Upgrade with a family plan

just have a quick question, I am in a family plan with my parents and brother, and I was wondering can i upgrade to the new iphone 4s if it hasnt been 2 years yet? my mom is the primary holder of the account. i have the iphone 4 now and would like the new iphone.
I do not want to transfer upgrade eligibility from other numbers. just wondering if it can be done if i renew my contract for another 2 yrs within the family plan.
Thanks

rjfjedi wrote:
i understand they want full price, but i would surely pay $199 for the phone now, having them make that off me. Instead i choose to not get it and they loose out on an easy $199 from me and i am sure many other people as well. i am very sure there are thousands of peope out there who would pay the $199 for the phone, but knowing they have to pay full price they opt out of spending any money at all. so in the end Verizon looses out , and i would say they loose out pretty big or the number of people who are choosing to not pay full price for the phone.
OK, so the retail price of the phone is $649. Lets say that Verizon has a 100% markup on the phone from what they pay for it. That means that they pay $325 for the phone, turn around and give it to you for $199. That is a LOSS of $125? How is that good business sense.
You may say "but I am signing up for a 2yr contract". In fact, you are already in a 2yr contract. Additionally, if you have the iPhone 4, that means furthest back you could have upgraded is in Feb of 2011, which is 8 months ago. In this best case scenario, you are only extending your current contract by 8 months, not 2 years.
Either wait until you are eligible for an upgrade, use someone else's upgrade or pay full price. Verizon is not going to let you upgrade this early, nor does it make sense for them to allow you to upgrade this early.

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Using upgrade from another family plan

My family has 2 family plans. 1 with 4 phones and 1 with 3 phones. All under same account person. Although, 2 seperate bills. Question, can i use a upgrade from one of the numbers on the plan that I am NOT on?

Probably not directly. The easiest way would be to just upgrade that line normally with your choice of phone, and then activate it on the line that used the upgrade briefly. After that, they have accepted the new contract and can swap back to their old phone, freeing the new device to be activated on any Verizon line.

If I use a family member's upgrade in the family plan, will they lose their unlimited data?

Hi there. So since my birthday is next week, and I'm on a family plan with my parents and 2 brothers, they're letting me use someone's upgrade to get the iPhone 5 since my upgrade isn't due until November. The upgrade that's available now is my older brother's. He is so paranoid that if I use his upgrade, he'll lose his unlimited data. Is this true? I know that I'll lose mine, which is fine, but he does a lot of stuff with his iPhone and doesn't want to lose it yet. So if I use his upgrade, will we both lose the unlimited data or just me?

scarletknights928 wrote:
Hi there. So since my birthday is next week, and I'm on a family plan with my parents and 2 brothers, they're letting me use someone's upgrade to get the iPhone 5 since my upgrade isn't due until November. The upgrade that's available now is my older brother's. He is so paranoid that if I use his upgrade, he'll lose his unlimited data. Is this true? I know that I'll lose mine, which is fine, but he does a lot of stuff with his iPhone and doesn't want to lose it yet. So if I use his upgrade, will we both lose the unlimited data or just me?
Actually the way I understand it, your brother will lose his unlimited data but you will retain yours.
Because the upgrade is coming from his line, that line of service must select a tiered data plan.
Your line is, in effect not changing (you will just be activating a different phone) so the data plan is not affected.
Hope this clears it up for you.
Good luck & Happy Birthday

Upgrade on a family plan

My husband and I currently have five lines on our account. We are still under the Nationwide 700 talk and text plan. My line is the only line that is a smartphone or that has any data, all of the other lines are basic phones. I'm thinking about upgrading one of the basic lines to a smartphone but my question is, will it throw us into the more everything plan? We currently pay $30 for 2GB of data. Would it be another $30 for another 2GB of data or no? Thanks for any assistance with this.

you can stay on your current plan. however it iwll add another 30 dollar data package to that line. you would have to do the math to see if it is worth switching to more everything. typically when you have a bunch of basic phones and only a coupel smartphones it is cheaper to stay on old plans, however if you have more smartphones than dbasic neew plans are generally cheaper.

No third-party upgrades with smartphone loyalty plan?

