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Verizon Wireless

Reminder: Buying Verizon Phones Online Instead of In-Store Will Now Save You $20

Kellen Kellen April 18, 2019
When you buy a new phone at Verizon, the $800 price tag of the phone and the two years worth of service payments are not enough for the mega-carrier to get by. On top of your bank account emptying out for the latest Samsung or Apple device, Verizon charges you...
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Verizon is Reducing Activation Fees to $20 as Long as You Avoid Stores (Updated)

Kellen Kellen April 16, 2019
UPDATED 4/18: The new upgrade fee levels are live. I promise you that title is correct. Verizon will drop the activation/upgrade fee for devices to $20 starting Thursday, April 18, if you buy them online or within the My Verizon app. That's according to reddit...
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Verizon’s Upgrade Fee Bumped to $30, 2-Year Contracts Also Gone for Existing Customers (Updated)

Kellen Kellen January 6, 2017 219
Verizon snuck in a couple of changes this week while CES announcements were dominating headlines and we thought you might want to know about them. For one, the upgrade fee that you pay every time you buy a new phone has increased. Also, existing customers no...
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AT&T Wastes No Time Matching Verizon’s New $20 Upgrade Fee

Kellen Kellen April 6, 2016 114
On Monday, Verizon introduced a new "upgrade fee" for those customers who buy new phones on device payment plans or at full retail. We spent a good handful of hours over the past week trashing all over the fee, because it seems like an incredibly slick move...
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Verizon to Introduce $20 Activation Fee on Device Payment Plans Starting November 15 (Updated)

Kellen Kellen November 11, 2015 168
November 15 is shaping up to be quite the day for Verizon. Not only are they increasing unlimited data pricing by $20 per month, but sources of ours have also been told that they will start charging a $20 activation fee on device payment plans. That may not...
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AT&T Raising Upgrade Fees to $45, Will Add $15 Activation Fee to Next and BYOD Customers on August 1

Kellen Kellen July 21, 2015 122
According to sources, AT&T will raise its activation/upgrade fees for customers when signing one and two-year contracts, but also add-on an activation fee for AT&T Next and Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) customers, starting August 1.  The new activation/...
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Verizon is Raising Upgrade and Activations Fees to $40

Kellen Kellen January 28, 2015 202
Yesterday evening, a source of ours tipped us to a potential increase in Verizon's activation and upgrade fees that would go into effect February 5. The rates would increase from $35 and $30 up to $40, respectively. While we were unable to verify with a second...
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FYI: AT&T’s Activation Fee for 2-Year Contracts is Now $40

Kellen Kellen June 13, 2014 57
In case you are an AT&T customer who purchases discounted phones on new 2-year contracts, you should know that your activation fee is now $40 instead of $36 when upgrading phones. That's right, AT&T has raised their activation fee, a fee that doesn't...
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