Jan 13
Verizon Wireless customers could always trust that when their 2-year contracts were up, they would be able to get a discount from Verizon towards the purchase of a new device if they wanted to upgrade. The promotional discount ranged from $50 to $100 depending on the handset the customer wanted.
Verizon has said they’ll end the program this month, and current customers with an upgrade coming will be able to get their discount one last time but then never again.
This means that current customers will have to purchase upgraded phones at the end of their contract for the same pricing that new customers would pay, unless there’s a promotion that only new customers qualify for (in which case existing customers would have to pay the non-discounted price.)
The only good news is that existing customers won’t have to pay full retail price for new phones at the end of their contracts, which for some smartphones can be several hundreds of dollars.
[via CrunchGear]
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