Hi,
I recently took VZW up on the offer of a $60 smartphone loyalty plan with a 1-year contract extension. They told me several times that I would keep my device upgrade option. Sounded like a great deal. I just tried to upgrade my device through Best Buy and was unable to do so. Their site, and representatives, kept getting the message "this carrier does not provide service to this number" even though it was the same cellular number I had held for years. They spoke to a Verizon rep. who told them that in order to release my number for their upgrade, I would need to switch to the Share Everything plan which, for the same service, would be $100 a month.
Is this true or was that representative mistaken? Has anyone else been able to do a third-party upgrade on the Smartphone Loyalty plan?
I really want to move on this. Best Buy has a Galaxy S4 free with a 2-year contract extension (the length of which is something I asked specifically about and was told any 2-year extensions would simply lock in the $60 price point).
I kind of feel duped if I am truly limited just to the VZW store. Please help :-/
Thanks,
Chris

However, if you actually extended your contract date, then you would not be eligible for an upgrade at a subsidized price until that date.
When you look on your MyVerizon site, what is the date show for upgrade eligibility and also for contract end date?

Not Allowed to upgrade to Family Plan and get Iphone?

I have a single line right now, and I attempted to go through my account and "upgrade to a family plan," but when I get to the page where you select the new phone for your second line. The Iphone is nowhere to be found! It allows me to process any other phone with the upgrade to a Family Plan, except the Iphone. When you click the link on the front page to "buy it" it takes you to a whole new set up that only allows you to add an additional line, but no option to add it to a family plan. Is verizon not allowing upgrades to family plans and adding a line with the Iphone? Or will I have to brave the store lines to get this done?

jilltcnj wrote:
I have a single line right now, and I attempted to go through my account and "upgrade to a family plan," but when I get to the page where you select the new phone for your second line. The Iphone is nowhere to be found! It allows me to process any other phone with the upgrade to a Family Plan, except the Iphone. When you click the link on the front page to "buy it" it takes you to a whole new set up that only allows you to add an additional line, but no option to add it to a family plan. Is verizon not allowing upgrades to family plans and adding a line with the Iphone? Or will I have to brave the store lines to get this done?
I would go to a store, I think it's just where they have the iphone in a link by itself right now instead of with all the other phones, I would almost be sure you can do this in store without a problem at all. Some people are saying there are actually no lines at stores they've been at so you may get lucky and not have a line at your local verizon store.
Johnita

Questions on porting family plan lines and a prorated final bill?

Hey there! I've done some searches on the board before posting and encountered tidbits of information I found useful, but I couldn't get all of my lingering questions answered from older posts so here's my situation:
My number is the primary number on a family plan (3 lines, mine included) with Verizon, and I'm considering porting it along with the two other lines elsewhere. All three lines are no longer in a contract and are month-to-month (the 2-year agreements ended many months ago and none of the lines have been upgraded or anything since then). I'm planning to move them all to separate prepaid services through another carrier.
I'm doing my best to gather enough information about how to go about moving all three of these family plan lines with the least amount of hassle , so I've got some questions I hope I can get answered. Thanks for any assistance!
This is my understanding:
-I'll need to contact my new carrier to have a given number ported, correct? And that line will be subsequently cancelled on Verizon's end, with no ETFs since none of the lines are tied to a contract?
-Should I port the second and third lines first and not port the primary number (mine) first, so asto not cancel all the lines of service before they're ported? I'm okay porting one number at a time AKA separately instead of all at once if that simplifies the transfer process.
-When the porting process takes place and my Verizon service is cancelled, does Verizon prorate the remaining days on my billing period from the date it's cancelled, or do they still bill up to the end of the cycle? I hear it's better to wait until the end of my billing cycle (which for me is the 9th of every month) to initiate the transfer(s) so that I don't have any billing issues, but moving all three numbers on one day (even separately) sounds kinda daunting.
-Do the phones I currently have under Verizon simply "disconnect" or deactivate once service is cancelled? Will they no longer be associated with my family plan lines and therefore be free to be resold or handed off to other family members who are using Verizon? I notice many phones on eBay/Craigslist list a "cleared ESN" as a requirement for someone to activate a used phone on Verizon and wanted to know what that was about.
Thanks for any help on these concerns!

