does anyone know if you can upgrade your phone (is due) but be able to stay on the plan i have (unlimited data) which is a plan no longer offered?
dlocke56
Enthusiast - Level 2

i am available for phone upgrade and would like a new phone but do not want to lose the plan i currently have,  which includes unlimited data (i got it before verizon stopped it).  does anyone know how to upgrade phone,  and not change plan?

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Jakeman1
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The only way to keep Unlimited Data is to either buy a phone from Amazon or some other place or buy it from Verizon (in store) or Third Party Reseller (Not the big box stores) You will need to pay the NON subsidized price for it and NO contract. As soon as you take a contract, and the subsidized price, you loose Unlimited Data.

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Studiomagic
Enthusiast - Level 3

Yes, I've done it in the past; just make sure you do it in a store so you'll have someone who'll take accountability for it.

I think the phone itself is part of it... if you go from Android to Iphone then you need a different data package, but staying within the same sort of phone should keep you safe.

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dirkbonn
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Studiomagic wrote:

Yes, I've done it in the past; just make sure you do it in a store so you'll have someone who'll take accountability for it.

I think the phone itself is part of it... if you go from Android to Iphone then you need a different data package, but staying within the same sort of phone should keep you safe.

Android or iPhone data is all the same. I have 4 iPhones and 1 Android phone all on the same plan.

What you can't do and keep your unlimited data plan is get a new phone from Verizon at a subsidized price. You must pay full price from Verizon or get you new phone from somewhere else and then activate it on your Verizon plan. i.e. craigslist, ebay, or third party.

Good luck,

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Studiomagic
Enthusiast - Level 3

Are you sure?  I have the grandfathered plan and I did exactly that two times.  I was told I just can't go to an Iphone.

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Jakeman1
Master - Level 1

The only way to keep Unlimited Data is to either buy a phone from Amazon or some other place or buy it from Verizon (in store) or Third Party Reseller (Not the big box stores) You will need to pay the NON subsidized price for it and NO contract. As soon as you take a contract, and the subsidized price, you loose Unlimited Data.

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Studiomagic
Enthusiast - Level 3

I'm not saying your wrong and maybe that's the way it is now, but I have done it in the past.

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21stNow
Master - Level 1

It's been the way that Jakeman1 said for around a year.  If you upgraded before this particular policy for unlimited data was in place, then you were able to keep your plan.

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B33
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How far in the past! Unlimited grandfathering stopped on or around June 27 of 2012 that is when I upgraded my last phone a Razr Maxx after that if you wanted a phone and keep your Unlimited you had to pay full retail.

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dlocke56
Enthusiast - Level 2

thanks everyone! 

Re: does anyone know if you can upgrade your phone (is due)  but be able to stay on the plan i have (unlimited data)  which is a plan no longer offered?
Studiomagic
Enthusiast - Level 3

Hmmm, it was before then for sure, but it was in 2012.

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