and have a smart phone or two. Have you seen the "new" pricing they have come up with in regards to the family shared plan? Looks like you could save a little money if you trade up by June 28th. After that you have to pay the full price of the smart phone. What kind of plan does everyone have now? We have my Droid X and 2 addition dumb phones. My wife wants a smart phone too now. I am paying about $170/month. My contract is up and I am looking for options before replacing my phone (I'd love the Droid Razr Maxx)and being stuck with another 2 yr contract (if I sign up before the 28th I dont have to pay the full $650 price). Opinions welcome.

Get an Iphone,you will not be disapointed! I swaped from a droid bout a year ago and have never looked back.

I'm paying 138/ month for one phone.....how do u get 4 for that

Dont hold me to this but I think verizon is doing away with the unlimited data plan on all new plans or upgrades. If you have the unlimited plan now be careful

That's what I got.....

Me too. And this is the first post from my new iPhone. I've been eligible for an upgrade for almost a year, so I decided to go ahead and make the jump. CD.

You can still buy the phone at a subsidized price with Verizon, but you have to move to one of the shared plans. You can keep your unlimited data plan by paying full retail for the phone.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest cellphone company, is dropping nearly all of its phone plans in favor of pricing schemes that allow consumers to share data usage among up to ten phones and other devices.

The new plans will let individuals add non-phone devices like tablets and laptops to their plans, as well as the phones of family members.

The change takes effect June 28.

It's the biggest revamp in wireless pricing in years, and one that's likely to be copied by other carriers. AT&T Inc. has already said that it's looking at introducing shared-data plans soon.

Verizon's new "Share Everything" plans include unlimited phone calls and texting, and will start at $90 per month for one smartphone and 1 gigabyte of data. If used only with a smartphone, "Share Everything" prices are lower than for current plans with unlimited calling and texting, but higher than plans with limited calling and texting.

Bigger savings will come for those who add more devices like tablets to their plans. In such cases, the new pricing system will be cheaper compared to getting separate data plans for each device. That gives Verizon a chance to capitalize on the growing popularity of tablets. Few consumers put tablets on data plans, probably because they dread paying an extra $30 or so per month, on top of their phone bills.

Under "Share Everything," adding a tablet to a plan will cost $10 per month. Adding a USB data stick for a laptop will cost $20.

Verizon's limited-calling and texting plans will disappear, except for one $40-per-month plan intended for "dumb" phones. Verizon is keeping its limited-data plans for single non-phone devices, like the $30 tablet plan.

Current Verizon customers will be able to switch to the new plans or keep their old ones, with one exception. Those who have unlimited-data plans for their smartphones won't be able to move those to new phones, unless they pay the full, unsubsidized price for those phones. (For example, an iPhone 4S that costs $200 with a two-year contract costs $650 unsubsidized, with no contract.)

Verizon stopped signing people up for unlimited-data plans last summer. The industry as a whole is moving away from the plans, since the data capacity of their networks is limited.

Under the new plans, subscribers can stop worrying about monitoring the number of calling minutes or text messages their families use in a month, but they'll have to keep a close eye on data consumption. Verizon will allow subscribers to adjust their data allowance from month to month, but if they go over their monthly allotment, that will cost $15 per gigabyte.

The data allowances start at $50 per month for 1 gigabyte. That's enough for prudent two-smartphone users who use Wi-Fi a lot, but Verizon recommends getting 2 gigabytes for $60. After that, each additional 2 gigabytes cost an extra $10 per month.

Under "Share Everything," Verizon will stop charging extra for letting devices act as "mobile Wi-Fi hotspots." That means subscribers who have a recent smartphone could use it to connect a tablet to the Internet, without paying the extra $10 per month for a tablet.

Verizon had telegraphed the move toward shared plans, but had not revealed the details or pricing.

Dang thats to much to read.


I have two smart phones. Ones unlimited, ones 4g, and one is a regular phone. 170 a month.

Ours is $158 for 2 phones, unlimited text, 700 shared out of nw minutes, unlimited in network, 2GB of data each. We both have the droid incredible 2's. we both love them.

Verizon Rules..... wife an I unlimited data plan 2100 phone min unlimitedtxt 180/mo both Droid x .... if our phones will ever die we will upgrade... droids are great

$$$$$$$$$$$$.............Any of ya'll that posted on this thread....remember when you could stop at a phone booth and, stick a dime in..........................

Dude ,haven't you noticed ? Phone booths are pretty much history.
The phone company would be a bunch of dumbazzes to invest in them. The freakin Gov't is giving free cell phones to every wineo in the area.

This is with the new plans with the new 4 G phones. And they suck! Worse reception than the 3G for some reason. Have several friends with them in our area and they will all be switching back to AT&T... Keeping my 3G phone for now.

Saw one in Athens......just the other day.........1st one I've seen in awhile.

Stay out of Athens, these are my hunting grounds.

I know of a pay phone in Huntspatch and it works!

Some of us are old enough to remember getting on a party line when visiting great-granny.

I have a Samsung Stratosphere 4GLTE, it is smoking fast and I get great coverage across all of Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. I stream radio a lot and surf the web at the same time. I don't have anything negative to say about Verizon so far.

If you are not under contract, and in the market, do not pay more than you have to for a phone, pretty much all of them can be gotten for free here Lets Talk.com our phones were a just released model when we got them 8 months or so ago, selling for 350-450 at the Verizon store or Best Buy...we got them for free plus 50 dollars (25 each phone)worth of accessories.

...No iPhones though they cant sell Micro$oft.

Thanks for the input. I guess I will have to upgrade by the 28th so I can still get the 2yr rate with a new phone.

Im paying 226 a month for 1 smart phone 2000 minutes, 4 regular phones, family unlimited texting,4gb data plan, and home phone. Yes home phone. You can get unlimited plan on home connect and keep your current number.