michae2414 wrote:
Hey there! I've done some searches on the board before posting and encountered tidbits of information I found useful, but I couldn't get all of my lingering questions answered from older posts so here's my situation:
My number is the primary number on a family plan (3 lines, mine included) with Verizon, and I'm considering porting it along with the two other lines elsewhere. All three lines are no longer in a contract and are month-to-month (the 2-year agreements ended many months ago and none of the lines have been upgraded or anything since then). I'm planning to move them all to separate prepaid services through another carrier.
I'm doing my best to gather enough information about how to go about moving all three of these family plan lines with the least amount of hassle , so I've got some questions I hope I can get answered. Thanks for any assistance!
This is my understanding:
-I'll need to contact my new carrier to have a given number ported, correct? And that line will be subsequently cancelled on Verizon's end, with no ETFs since none of the lines are tied to a contract? All correct - the port happens via the NEW carrier.
-Should I port the second and third lines first and not port the primary number (mine) first, so asto not cancel all the lines of service before they're ported? I'm okay porting one number at a time AKA separately instead of all at once if that simplifies the transfer process. You can do it this way - but based on your next question, you wouldn't want to do it this way. You can't do both!!
-When the porting process takes place and my Verizon service is cancelled, does Verizon prorate the remaining days on my billing period from the date it's cancelled, or do they still bill up to the end of the cycle? You have already paid for the current month's service - you are billed in advance for the coming month. What WILL be billed is any texting, roaming calls, data charges, etc, that have occurred during the month that were NOT billed in advance. I hear it's better to wait until the end of my billing cycle (which for me is the 9th of every month) to initiate the transfer(s) so that I don't have any billing issues, but moving all three numbers on one day (even separately) sounds kinda daunting. But YOU don't have to do anything - your new carrier will deal with it, and it seems to me it would be better to end the service on all three at one time, since it is one account. You can ask your new carrier what they recommend. There should be no issues with porting all three lines at once.
-Do the phones I currently have under Verizon simply "disconnect" or deactivate once service is cancelled?Yes - once the number is ported to the new carrier, the phones will no longer work until they are activated with another number. Will they no longer be associated with my family plan lines and therefore be free to be resold or handed off to other family members who are using Verizon? This is correct, and another reason for doing the port at the end of a billing cycle. Issues have come up with transfers done mid cycle - and because the account had been billed and paid for the full month's service, the phone's ESN was not released until the end of the billing cycle. I notice many phones on eBay/Craigslist list a "cleared ESN" as a requirement for someone to activate a used phone on Verizon and wanted to know what that was about.
Thanks for any help on these concerns!
It may take several days for the numbers to fully port over and have all services working correctly, and for the old phones to be fully "released" from your account to be used on another Verizon account. I would wait a week or so after the port, then call CS and check the ESN status of the old phones to see if they are "clear".
Hope this answers most of your questions. Post back if you need further clarification.

Moving from Family Plan to Individual

I've gone to three different Verizon Stores and have been given three different answers - none of which are helpful. Maybe someone could give me an answer here?
I am currently on my family's shared plan, and I want to switch to an individual plan and upgrade to a Droid 2 (aka much higher payment and more expensive phone). But I am not eligible for an upgrade until May 2011.
The first employee I talked to told me that this cannot be done, unless I agreed to pay full retail price for the phone with a new contract.
The second employee told me that this could be done at new 2 year contract price, but I would have to get a different number.
The third told me that if changed to an individual plan on my current phone, gaining financial responsibility of my account, then I may be eligible for an upgrade to a smartphone early.
I just can't believe that Verizon is unwilling to help, when I'm trying to spend more money with them!
If anyone could help me, it would be greatly appreciated!

k_fuller87 wrote:
I've gone to three different Verizon Stores and have been given three different answers - none of which are helpful. Maybe someone could give me an answer here?
I am currently on my family's shared plan, and I want to switch to an individual plan and upgrade to a Droid 2 (aka much higher payment and more expensive phone). But I am not eligible for an upgrade until May 2011.
The first employee I talked to told me that this cannot be done, unless I agreed to pay full retail price for the phone with a new contract. If you are not eligible for an upgrade till May 2011, then what the rep said is correct - to upgrade through Verizon you would pay full price for the Droid 2.
The second employee told me that this could be done at new 2 year contract price, but I would have to get a different number. Also correct - you do nothing with the family plan, leave your line there (let someone else have that phone and number) and start your own account with anew number, and a discounted Droid 2.
The third told me that if changed to an individual plan on my current phone, gaining financial responsibility of my account, then I may be eligible for an upgrade to a smartphone early. Also true...
I just can't believe that Verizon is unwilling to help, when I'm trying to spend more money with them!
If anyone could help me, it would be greatly appreciated!
Not sure what you want to hear...all that the reps told you are options for you.

Family Plan help!

