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The best Verizon deals are conditioned on you taking up a 24-month contract on an unlimited plan. But there are some sweet deals that come close. These include contracts, BOGOF (Buy One Get One Free), and trade-in offers.
The carrier will let you trade in an old phone and get a new 5G phone for free, with an unlimited plan. If you are an existing customer, you can get up to $700 off for a new iPhone or $800 for a new Samsung Galaxy model.
If you commit to a 24-month contract for unlimited service on Verizon, you can get one of the following cell phone models for free:
- Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G UW
- Samsung Galaxy AO2s
- Samsung Galaxy A12
- Motorola Moto G pure
- Motorola Edge 5G UW
- Apple iPhone 11
- Apple iPhone 12 mini
The best Verizon deals and cell phone plans
The above models are not exactly cutting edge; some of them are at least a year old. If you want newer models like the Samsung Galaxy S21 and iPhone 13 for free, you are out of luck. But you can get them via other deals, as follows:
- BOGOFF : The carrier allows you to buy one phone model, and get another up to $800 off with any unlimited plan. This is available on selected models only.
- Trade-in your current phone : Save anything up to $500 when you trade in your old phone with any unlimited plan. You can submit your rebate via the My Verizon app or their website.
Best Verizon Deals: What is the cheapest phone plan with Verizon?
Verizon’s $40 5GB prepaid plan is the cheapest plan from the carrier and gives good value for money. A $30 plan was introduced sometime recently, but you get only 500MB of data on it. Not exactly heartwarming. What’s even better about the 5GB prepaid plan is that after 4 months, your bill drops to $35 per month, and after 10 months, further down to $25 per month.
If you are after the cheapest unlimited plan on Verizon, the Start Unlimited costs $70 per month.
How can I lower my Verizon phone bill?
If you are after the very best Verizon deal possible for you to lower your cell phone bill, here are a few things you can do to make that happen.
- Fish out your cell service statement, sit down to review it. Have a look at your current plan to see if there is anything you are not maximising.
- Reach out to any of the Verizon customer care channels (phone lines, email addresses, chat – you can find these on Verizon’s website) to discuss your needs with them. You just might be able to find a better plan or get a discount.
Note that it is easier to get a discount when you have done your homework by going through your current plan. Do it and ask. The more specific you are, the better.
Note that if you are switching from another carrier, you might be eligible for another $500 bonus. So, be sure to ask.
Enjoy the best deals on Verizon
Verizon I the largest mobile network carrier, with expansive 4G LTE coverage and fast-growing 5G coverage as well. It is not the most affordable carrier in the United States, but it does offer good service and coverage, such that it is generally considered the best. Taking advantage of one of the best Verizon deals available is always a good thing. Make a move today.
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Many years ago, when I first heard of unlimited data plans, my head spun. What? There are people somewhere in this world enjoying limitless data for a fixed monthly fee?! The concept was absolutely mind-boggling.
But the more I studied the subject, the more I found out that, for all the hype about unlimited data plans, they were not truly unlimited. No mobile carrier anywhere in the world would survive if it offered truly unlimited Internet service.
Unlimited data plans and unlimited web hosting: Birds of same feathers
It is similar to claims by web hosting companies who use unlimited hosting as a marketing ploy. There really is no such thing. If you would like to test it, buy “unlimited hosting”, set up your website, then push it hard, and soon you will get a notice from your Webhost that your account has hit its limits. Or worse, your website starts getting the dreaded Error 500 notices.
This is similar to how unlimited data plans work. Allow me to explain it in way language. Your cell phone carrier offers an unlimited data plan for say $50 or ₦12,000 monthly. It sounds like a good deal. Don’t get too excited yet.
Every mobile carrier offering unlimited data has something in place they call a Fair Usage Policy (FUP). The FUP spells out, usually in small print, that where you put a strain on the network, your speeds will be throttled – reduced drastically to crawl levels. Usually, after you cross the FUP line, you get speeds as low as 512 kbps sometimes.
Unlimited Data Plans and Fair Usage Policy: The Devil Is In The Details
Imagine browsing at 29Mbps on a normal day and suddenly, your speed gets reduced to 512Kbps. That’s half of 1Mbps!
News flash: you can barely do anything with 512 kbps Internet speed in today’s world. Even Gmail on your phone has a hard time pulling your mails at that speed. So, effectively, your Internet service is crippled.
Some carriers do not spell out where their FUP kicks in. I am not a fan of such carriers. I don’t like random speed brakes. I prefer for the service provider to plainly say, for example, that after using 90GB of data in a month, their fair usage policy kicks in. That’s better. I can track my usage and lodge a complaint should I get poor speeds before hitting that limit. I recommend that you stay away from any internet service provider (ISP) that does not spell out the FUP line.
As I have explained, outing a Fair Usage policy in place means that your unlimited data plan is limited. Once you cross that line, you really can’t use it for anything productive.
As such, having a FUP is necessary to ensure network stability and reliability for everyone. It also keeps the carrier from being unable to pay for network resources and eventually going bankrupt. Yes; the term “unlimited data plan” is a scam, but the principle behind how it works is a fair and sensible one. Let’s call it a necessary evil.
In summary, unlimited data doesn’t really mean unlimited. Rather it means that your carrier or network applies the brakes on your Internet connection to reduce your speed, so you can’t keep guzzling the data like before. This is pretty much the norm for all unlimited data plans, whether you are on Verizon, Telstra, Vodafone, Virgin Plus, or Airtel.
The good news is that not all carriers throttle so badly to as low as 512Kbps. Quite a number have better throttle speeds, so your Internet connection is still usable. So, the trick is to find an unlimited data plan with a clear FUP and a reasonable throttle speed. If a network operator is hiding those bits of information, chances are that there is some hanky-panky afoot.
Author:Mister Mobility
Digital Skills and Communication Coach | Mobile Phone Connoisseur since 2001 | Tech Blogging since 2004
