Heads up Verizon shared data family plan is coming on June 28

Quote from ranova : You need to add $40 ontop of that for each smartphone you have on the line. these plans are a rip off for most people http://phandroid.s3.amazonaws.com...50x539.png

Exactly. So it comes out to 90.00 per month per line for unlimited talk and text, and 1GB data

I pay about 160/month for 2 smart phones, 700 minutes (we dont even use all 700 minutes anyway), 250 texts on each line (we dont even use all of those either), and 4GB data for one line, and unlimited data on my line.

The cheapest Ill be able to get is 180 for 2 smartphones and 1 GB of shared data. Its not even close! Which is good enough for me to switch if Verizon forces it on me after our 2 yr is up.

Quote from chrisexv6 : The cheapest Ill be able to get is 180 for 2 smartphones and 1 GB of shared data. Its not even close! Which is good enough for me to switch if Verizon forces it on me after our 2 yr is up.

Is my math off? 2 smartphones @ $40/each = $80 plus $50 for 1GB data = $130. For $160, you get 6GB (I realize this is less than you have now).

Quote from chrisexv6 : Exactly. So it comes out to 90.00 per month per line for unlimited talk and text, and 1GB data I pay about 160/month for 2 smart phones, 700 minutes (we dont even use all 700 minutes anyway), 250 texts on each line (we dont even use all of those either), and 4GB data for one line, and unlimited data on my line. The cheapest Ill be able to get is 180 for 2 smartphones and 1 GB of shared data. Its not even close! Which is good enough for me to switch if Verizon forces it on me after our 2 yr is up.

Switch to the $55 page plus plan (heck you should probably be doing this anyway since family plans really aren't great deals unless you have a lot of lines) and get unlimited talk, text, and 2gb of data. Brings you down to $110 per month.

Quote from hyisbm : on a 4 GB shared plan for 2 phones my plan will have gone up $50 compared to unlimited. Glad I picked up the Maxx over the weekend. I am still wondering what's going to happen with those people who pre-ordered the Samsung Galaxy S3. I sure hope they don't get screwed over when they call to activate their phones.

I worried about that. I preordered through Best Buy which seems to be an even riskier sub-category of those that preordered the S3.

It sounds like for the iPhone, Virgin Mobile prepaid may end up being the way to go.

$30 / mo for 300 min talk / unlimited text / unlimited data. Uses Sprint network. No phone subsidy.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/25...chart.html
http://www.virginmobileusa.com/iphone

Quote from wakipaki : Anyone know how employer discounts will be factored into these? I was thinking about switching to Verizon after my Sprint contract is up

Employee discounts for me in the past have only been good on phone plans and not data plans. So I pay a full $30/month for unlimited data.

Quote from TheEdge : Employee discounts for me in the past have only been good on phone plans and not data plans. So I pay a full $30/month for unlimited data.

same here. Employee discount is only calculated off my base phone plan.

These prices are horrible. The whole point to a family shared plan is that it's cheaper than getting 2 individual plans. Getting 2x 2GB data plans is cheaper than a shared 4GB plan. Yes, there is the benefit of sharing the data so one phone could use 1GB of data and the other 3GB of data but most users aren't hitting their data caps anyways so going over isn't too big of a concern.

The shared data plans should be slightly more expensive than the single data plans. Something like $40 for 2GB or $60 for 5GB a month of shared data. Gonna have to seriously look at Sprint and Tmobile again once our contract is up, Verizon doesn't seem to want to keep it's customers.

You'd think I'd be an ideal person for this. wrong.

current plan: 3 smartphones + 2 dumbphones + unlimited text + 1400min/month = $240
new plan: $250.

If you can't save money w/ that setup then something is wrong. it only helps if everyone has a smartphone. these plans won't be kind to those w/ dumbphones.

Looks like I am leaving Verizon too. I pay $180 a month now (including taxes for 1400 minutes, unlimited text, unlimited data, and friends and family for 3 smartphones. Mine will end up costing $220 plus taxes, so probably around $240. What a f**king ripoff!

These new prices are horrible. I guess when my plan expires in 2013 I'll be switching carriers...

I just upgraded my 2 other phones to razr maxx ... I wasn't even eligible until october but i called to retentions and they let me upgrade early to keep my unlimited plans...

Quote from dirkomatic : These new prices are horrible. I guess when my plan expires in 2013 I'll be switching carriers...

Maybe that's what they want. Perhaps these prices are Verizon's way of dealing with there overloaded network.

Quote from Biznatch : 50$ for 1GB? What does data cost them more when you share it? Yup im out of contract on my unlimited data line, looks like its goodbye verizon. Great way to use a great idea to try and rape your customers for even more money.

its not $50 for 1GB, its $50 for 1GB and unlimited text and talk. But then they charge you $40 to add a smart phone to have access to that bucket of data and unlimited text and talk.

Anyway, I pre-ordered my S3 at target the other day, and most likely this will come out after the new plans start. If I can't keep my unlimited i will be asking for my $50 back, luckily I chose target because you do get your money back, not gift card like Best Buy.

The big question will be what happens when someone on a family plan upgrades, does it change for everyone then? For instance I am going to use my sisters upgrade and give her my razr. But if she gets put on the new plan, then I assume everyone on the plan has too as well, and that would suck. We have four smart phones and one feature phone, 3 of the smart phones have unlimited, one has 2gb. We usually use a little over 4GB total, but some months are way more, last month i was traveling and used over 10GB by myself. If i got the 6gb at $80 it would come out to $270 total with the phones added. We pay $299 now, and my dad could get a smartphone for just $10 more which he has been wanting to do but not for $30, so if we did that the new one would be $280, so twenty bucks less, for unlimited minutes and another smartphone. but the unlimited minutes is not really something we need, wish they had other options for minutes. So its a toss up, save $20 a month or keep unlimited so we don't have to watch the meter.