So I'm currently on a Family Plan with 4 other phones.. mine making the total 5. Right now all of us have basic phones. However, I have an upgrade coming up in a couple weeks and am wanting to get a smartphone but be able to stay on the Family Plan as well.
Can I add a smartphone to the Family Plan, and still have the messaging and minutes billed as they were before: to my parents; yet have the data billed to me? I have a couple friends who have VZW and have their account set up this way, but when I called customer service, they said that wasn't possible. Finally, I chatted with customer service online and they said this was very possible, and I have the transcript saying so.
So I'm confused, can I switch to a smartphone and still share the messaging and minutes with the family plan as I did before, but pay for my share of the data without having to transfer money every month to whoever pays the bill?
Thanks for any help!

UOducks wrote:
So I'm currently on a Family Plan with 4 other phones.. mine making the total 5. Right now all of us have basic phones. However, I have an upgrade coming up in a couple weeks and am wanting to get a smartphone but be able to stay on the Family Plan as well.
Can I add a smartphone to the Family Plan, and still have the messaging and minutes billed as they were before: to my parents; yet have the data billed to me?Verizon only sends 1 bill for an account. How you decide to pay it is up to you, though. I have a couple friends who have VZW and have their account set up this way, but when I called customer service, they said that wasn't possible. Finally, I chatted with customer service online and they said this was very possible, and I have the transcript saying so.If your friends say they get a bill for only a partial amount due each month, I would highly suspect this. Have them SHOW you the bill before you actually believe them. I would believe that it is more than likely that they can just sign into My Verizon and pay what they have been told to pay by the account owner. You can make your own My Verizon account for each line on the account an then go in and pay whatever amount you want. You will not get a separate bill for each line, though.
So I'm confused, can I switch to a smartphone and still share the messaging and minutes with the family plan as I did before, but pay for my share of the data without having to transfer money every month to whoever pays the bill? Why should it matter WHO you make the payment to, just as long as you make the payment. Verizon will accept a payment from whoever wants to make it.
Thanks for any help!

IPhone & Family Plan

Hello. I really need help here. I need to find out some information about prices.
1. How much would it be with a family plan of 1400 shared minutes with one iPhone and two normal phones along with unlitmited texting for the iPhone?
How much monthly, though. Not at the start.
Also, I do not currently have AT&T, i'm switching so is there a difference in price there?
also how much is the average govenrment charges + surcharges?
Thanks in advance!

http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/specials/iPhoneCenter.html
The 1400 FamilyTalk plan is $129.99/month.
It only includes 2 lines...one additional non-iPhone line is $9.99/month.
Unlimited messaging is $19.99/month.
So that adds up to $159.97.
As for taxes and fees, those will vary by your location. You can get an estimate of what they will be by going to http://www.wireless.att.com/customerservice/additionalcharges and putting in your zip code.
If you are still in a contract with your current cellular provider they will charge you a fee for early termination of the contract. This fee is typically $175 - $200.

Family Plan: 2 iPhones - 1 Computer

I'm just about ready to buy my 2 iPhones (for me and my girlfriend), and I'm going for the family plan, plus unlimited texting for the both of us, which would be an additional $30, if I'm correct.
What I'm thinking about now is the activation. If it helps to answering my question, I own a 2nd generation Mid-end MacBook, my girlfriend a 1st generation iMac 17-inch. We don't live together.
Okay, now my question is how the activation of two iPhones work through the Family Plan using one computer (my MacBook). I'm guessing I plug in both iPhones to my USB ports, occupying the only two that's there, and I just go through the whole process like normal? But, the thing is, how does the second iPhone get activated? I mean, will activating one iPhone with a Family Plan detect the other one that I have plugged in? Or do I have to activate them individually?
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I'm sorry if I'm not making any sense. It's hard for me to explain. I'm want to get through this activation thing w/o any issues whatsoever so I can just go ahead and use them immediately. I really don't want to have to go back to the Apple store or AT&T to sort this out.
Thanks in advance.
Harold

I think this is going to work OK, considering what I've read above. But if you'd indulge me so I could clarify my understanding of this.
I've had an iPhone for a couple of months now, and my son, who lives in another city, is getting his mom an iPhone for Mother's Day. I have the single-user AT&T plan, of course. If I understand the above correctly, in order to add the second iPhone to my account and change the account to a Family Plan, I would:
• Dock the new iPhone to my computer, using my iTunes account.
• At the appropriate prompt, select the option to add the new iPhone to an existing account.
• Follow directions to convert that account to a Family Plan (according to whatever options I choose).
• Let the iPhone activate, then check my AT&T Web page to make sure my wife's name appears as the primary user.
Correct?
I'll also need to add the ability for her iPhone to make calls to The Philippines, but I assume I'll do that by later calling AT&T and requesting that service.

