Official word: Verizon iPhone: $30 Unlimited Data

[kch50428]

Official word: Verizon iPhone: $30 Unlimited Data - Updated

Verizon iPhone: $30 Unlimited Data - Digits - WSJ

It?s official: Verizon is going to offer iPhone buyers a $30 unlimited data plan. The carrier?s heir apparent and chief operating officer, Lowell McAdam, told us the news ahead of the company?s meeting with investors.

?I?m not going to shoot myself in the foot,? he said. Not offering an unlimited plan would put up a barrier for customers who might otherwise switch from AT&T, he said. The country?s No. 2 carrier still has millions of subscribers grandfathered into unlimited plans they signed up for before AT&T switched to tiered pricing last summer.

Mr. McAdam certainly doesn?t want to miss out on any sales now. Anticipation Verizon would soon offer the iPhone held back sales over the fourth quarter, he said. Analysts seemed happy with the subscriber growth, but McAdam wasn?t. ?It wasn?t what I hoped it would be,? he said.

But Wait!! There's More!!

Update: But you?d better act fast. Speaking later Tuesday morning, Mr. McAdam said the iPhone unlimited plan will be a temporary offer and that the carrier will follow AT&T?s move to tiered pricing in the not too distant future.

There you have it folks. Get it now

 

[WyckedAnkh]

I pretty much figured they would keep the $30 unlimited data plan but it's nice to actually know for sure.

 

[rich13er]

Yep. Posted this yesterdy. But this is the offical release.

 

[Vorpal279]

I'm fine with that. That's what I'm paying now.

 

[shipwrestler125]

I'm fine with that. That's what I'm paying now.

Same here. I figured they would keep the unlimited plan for 3g since they are going to 4g and some people will jump on that then they prob will tier it

 

[rich13er]

Just read on more on this. This plan is only temporary. by the end of the year they will move to a teired data plan like at&t. They are offering this plan now to get at&t customers to move over. It will not matter to us or those who switch cause we will be grandfathered in to the $30 unlimited plan.

 

[kch50428]

Just read on more on this. This plan is only temporary. by the end of the year they will move to a teired data plan like at&t. They are offering this plan now to get at&t customers to move over. It will not matter to us or those who switch cause we will be grandfathered in to the $30 unlimited plan.

Just revised the Original Post to reflect this - just saw it myself

 

[shipwrestler125]

Just read on more on this. This plan is only temporary. by the end of the year they will move to a teired data plan like at&t. They are offering this plan now to get at&t customers to move over. It will not matter to us or those who switch cause we will be grandfathered in to the $30 unlimited plan.

Im sure that has something to do with upcoming 4g plans

 

[ddnichols7]

I already have the $30 plan as well. But when these new plans come out later this year, will those who already had the $30 plan keep it or be forced to move to the tierd plan? and how does those plans work?

 

[kch50428]

I already have the $30 plan as well. But when these new plans come out later this year, will those who already had the $30 plan keep it or be forced to move to the tierd plan? and how does those plans work?

You keep what you have... if they didn't let you keep the existing feature and price, it would be a material, adverse change in your contract terms, and they'd have to let you out of your contract. They won't do that.

 

[shipwrestler125]

I already have the $30 plan as well. But when these new plans come out later this year, will those who already had the $30 plan keep it or be forced to move to the tierd plan? and how does those plans work?

You will be able to keep the unlimited that you have new phone or not thats what grandfathering is

 

[thinkTwice]

You keep what you have... if they didn't let you keep the existing feature and price, it would be a material, adverse change in your contract terms, and they'd have to let you out of your contract. They won't do that.

True, but in a year or two when the contract expires, they don't have to give you unlimited anymore since there is no contract, right? Can they say, "Hey, now pay us $25 for 3GBs, sorry we don't offer the unlimited plan anymore?"

The reason why I ask is that I'm looking to avoid LTE until it's fully deployed and (hopefully, but unlikely) there might be a price drop in the fees. Right now 3G is fine with me for the next 1, 2 yrs. It's far easier and quicker to upgrade a phone than it is to upgrade a network.

 

[kch50428]

True, but in a year or two when the contract expires, they don't have to give you unlimited anymore since there is no contract, right? Can they say, "Hey, now pay us $25 for 3GBs, sorry we don't offer the unlimited plan anymore?"

They can, but usually they'll still grandfather people that have features that are no longer offered as part of the incentive to renew a contract. I don't see unlimited going away on 3G - I think the tiered pricing will be for LTE/4G.

The reason why I ask is that I'm looking to avoid LTE until it's fully deployed and (hopefully, but unlikely) there might be a price drop in the fees. Right now 3G is fine with me for the next 1, 2 yrs. It's far easier and quicker to upgrade a phone than it is to upgrade a network.

Who knows what LTE will bring - a lot can happen between now, and 2013 when VZW says they'll be fully deployed. The way I have it figured, getting an iPhone now on a 2-year contract, I'll be eligible to renew/upgrade in 20 months - and by then, there should be 4G/LTE deployed in my market, and there should be a 4G/LTE iPhone to upgrade to.

 

[boomhower1820]

They should have translated that:

"Get the iPhone 4 now and get unlimited data because when the iPhone 5 gets here we are going to start tiered data". That's my thought anyways. I had been planning on moving to Verizon and getting my wife an iPhone 4 and myself a used Droid and then an iPhone 5 in the summertime.

If my line is month to month since I am bringing my own phone will I be able to turn that into a contract and be grandfathered in?

 

[buzzdar#WN]

Anyone know if the vzw iPhone will use all the same accessories including otterbox type cases


Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk on the VZW Network.

 

[boomhower1820]

Anyone know if the vzw iPhone will use all the same accessories including otterbox type cases


Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk on the VZW Network.

The buttons on the side are slightly different so most cases aren't going to fit but it depends on how the case was designed.

 

[kch50428]

If my line is month to month since I am bringing my own phone will I be able to turn that into a contract and be grandfathered in?

If you're going to sign on as a new customer, and get the iPhone on one line, and do the second line with the Droid - yes, you'll be "month to month" on that line, and at any time you can get a new phone at contract pricing - and you should be grandfathered any features you have.

 

[kch50428]

And now we know - the personal hot-spot - a $20/month add-on...

Verizon dishes on iPhone hotspot pricing | Phones | iOS Central | Macworld

And yes, you can add and remove the feature as needed... so, if you're going on vacation, you can add it for the rest of your current billing cycle (and the next if your vacation spans cycle date) - and take it off again when you're back home - but still, $20/month ain't bad.

 

[Scout_313]

I'm glad to hear that they will have the $30 unlimited data package when the iPhone 4 is released since I sold Droid Pro and switched to an old flip phone and no longer have a data package on my line.

 

[Garz]

Anyone know if the vzw iPhone will use all the same accessories including otterbox type cases


Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk on the VZW Network.

Im using a Otterbox Defender and these buttons are precise. I'm 99.9% sure this will not work on the Vzn iPhone 4