Verizon Introduces $35 Prepaid Basic Phone Plan

Verizon Introduces $35 Prepaid Basic Phone Plan

T-Mobile made some serious moves in the past few weeks with their contract-less “UnCarrier” plans, and other U.S. carriers have taken notice, like Verizon whose CEO admitted the company was considering a similar idea, but are waiting to see how it first works out for T-Mobile. It looks like Verizon may be dipping their toes into the no-contract-plans water as today they’re announcing some new prepaid plans.

Verizon’s new prepaid plan asks customers to pony up $35 a month for 500 anytime minutes of talk and unlimited text and Internet. For those who exceed the monthly limit of 500 minutes of talk, Verizon will charge you an additional fee of $0.25 per minute. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well – it is, as Verizon is limiting what phones can use its new prepaid plans as only four feature phones would be eligible, so smartphone users are excluded from this plan. Verizon is also not including mobile-to-mobile calling, which means calling another Verizon subscriber will count towards your minutes. (more…)

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Verizon intros new $35 prepaid plan for basic phones, for those not keen on the ‘smart’ era

Verizon intros new $35 prepaid plan for basic phones, for those not keen on the 'smart' era

For some time now, Verizon and other carriers have slowly but surely shifted focus from “dumb” handsets to ones that are much more intelligent, with data-driven shared plans being one of the strategies that corroborate this move. Today, however, Big Red’s gone back to basics, announcing a novel prepaid plan for folks without a smartphone — which will go alongside the company’s existing $50, all-you-can-have offering. With the new Basic Plan, Verizon’s giving would-be customers a $35 option which serves 500 anytime minutes (sorry, no mobile-to-mobile) as well as unlimited mobile data and text messaging. Hey, don’t be ashamed, there’s definitely nothing wrong with keeping it vintage — and, above all, saving cash.

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