Connecting a phone purchased elsewhere

[DontRegister]

wondering if I bought a "smart" phone "off the street" can I have it activated on my old (Connect, unlimited everything) plan without being put into a data tier?

[rcschnoor]

No problem, just make sure it is a Verizon phone. I assume you currently have a smartphone with unlimited data?

[DontRegister]

no I do not... old media phone LG Octane, but I have a "smart" phone on my plan

[rcschnoor]

If you add a "smart" phone to a line which does not currently have a "smart" phone, you will have to have a data plan for that  phone.

[SuzyQ]

DontRegister wrote:

wondering if I bought a "smart" phone "off the street" can I have it activated on my old (Connect, unlimited everything) plan without being put into a data tier?

The old "Connect" data plan was for the former multi-media phones, (EnvTouch, Voyager, etc), not true smartphones.  It will not work for smartphones, and you will need to add a tiered data option in order to add a smartphone for that line.

[DontRegister]

thanks... damn it