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Hi all,
This is a difficult topic to research I've found. I'm on a plan with two others, and our devices just became eligible for upgrade on the 27th. Neither of them are really interested in upgrading, the only thing I might be interested in is a developer edition note 4. So we will likely be moving forward with month to month pricing. Here are some factors that a friend of mine who works at a verizon store confirmed were correct:
1) Off contract customers may apply for a per phone discount by logging into My Verizon, and selecting it for each phone that is either purchased at retail, or has reached the end of a two year contract (as is in my case.)
2) This discount is dependent on the data plan selected, and matches the EDGE plan discounts - $15/phone if you have less than 6GB data plan, or $25/phone if you have 6GB or more data plan.
We are currently on a $40 2GB data plan, and honestly we barely use data at all so I was going to suggest we move to 1GB to save some money. There is one more factor to consider:
3) We have a corporate discount of 20% off, which applies to the data plan price.
So, our $40 data plan was really $32. When I started considering this discount in conjunction with the off contract discounts, I came up with some interesting numbers:
A) Selecting the 1GB/mo plan would be $24 ($30 normal,) and three $15 discounted phones for $25 access each, totaling $99/mo before taxes etc.
B) Selecting the 6GB/mo plan would be $56 ($70 normal,) and three $25 discounted phones for $15 access each, totaling $101/mo before taxes etc.
If this math is correct, that's a $2 difference between them, and the data plans in between make absolutely no sense. What's everyone's take on this?
TL;DR
contract ended, not interested in new subsidized phones
non subsidized discount is greater with higher data plan
corp discount reduces data plan cost increase
difference between 1gb plan and 6gb plan is $2 a month
too good to be true?
This is a difficult topic to research I've found. I'm on a plan with two others, and our devices just became eligible for upgrade on the 27th. Neither of them are really interested in upgrading, the only thing I might be interested in is a developer edition note 4. So we will likely be moving forward with month to month pricing. Here are some factors that a friend of mine who works at a verizon store confirmed were correct:
1) Off contract customers may apply for a per phone discount by logging into My Verizon, and selecting it for each phone that is either purchased at retail, or has reached the end of a two year contract (as is in my case.)
2) This discount is dependent on the data plan selected, and matches the EDGE plan discounts - $15/phone if you have less than 6GB data plan, or $25/phone if you have 6GB or more data plan.
We are currently on a $40 2GB data plan, and honestly we barely use data at all so I was going to suggest we move to 1GB to save some money. There is one more factor to consider:
3) We have a corporate discount of 20% off, which applies to the data plan price.
So, our $40 data plan was really $32. When I started considering this discount in conjunction with the off contract discounts, I came up with some interesting numbers:
A) Selecting the 1GB/mo plan would be $24 ($30 normal,) and three $15 discounted phones for $25 access each, totaling $99/mo before taxes etc.
B) Selecting the 6GB/mo plan would be $56 ($70 normal,) and three $25 discounted phones for $15 access each, totaling $101/mo before taxes etc.
If this math is correct, that's a $2 difference between them, and the data plans in between make absolutely no sense. What's everyone's take on this?
TL;DR
contract ended, not interested in new subsidized phones
non subsidized discount is greater with higher data plan
corp discount reduces data plan cost increase
difference between 1gb plan and 6gb plan is $2 a month
too good to be true?
