25/line taxes included on Verizon's sub Visible. If you are mostly around WiFi (only time I am not is in the car), I see no reason to pay their full rates.

Agreed. Visible is great for the price you pay. The speeds are generally awful, but it works. For anyone not in a hurry and wants general mobile internet service for an affordable price it’s well worth it.

 

[AppleFan91]

I switched from Verizon to T-Mobile and couldn’t be happier.

Verizon
2 lines w/Unlimited Data
Apple Music
Disney Bundle
$150 (pre-tax and with auto pay discount)

T-Mobile
3 Lines on Magenta
Netflix
$120 (3rd line was free and we put my mom on it) (tax and fees included & w/autopay discount)

If I moved back to Verizon now, it would be
$165 ($55 per line) plus $10 for Apple Music family putting us well over what we pay with T-Mobile.

Even if we needed Disney and Apple back, the family plan for Apple and Disney wouldn’t get us to Verizon’s rates - we just did Apple One.

And that’s BEFORE these new plans where we’d have to pay $10 for Apple Music Family and another $10 for Disney Bundle.

And shockingly, T-Mobile has a better network with Verizon in the Indianapolis/Central Indiana area in my testing. I ran dual sim for a month and in almost every situation, T-Mobile matched or surpassed Verizon, unless I was on MMWave Verizon, which was limited to a few blocks downtown.

 

[asdfjkl;]

Outrageously expensive!

 

[spazzcat]

The more you buy, the more you save. The discount is an incentive to bring more subscribers to Verizon and your family/group plan instead of letting them go to another carrier. This subscriber number looks good to investors.

Once you have multiple people on your discounted family/group plan the less likely you'll want to have/let someone leave because if someone leaves, the family/group plan loses a discount. So subscribers who get nice discounts tend to stay. This keeps churn numbers down and is another metric investors like to see.

But instead, they get nothing because who wants to collect monthly money to pay the bill? I would change from Visible if it were $45 a month (both are Verzon).

 

[freediverx00]

I think that instead, I'll stick with my T-Mobile account which includes everything I need, with better performance than Verizon, for a lot less money, and without the constant efforts to nickel and dime me and renegotiate the terms of my service.

 

[lenard]

TMobile, 2 lines, 2 watches, 1 iPad, top tier Netflix, free MLB, 0.10 off Gas every week.

$127.51 with autopay. ($5/per line off)

 

[Justin Cymbal]

The 100 GB of additional hotspot data for $10 a month by itself is reason enough to switch to this new plan

Is it 100 GB total hotspot data or in addition to the existing 30 GB so a total of 130 GB - either way, it’s definitely worth $10 a month for me for when I go traveling

 

[jsamuels]

You folks in the US sure get screwed. My plan in Rome, Italy is €19,99/month with unlimited data, voice, and messaging. 5G download speed approaches 1000 Mbps.

 

[atonaldenim]

I switched to Visible from Verizon and love it, Visible is much faster than my old "grandfathered" Verizon plan was! (I am in SF Bay Area.) I never realized I wasn't getting 5G UW before.

Anyone who had a bad experience with Visible in the past, give it a second look.

The top tier plan is not deprioritized (or it gives you a ton of data until it is), and they changed their network to reduce ping times.

Only $45 / mo for their best unlimited plan, and discounted to $35/mo for the first year.

 

[HailstormX]

I wish Verizon would understand the definition of UNLIMITED.

 

[Böhme417]

Tried Visible 3 times over the past 4 years.... most recently was last summer. I still can't get any usable service where I'm at and when I could, ping was high (usually 130ms+) and speeds were slow (no more than 3 Mbps). Visible users are low priority unlike actual Verizon customers.

This. One of my family members thought he was going to switch from Verizon to Visible, because why pay more when you don't have to... It lasted less than a month before he went back. Even though they are supposedly using the same network, the service is not the same. It sucks sounding like shilling for an evil telco, but that's how it is (at least in my area).

 

[Dianneeraser]

So, I am in Verizon's highest-tier cellular plan. Think it's GET MORE PLUS.

It's $90 per month and includes Apple Music, Apple Arcade, Disney+/Hulu/Discovery

Am I going to be forced to leave this plan for the new one? Cause that will be a lot more expensive if I do.

Same here. If they make me switch plans, I’ll probably just switch to At&t.

 

[ADudeInBoston]

Tried Visible 3 times over the past 4 years.... most recently was last summer. I still can't get any usable service where I'm at and when I could, ping was high (usually 130ms+) and speeds were slow (no more than 3 Mbps). Visible users are low priority unlike actual Verizon customers.

