Phone died 2 1/2 months til upgrade

My pantech perception recently died and after trying all of the do it yourself fixes it looks like its completely shot, I went to a verizon store and said theres nothing they could do in regards to an early upgrade so i'm currently using a prepaid tracfone. I'm wondering if anyone else has been in a similar situation and what if any are my options, thank you.

The future of phone buying is full price and off contract. Call yourself a forward thinker and consider buying at retail.this would also mean you can request the out of contract discount on your line.

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I've had the original Droid since 6/2010. I would be due for an upgrade soon, but my mom used it a few months ago. Her upgrade isn't until November, according to the My Verizon app on my phone. I'm not the account holder so I can't see on the web site.
Anyway, my phone isn't going to live that long. Any chance they would let me upgrade now?
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Your best bet is probably to go into a Verizon store and talk to someone (I've heard calling in works too but I've never tried that myself). You might be able to get someone to help you out. I was talking to one store person and they said basically that they can't do anything for you unless you have less than a year on your contract (which you do). From there, it's typically up to the store whether they want to help out or not (they usually budget some money for circumstantial upgrades or to waive certain fees, give accessories, etc).
That said, typically, phones can't be discounted past a certain point and sometimes, they'll try to make it up in other features, accessories, etc. So even if you can't afford the full or "discounted" price of the phone, they might be able to help you out in one form or another.
Another option for you to get by til November is to take your mom's old phone, if it's in worse condition than yours. Or have your mom use her old phone and YOU take her new upgrade that was actually YOUR upgrade. But that's between you and your mom (and if she's paying the bills, you don't have a whole lot of leverage on that one).
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The early upgrade applies to individuals on a base calling plan of 49.99 or greater and the PRIMARY line on any family plan (secondary lines aren't eligible) assuming your signed up on My Verizon and allows you to get a new phone every 12 months at the 2yr contract price. As for NE2, they're getting rid of the added discounts(currently $30 or $50 depending on how much your plan is, decreased from $50 and $100 a few years ago) on individual and primary line on family plans. The change on 1/16 will get rid of those benefits for new customers and allow 1 last annual upgrade or NE2 discount if you upgraded prior to that date. So you could technically upgrade now (prior to the 16th) and still have an annual upgrade or NE2 discount a year or two down the road. Beyond that, everyone will still be able to upgrade at months $20 for the 2 yr contract price.

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My mom and I are on the same account and both have the same phone - HTC Incredible 2. Neither of us have had any issues with the phone whatsoever until recently. Both of our phone's charging port won't charge anymore. With only having to do little research, I learned this is a common problem with the HTC Incredible 2. Other than the broken charging ports, both phones are in great shape for being almost 2 years old. I don't have insurance on my phone, my mom does on hers, received a replacement phone but learned the one she received would be more trouble than it's worth so returned it and kept the Incredible 2. Being that the charging ports are broken, we both had to purchase an extra battery and external battery chargers. Anyone who has had this problem knows how much of a pain it is to not be able to charge your phone without having to take the battery out and switch to another one. There's no way to charge on the go. We have been loyal customers to verizon for many years and really would just like a month early upgrade. Our regular upgrade date is May 11, 2014 and was hoping to maybe atleast get a month early upgrade. Being that there is only about 2 months left until our upgrade, I see no point in forking over $300+ to get a new phone to use until the upgrade time and also see no point in doing the Edge program being that we don't generally even care to upgrade early. i get that verizon is pushing the new Edge plan so are stricter on early upgrades more so than in the past but I would hope that there would be some exceptions at their discretion. I've heard of people occasionally being able to get an early upgrade by calling customer service, etc so would just like to know if anyone has any suggestions. I will not join Edge and will not fork over hundreds of dollars to use a new phone for 2 months. I would hope that Verizon Customer Service would be a little sympathetic to their customers. The better the service, the more likely the customers are to stay.

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It does not cycle off like it does when the battery goes dead or when I turn it off.
Just goes black in the middle of what I'm doing.
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