Comments on: Verizon Announces Share Everything Plans, Starting at $50 for 1GB of Data and Unlimited Talk/Text

By: Doreen

Doreen — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 02:04:00 +0000

It will cost our family $70.00 more per month with1 smart phone and 4 basic phones!!!!! Switching to AT@T!!!!!!!! Not everyone can afford 5 smart phones for their family!!!!! VERIZON SUCKS!!!!!

By: Bauce40

Bauce40 — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:22:00 +0000

Best Buy offers 18 month no interest financing a lot of times. If you purchase the phone outright without contract, you can finance the difference of the subsidized phone vs non-subsidized phone for less monthly than what the difference will be from your unlimited plan to the new shared plan

By: KleenDroid

KleenDroid — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:17:00 +0000

You don’t understand the concept of not buying a phone that you can’t afford? I don’t understand what you don’t understand.

By: Common Sense

Common Sense — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:46:00 +0000

What?! I don’t understand this concept and I’m a normal person, so you are full of jibberish! Now I’m going to go buy an Escalade on an 8 year loan.

By: Top Five Awards

Top Five Awards — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:01:00 +0000

Sheesh, even our double data plans work out to be cheaper since we only have 2 data phones. 4GB/$30 each. We’d have to switch to 4GB to get the same pricing. No thanks!

By: Guest

Guest — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:40:00 +0000

How much you do save?
I’d much rather buy a $199 phone… and (maybe) pay a $350 cancel fee.
Instead of buying a $700 phone…. just to (maybe) avoid paying $549.
You end up with exactly the same phone… for a lot less money.

Unsubsidized phone are ALWAYS a very bad move.

By: Guest

Guest — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:35:00 +0000

You might not have to pay the monthly fee to the SAME carrier for 2 years… but you will always have to pay SOME carrier for 2 years.
(Your phone is useless otherwise.)

By: Guest

Guest — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:31:00 +0000

> Say right now you are on unlimited and use 6-7 Gigs of data per month.
Currently
> that costs you about $30. On a new tiered plan for data you
are looking at $70ish
> for that same amount of data.

So *DOUBLE* the price… is “not a big deal” to you?

Want to buy the Brooklyn Bridge from me?

By: aaron

aaron — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 20:44:00 +0000

Buy it from best buy …get black tie protection. Win.

By: Guest

Guest — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 03:04:00 +0000

> Verizon Announces Share Everything Plans, Starting at $50 for 1GB of

> Data and Unlimited Talk/Text

Wow! Only $50 for 1GB, and unlimited minutes, and unlimited texting.
Oh wait… droid-life totally forgot about the $40 you ALSO have to pay.

$50+$40 = $90

$90 is NOT $50

Wait, it gets worse: That extra “forgotten” $40… is *PER* phone.

You can’t “share” without a least 2 phones.
So that’s really $40+$40+$50.

$130 is NOT $50.

By: Nick Bohl

Nick Bohl — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:43:00 +0000

double post

By: Nick Bohl

Nick Bohl — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:39:00 +0000

it doesn’t have to be a NEW phone. The galaxy nexus, which is still in the top tier of smartphones, has already dropped to ~$400. Selling old phone+buying “like new” phone= a reasonable hit to the ole’ pocketbook

By: Nick Bohl

Nick Bohl — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:37:00 +0000

yeah, but the extra data cost plus $30 for every upgrade is WAAY more than what I would pay by getting a phone at full retail and keeping my unlimited data. Get a coin jar and get to saving lol

By: Nick Bohl

Nick Bohl — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:36:00 +0000

Well, it might be easier with LTE now that I think about it, I think @twitter-423074326:disqus may be on to something. We aren’t talking CDMA/GSM/LTE chipsets once voice-over-LTE becomes a reality. It would be just like having a quad-band world phone. I mean, if it supports all frequencies and doesn’t need to touch VZW’s CMDA network, then I guess there’s nothing Big Red can do to stop it, right? at least they’re getting your money… although, I originally spoke to this point to support the idea of NOT giving Verizon money lol

By: Nick Bohl

Nick Bohl — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:33:00 +0000

I don’t think this is the case. I think the carriers push the contracts down our throats. That’s why the retailers (Best Buy, indirects, etc.) charge a higher amount for full-retail. Best Buy could easily negotiate to get a samsung phone cheaper than VZW gets it for (VZW buys samsung phones, BB buys phones, refrigerators, mp3 players, televisions, and more). That’s why the carriers lock their phones to a network.