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I'm on an unlimited Verizon plan and do not see a way to buy without a contract. I select month-to-month and even still it's making me select a contract and go through all of those hoops. Can anybody who ordered Verizon at full retail please tell me what they did to keep their unlimited plan? I have an upgrade and I think that might be what is keeping me on the 5.

When you select month to month, click on continue, and then it will come up with option to select contract, ignore and click on continue. I also had upgrade available.
 
I'm on an unlimited Verizon plan and do not see a way to buy without a contract. I select month-to-month and even still it's making me select a contract and go through all of those hoops. Can anybody who ordered Verizon at full retail please tell me what they did to keep their unlimited plan? I have an upgrade and I think that might be what is keeping me on the 5.

If you're on Verizon, and you use the upgrade, you will forfeit your unlimited plan. The trick is to open a new line, transfer the upgrade, retain the plan, etc. Lots of hoops.
 
In the email it allows you to track. Of course it says order being processed with expected shipment date by September 24th. The word "expected" means those dates could change.
 
I saw this ad on Verizon's site. I think they messed up...
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I transfered the upgrade, but the email shows that it is for the other line. Anyone else having this problem?

Same here. The Verizon confirmation page showed the transferred line correctly, but the email confirmation showed the incorrect line.

Just make sure you activate it on the correct line when you receive the phone and all should be fine.
 
on your guys confirmation order page does it say this?

Your credit review status : Pending Status
Your Order is currently pending credit approval. We will notify you at the email address you provided if any additional information is needed
 
Thats odd. I got my email conf at 2.08 central, 3 min after submitting. Most likely a delay with the number of orders.
 
I'm on an unlimited Verizon plan and do not see a way to buy without a contract. I select month-to-month and even still it's making me select a contract and go through all of those hoops. Can anybody who ordered Verizon at full retail please tell me what they did to keep their unlimited plan? I have an upgrade and I think that might be what is keeping me on the 5.

Edit: I am also upgrade eligible

When I did mine, I logged into my Verizon, then on my main account page, I selected "Manage Device" for the phone I was changing. Then I selected "Upgrade" device, navigated to the 5S Month to Month price and added it to the cart. If you do that, you SHOULD then be asked if you want to keep the SIM, then the next screen says "keep existing plan". Follow the rest of the way thru and you should be good.
 
32gb gold ordered, received confirmation email. Far less painless than the 4s and 5.
 
When you select month to month, click on continue, and then it will come up with option to select contract, ignore and click on continue. I also had upgrade available.

Every time I am there to buy it under my account once I click month-to-month, I see my cart and get an "Existing customers log in here" screen. I click it, I get shown my account screen with my current phone. Do I click upgrade? Here? http://i.imgur.com/MXorzF1.png

Or do I just go through the cart process without going to this screen?
 
Got my confirmation email quickly. I also ordered with a different card that isn't the billing address wouldn't let me change it. Hopefully there's no hiccups. I'll try their customer service later today if it isn't being torn apart.
 
when i check my order status on the verizon site it says this:


Order Status
Here is the status of your Pre-order:
We received your order and it is in process.

Expected Ship Date: Not available at this time.

crap. am i not getting my phone next week?
 
when i check my order status on the verizon site it says this:


Order Status
Here is the status of your Pre-order:
We received your order and it is in process.

Expected Ship Date: Not available at this time.

crap. am i not getting my phone next week?


Mine still has the expected ship date of 9/24. Maybe they are starting to slip already?
 
Edit: I am also upgrade eligible

When I did mine, I logged into my Verizon, then on my main account page, I selected "Manage Device" for the phone I was changing. Then I selected "Upgrade" device, navigated to the 5S Month to Month price and added it to the cart. If you do that, you SHOULD then be asked if you want to keep the SIM, then the next screen says "keep existing plan". Follow the rest of the way thru and you should be good.

THANK YOU!! Your walkthrough was perfect and really helped me out! That was a bit complicated so thank you for taking the time to do it like that for me. I got a 32gb gold ordered. Didn't really see any estimation dates but the checkout went through and kept my Unlimited plan with it.
 
Ordered through Verizon. Got a Gold 32gb iPhone. Actually went to Verizon's site on my iPad. Overall, it was a pretty smooth process. Hope you guys enjoy your phones. Later dudes
 
I forgot how this works -- is it possible to get AppleCare+ when you buy on Verizon's website? I never saw an option, but I did process the order pretty fast.

I also said I wanted to keep my existing SIM, but I realized I actually wanted a new one. I'm not about to try and change the order though. I'll deal with it later.
 
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