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I purchased a new iPhone through upgrading one of the phones on my att family plan. when I receive the phone how do i switch it to another phone number on my plan I want to use it with?

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How to upgrade a family plan with 2 new droid x phones and iphones on same plan?

I am having trouble figuring out a way to renew my family plan with droids X and iphones on the same contract. I can do it at a Verizon store but the they charge 150 per droid x phone . There are on-line places that let me upgrade to a droid X for free but they do not sell apple iphones. Any ideas? I need 4 phone two droid X and 2 iphones. I know the iphone is 200 everywhere.

Whenever you upgrade, you DO NOT have to do it all at one time, nor all at one place,. Were in America, the freedom to choose your Upgrade time and place

Upgrading Multiple Phones on a Family Plan

I have been reading through posts on these forums and have yet to find a concrete answer to my situation. My wife and I have the nationwide family talk 700 plan and she is the primary number. When I login to our account online, it says that we only have 3 months left in our contract (up on 3/14/2011). When I click on upgrade it says her phone can be upgraded now at a discounted rate, but not my phone. We both want to get a Droid and add a data plan, however I would like to get the Droid R2D2 phone soon before they stop selling it as it is listed as a "limited edition" model. So if I were to use her line to get the phone now and activate it with my number, would she still be eligible to upgrade her phone on 3/14/2011? It is a little confusing to me that her phone is upgradeable now, but mine is not. Can someone verify my thought process here and let me know if what I am wanting to do is feasible? Also please point out any caveats with this process that I failed to realize. I understand that I will also need to add an additional data plan to our bill for each smart phone we activate. Perhaps this R2D2 phone will still be around in March and I should just wait to upgrade both at the same time??

Mags wrote:
I have been reading through posts on these forums and have yet to find a concrete answer to my situation. My wife and I have the nationwide family talk 700 plan and she is the primary number. When I login to our account online, it says that we only have 3 months left in our contract (up on 3/14/2011).Each line has it's own contract - but if you got the phones together originally, then you would both have the same end date. When I click on upgrade it says her phone can be upgraded now at a discounted rate, but not my phone. The primary line is eligible at 12 months fro an annual upgrade - you can get a new phone at the two yr contract price, a $20 upgrade fee, and no NE@ discount is given, and the primary line's contract is extended two years.
We both want to get a Droid and add a data plan, however I would like to get the Droid R2D2 phone soon before they stop selling it as it is listed as a "limited edition" model. So if I were to use her line to get the phone now and activate it with my number, would she still be eligible to upgrade her phone on 3/14/2011?If you use HER upgrade now, then her line will not be eligible. However, your line will remain eligible for upgrade on 3/14/11, so she can use YOUR upgrade and activate the phone on her line.
It is a little confusing to me that her phone is upgradeable now, but mine is not. As explained above, the primary line is eligible for an ANNUAL upgrade, if the base plan is $49.99 or more - there is an additional $20 fee and the NE2 discount is forfeited till the next go round.
Can someone verify my thought process here and let me know if what I am wanting to do is feasible? It is. Also please point out any caveats with this process that I failed to realize. I understand that I will also need to add an additional data plan to our bill for each smart phone we activate. Perhaps this R2D2 phone will still be around in March and I should just wait to upgrade both at the same time?? You can dwait....but your plan as outlined above will work too. If the R2D2 is no longer available in March, you won't be kicking yourself....

Switching to AT&T with family plan -- need multiple iPhone 4's

We are currently Verizon customers coming to AT&T for the iPhone 4. We want to get three iPhone 4's, along with another regular phone, and put them on a family plan. My son lives 4 hours away, and won't be able to come to the local AT&T store on June 24 to get a phone.
Because of the limit of one per customer, can my husband and I each pre-order a phone and then still buy an additional iPhone 4 for my son at the AT&T store on June 24?
Could my son pre-order an iPhone 4 and have it shipped to my address for me to have activated with the other phones? He is not planning to transfer his number, the rest of us on the plan are.
Since he's not porting his old number, could he pre-order and have the phone shipped to him and then add it to our family plan once we've activated our new phones? Or do all the phones on the plan have to be activated at the same time and place?
Any information would be appreciated -- thanks!

AT&T has a whole upgrade and new account guide on its website. Looks like new accounts can order one per person in line but only one per account online. Existing accounts can order one new iPhone per line (numbers with AT&T accounts). Nothing has been released about Apple's pre order policy.

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