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When will the iPhone 5s become a free phone for Verizon ?
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It will never be free. You will be paying a higher monthly fee for your plan than if you buy the phone at full price up front. All in all it will just about even out over the 2 years of a contract.
Depends on your carrier and your plan, many of which offer a discount for owned equipment.
That said, unless I read into the question incorrectly, it sounded like it was basically about asking when the phone will be free on contract, meaning with a $0 up front cost as that is usually how it's meant.
I would expect the phone to free on contract with the iphone 7 if you are with Verizon who has not given up on contract pricing.
It'll be free on contract when the 6s comes out this fall; it'll be discontinued by the time the 7 comes out in 2016.
"Free" phone options are the worst.
Any time a carrier offers you a "FREE" phone, it's old enough that you can just go out and buy it for around $300.
The "free" phone you get from your carrier adds at least $450 to your bill and locks you into a contract.
Any time a carrier offers you a "FREE" phone, it's old enough that you can just go out and buy it for around $300.
The "free" phone you get from your carrier adds at least $450 to your bill and locks you into a contract.
Depending on your plan it might not really be costing anything extra to you, and in fact getting one for $300 could cost more if your monthly price still remains the same with owned equipment (which is the case for many older plans).
Why not? Someone might want a smaller phone that works for them which performs fairly similar to 6 or 6+.
