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Reminder: Buying Verizon Phones Online Instead of In-Store Will Now Save You $20

Kellen April 18, 2019

When you buy a new phone at Verizon, the $800 price tag of the phone and the two years worth of service payments are not enough for the mega-carrier to get by. On top of your bank account emptying out for the latest Samsung or Apple device, Verizon charges you...

Verizon is Reducing Activation Fees to $20 as Long as You Avoid Stores (Updated)

Kellen April 16, 2019

UPDATED 4/18: The new upgrade fee levels are live. I promise you that title is correct. Verizon will drop the activation/upgrade fee for devices to $20 starting Thursday, April 18, if you buy them online or within the My Verizon app. That's according to reddit...

Verizon’s Upgrade Fee Bumped to $30, 2-Year Contracts Also Gone for Existing Customers (Updated)

Kellen January 6, 2017 219

Verizon snuck in a couple of changes this week while CES announcements were dominating headlines and we thought you might want to know about them. For one, the upgrade fee that you pay every time you buy a new phone has increased. Also, existing customers no...

AT&T Wastes No Time Matching Verizon’s New $20 Upgrade Fee

Kellen April 6, 2016 114

On Monday, Verizon introduced a new "upgrade fee" for those customers who buy new phones on device payment plans or at full retail. We spent a good handful of hours over the past week trashing all over the fee, because it seems like an incredibly slick move...

Verizon to Introduce $20 Activation Fee on Device Payment Plans Starting November 15 (Updated)

Kellen November 11, 2015 168

November 15 is shaping up to be quite the day for Verizon. Not only are they increasing unlimited data pricing by $20 per month, but sources of ours have also been told that they will start charging a $20 activation fee on device payment plans. That may not...

AT&T Raising Upgrade Fees to $45, Will Add $15 Activation Fee to Next and BYOD Customers on August 1

Kellen July 21, 2015 122

According to sources, AT&T will raise its activation/upgrade fees for customers when signing one and two-year contracts, but also add-on an activation fee for AT&T Next and Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) customers, starting August 1. The new activation/...

Verizon is Raising Upgrade and Activations Fees to $40

Kellen January 28, 2015 202

Yesterday evening, a source of ours tipped us to a potential increase in Verizon's activation and upgrade fees that would go into effect February 5. The rates would increase from $35 and $30 up to $40, respectively. While we were unable to verify with a second...

FYI: AT&T’s Activation Fee for 2-Year Contracts is Now $40

Kellen June 13, 2014 57

In case you are an AT&T customer who purchases discounted phones on new 2-year contracts, you should know that your activation fee is now $40 instead of $36 when upgrading phones. That's right, AT&T has raised their activation fee, a fee that doesn't...