Bit of an odd upgrade question (not iPhone related I swear!).
Alright, so here is the situation. I will be the first to say I suck at figuring out the hows and whys of these things. I am hoping some of you are Verizon gurus and can explain this all to me.
Right now I am rocking an HTC Touch Pro 2, nifty phone, for its time it was a beast, lost its edge to the Droid behemoth these days though. Anyways I am looking to upgrade. I was mulling around the idea of an iPhone but have decided against it. I did however go to the page and plugged in the information to buy an iPhone, despite my new every two/upgrade period still being six months away it said my line was eligible for an upgrade and was going to give me the promo price of $199/299 to get locked into another two year contract. I also recall recieving a text a while back saying I could do the same thing for the Droid X.
My question is, is this promotion limited to certain phones? I really have my eye set on the Thunderbolt and I am wondering if when that phone hits it will let me lock myself into a new 2 year contract for the promo price of that phone like it would have the Droid X and iPhone.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Sounds like you ARE eligible for your annual upgrade (are you the primary, or only line on the account? IS you base plan $49.99 or more per month?)
You can get the 2 yr promo pricing on a new phone, you lose any additional $30 or $50 credit you may be eligible for, and there is a $20 upgrade fee. For some, it's worth that to get the early upgrade at 12 months rather than 20 months on a 2 year contract.
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