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[diamondsndaisies]

I am looking into buying an ipad and a new iphone in the next 6 months or so and I am curious about the verizon edge program. I have read all of their FAQs and they don't answer any of the questions I need answered. So does anyone around here use it? It looks like to me that you end up paying full retail price for the device or close(75%) whenever you get a new phone. The 2-yr contract price is around 40% of retail, so I don't see an advantage to this other than you make payments on a phone and nothing upfront. So its pay more upfront and total cost is less and keep your phone for 2yrs or pay less upfront but total cost is more and you can get a new phone whenever you want? 

What do you guys suggest? Can someone give me some details that they don't answer in the FAQs?

[piccyami]

I'm on AT&T, but we use the same plan. It was cheaper for us because we get a $15 a month discount per line ($25 for 10gb plans) and we don't buy the really expensive brands. I also like the fact that I'm not tied into a contract and just have to finish paying for the phone if I want to go to a different company.

[Unknown]

We looked into it as well, but determined it wasn't going to save us any $ so we just paid for the phone and kept our same plan.

[mrss44]

Mar 17, 2015 12:49:35 GMT -5 Unknown said:

We looked into it as well, but determined it wasn't going to save us any $ so we just paid for the phone and kept our same plan.

+1

[longhornwino0907]

We did the edge plan this time around. It allowed us to upgrade earlier, since both our phones were giving us trouble, plus with the zero interest financing of the phone (which is basically how it works), DH figured it was better to do that than to pay more upfront for new phones. It wouldn't have been full price upfront, but it also wasn't going to be the upgrade price because it wasn't quite time. If that makes sense.

And Unknown, on a side note, I LOVE your siggy pic! The pup looks like mine. So sweet!

[ghostmonkey]

Yay reddit.

www.reddit.com/r/verizon/comments/2gwq3q/verizon_edge_is_it_worth_it_or_is_it_a_scam/

[motleycrew90]

When we joined Verizon we just paid for the phones and did a two year contract. H is to hard on his phone to do the program.

[diamondsndaisies]

Mar 17, 2015 13:01:19 GMT -5 ghostmonkey said:

Yay reddit.

www.reddit.com/r/verizon/comments/2gwq3q/verizon_edge_is_it_worth_it_or_is_it_a_scam/

I have never heard of reddit, but thanks for the link. 

[ghostmonkey]

Mar 17, 2015 14:11:48 GMT -5 diamondsndaisies said:

Mar 17, 2015 13:01:19 GMT -5 ghostmonkey said:

Yay reddit.

www.reddit.com/r/verizon/comments/2gwq3q/verizon_edge_is_it_worth_it_or_is_it_a_scam/

I have never heard of reddit, but thanks for the link. 

[diamondsndaisies]

Mar 17, 2015 14:19:05 GMT -5 ghostmonkey said:

Mar 17, 2015 14:11:48 GMT -5 diamondsndaisies said:

I have never heard of reddit, but thanks for the link. 

[grneyes]

We just switched to Verizon edge. Basically, I found it's worth it if you want to upgrade your phone. I just got the iPhone 6 and because of the way they do the new pricing ($15 a line + $25 phone credit for new phone, instead of $40), I don't have to pay the $200 for iPhone 6, so my bill is exactly the same price it was before upgrading. I also got a $50 gift card at Best Buy for upgrading (paid for the taxes on the phone and leftover money went towards a new case). I did have to give them my old iPhone to upgrade early (they let you do this at 18 mos now if you switch to the edge program). Hope that helps.

[paloslee]

Verizon user here and I pay way too much! I only have phones.

[ghostmonkey]

Mar 17, 2015 15:17:34 GMT -5 paloslee said:

Verizon user here and I pay way too much! I only have phones.

Did you even read what she was asking?

[ceejay]

I remember considering Verizon Edge the last time we upgraded our phones. We don't use a lot of data and we don't really care about having the ability to upgrade phones more often, so for us, it wasn't worth it to do the Edge program. I can see how it would be worthwhile for some (as explained very nicely in that reddit link!) but it wasn't worth it for us.

Do the math for your self (based on your monthly data usage and which phones you're considering) and see if you'll save money or not on the Edge plan.

[diamondsndaisies]

Thanks everyone. I currently use less than 2gb of data a month so I'm not seeing the benefit of switching.