I am thinking seriously about making the jump from Android to an iPhone 5. First let me give a little background on where I have been over the years. I have always liked the iPhone, but carrier service was important to me so I never made the jump from Verizon to AT&T during the first several generations when iPhone was an exclusive AT&T product. When the exclusivity period ended and Verizon started to carry the iPhone it occurred at a time when 4G was rolling out. Rather than adopt iPhone I elected to stay with Android so that I could secure an unlimited data 4G LTE Galaxy Nexus. For the most part I have always been happy with Android, but I have never been able to totally abandon my desire for an iPhone. Finally iPhone 5 comes out with 4G LTE, but in preparation for the release Verizon moves to family share plans that in my opinion do not save me any money and allow me to consume less data. I have always been a heavy data user so keeping unlimited data is important to me. As a current Android user I frequent the Imore sister site Android Central and occasionally participate in those forums. Below is a link to a thread in the Android Central forum that got me thinking this may be a way for me to keep unlimited data if I switch to iPhone 5.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon/227608-instruction-how-keep-unlimited-data-verizon.html
I currently have a 1,400 minute shared family plan with 4 lines. This is how it breaks down.
Line #1 - Smartphone with unlimited data (my line), NOT eligible for upgrade
Line #2 - Smartphone with unlimited data (my wife's line), NOT eligible for upgrade
Line #3 - Dumbphone with no data plan (my daughters phone), ELIGIBLE for upgrade
Line #4 - Dumbphone with no data plan (my sons phone), ELIGIBLE for upgrade
So similar to what is described in the Android Central thread I provided, can I use this strategy to add an iPhone 5 to line #1? I would first upgrade line #4 to an iPhone 5, and then a day or so later reactivate the dumbphone back to line #4. At that point I should have an iPhone 5 in my hands that is not tied to any line. From there I would activate the iPhone 5 to Line #1.
This seems to be the last hurdle that has stopped me from making the move to iPhone so I appreciate any thoughts or insight.
Thanks for reading.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon/227608-instruction-how-keep-unlimited-data-verizon.html
I currently have a 1,400 minute shared family plan with 4 lines. This is how it breaks down.
Line #1 - Smartphone with unlimited data (my line), NOT eligible for upgrade
Line #2 - Smartphone with unlimited data (my wife's line), NOT eligible for upgrade
Line #3 - Dumbphone with no data plan (my daughters phone), ELIGIBLE for upgrade
Line #4 - Dumbphone with no data plan (my sons phone), ELIGIBLE for upgrade
So similar to what is described in the Android Central thread I provided, can I use this strategy to add an iPhone 5 to line #1? I would first upgrade line #4 to an iPhone 5, and then a day or so later reactivate the dumbphone back to line #4. At that point I should have an iPhone 5 in my hands that is not tied to any line. From there I would activate the iPhone 5 to Line #1.
This seems to be the last hurdle that has stopped me from making the move to iPhone so I appreciate any thoughts or insight.
Thanks for reading.