That was my experience too. I'm truly happy for the folks posting here who are happy with Visible -- I'm glad it's getting you what you need. I tried it last year, since after all, "it's the same Verizon network -- just cheaper and no unneeded extras! What could go wrong?!" But alas -- they absolutely do de-prioritize the Visible traffic versus the "real" Verizon traffic. And you feel it. Not just data rates; even being able to complete and sustain voice calls was problematic. And this was near/along a major interstate highway where Verizon itself has excellent coverage. It may also vary region to region depending on how congested their network is -- but here in New England, for us, it was unusably bad.

 

[mack419]

Right now I pay $93 total for 10GB, 720p streaming, Hotspot, plus an extra $10 get's me 1000Gb extra with rollover data, so basically I always have 2000GB data a month. So basically unlimited. The Welcome Unlimited is $55 per line, 480p streaming, no hotspot and a bunch of streaming services I already have. It's a total downgrade, considering all of the cancellations I'd have to do, the lower streaming, and lack of hotspot. I was on the last unlimited plan years ago til I was forced off and I'll be on this one til I'm forced off.

 

[KaiFiMacFan]

This. One of my family members thought he was going to switch from Verizon to Visible, because why pay more when you don't have to... It lasted less than a month before he went back. Even though they are supposedly using the same network, the service is not the same. It sucks sounding like shilling for an evil telco, but that's how it is (at least in my area).

I wonder if this is true of Xfinity Mobile, since they use Verizon’s network as well. Does anyone here use Xfinity Mobile?

I have T-Mobile and when it’s good, it’s quite good, but I’m underwhelmed with the reception sometimes. I’ll find myself with one bar or no service while a friend with AT&T has much better reception.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Why does a single line cost $80 / $65?

Why can't all lines just cost $45?

It seems that all “big 3” cellular pricing strategy consistently revolves around extracting north of $100 per household. Every new plan seems to offer variety but when you tally it up, your house owes $100/month or more.

5 lines or 3 lines or 1 line = about $120mo. Various perks, bonuses, etc. "included" = about $120/mo. The different plan, the rebellious plan, the "I'm a smart consumer" plan in a thousand different names = about $120/mo.

Nancy Reagan, where are you? “Just say no”

Why is it this way in America? Because most people just roll right over and pay. Raise them prices? We'll pay. Cut them benefits? We'll pay. By rewarding sellers for maximizing revenue & profits by "just paying" they have no drive to deliver more value for the money. We need to show by action that we value our dollars MORE than we need any non-essentials. That's the only way to make our end of Capitalism work for us.

 

[bn-7bc]

It’s wild what you all pay for phone plans in the US. I currently pay 20 Euro 😅

In which country and how much data is included in the plan? You see, just quoring what you pay really tells the rest of us nothing, unkess ther is an implied comparable plan I've missed

 

[antiprotest]

I sell cheeseburgers. I used to sell them for $10 each, all ingredients and condiments included.

Then I realized that I was cheating the customers and making them pay for what they did not want.

To let my customers choose their own perks and pay only for what they want, I decided to unbundle the thing.

Now I sell each burger for the reduced price of only $8, and only $5 for each ingredient or condiment.

So adding cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, mustard, ketchup, and salt, each burger comes to only $48 each.

My customers feel like they hold the power and get a good deal, and I am now a multi millionaire.

 

[mack419]

The more you buy, the more you save. The discount is an incentive to bring more subscribers to Verizon and your family/group plan instead of letting them go to another carrier. This subscriber number looks good to investors.

Once you have multiple people on your discounted family/group plan the less likely you'll want to have/let someone leave because if someone leaves, the family/group plan loses a discount. So subscribers who get nice discounts tend to stay. This keeps churn numbers down and is another metric investors like to see.

Correction: The more you buy, the more you spend. This is a super flawed marketing scam. If you go to the store and see a tv that is normally $1200, discounted to $1000 and you buy it, you didn't save $200, you spent $1000.

 

[bigboy29]

Tried Visible 3 times over the past 4 years.... most recently was last summer. I still can't get any usable service where I'm at and when I could, ping was high (usually 130ms+) and speeds were slow (no more than 3 Mbps). Visible users are low priority unlike actual Verizon customers.

...which is why I said "Visible+ plan" specifically. 50GB of data are "premium network" on the + plan vs. the "classic" Visible plan which does not get any premium network data.

I know what you are saying, though. I experienced the same. On "Classic" plan.

 

[ajay96]

...which is why I said "Visible+ plan" specifically. 50GB of data are "premium network" on the + plan vs. the "classic" Visible plan which does not get any premium network data.

I know what you are saying, though. I experienced the same. On "Classic" plan.

It’s fine for what it can do but if you are a heavy data user it’s not a viable option. The main reason I wouldn’t go for it is because of how they still cap hotspot speeds

 

[Premium1]

These plans are ass. They aren't any cheaper, you are just losing the perks. Whoever designed these plans should be fired but then again with Hans at the helm I am not surprised.

 

[dannyyankou]

Why does a single line cost $80 / $65?

Why can't all lines just cost $45?

Yeah if you only have 1 line, don't even bother with the big carriers.