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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 is Killing 2-Year Contracts on January 8 (Updated)

Kellen December 30, 2015 45

AT&T won't offer 2-year contracts to existing or new customers come January 8. The news comes via internal documents sent to Engadget, but we can independently confirm the change as it was relayed to us over a week ago from a source. According to leaked...

Wednesday Poll: Month-to-Month or Contract?

Kellen December 16, 2015 160

Last year around this time, we asked all of you to weigh in on your current wireless situation. We kept it simple, only asking if you were in some sort of month-to-month type of plan or if you were locked into a contract. The vote showed that most of you (59%)...

FYI: Verizon Killed the 2-Year Contract With Its New S-M-L-XL Data Plans

Kellen August 7, 2015 353

Verizon is done with 2-year contracts. That also means they are done with subsidized (discounted) phones in exchange for you signing up for two years of service. Starting August 13, Verizon's new S-M-L-XL plans are your option when you decide to become a...

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/...

Motorola Drops No-Contract Moto X (2nd Gen) to $299, Offers Free Trial Program for 30 Days

Kellen June 15, 2015 58

Motorola just announced a limited-time deal on the Moto X (2nd gen) that gets you the phone for $299 (after $50 rebate), but also lets you try it for up to 30 days "risk free." They are attaching this deal to the idea of people buying phones without a contract...

AT&T is Moving Away From 2-Year Contracts Starting June 1

Kellen May 19, 2015 199

Once June 1 rolls around, it's going to be harder than ever to sign-up for a new 2-year contract at AT&T and buy a phone at a low subsidized price. According to multiple sources of ours, the wireless carrier will begin transitioning to a world where...

Tuesday Poll: Contract or Month-to-Month?

Kellen December 9, 2014 207

Over the last couple of years, we have really tried to open everyone's mind to the idea that there are options outside of carrier contracts and the subsidy phone discount. From covering the best prepaid providers to talking about full retail phone prices and...