...and there goes the 1 year contract

[David526]

As of April 17th, Verizon will no longer be offering one year contracts. I'm pretty sure this will be the final straw for a lot of people. It was THE only thing they had left at this point. I don't know whats happening with Verizon lately, but they are most definitely doing anything in their power to lock you down.

Verizon nixes the one-year contract option from April 17th - Phone Arena

[i_hiker]

This post raises some other questions. Are we VZW customers for the "contract" terms or the quality of the "service"?

The only thing a one year contract got you was a less than full retail price on a device with a shorter commitment. Two year contract gets you an even better price with a longer commitment. Frankly, I care more about the quality of my signal than any of the above.

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[valorian]

This by no means is making it simpler for the customer. I've never gone the one years route but I can see this upsetting a lot of people.

[cwt341]

ive never gone the one year route ether but have thought about it many of times.
i love the cell coverage that big red has but i love the 3G speeds of ATT

[supermario28]

Originally Posted by i_hiker

This post raises some other questions. Are we VZW customers for the "contract" terms or the quality of the "service"?

The only thing a one year contract got you was a less than full retail price on a device with a shorter commitment. Two year contract gets you an even better price with a longer commitment. Frankly, I care more about the quality of my signal than any of the above.

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This is true, I get some people that get upset about signing a 2 year contract but they have been with Verizon for 3 years, 5 years some even over 10 years! Is commitment that hard?

[valorian]

Originally Posted by supermario28

This is true, I get some people that get upset about signing a 2 year contract but they have been with Verizon for 3 years, 5 years some even over 10 years! Is commitment that hard?

+1

I've been with Verizon for a very long time. I don't have any plans of changing anytime soon so a 2 year contract is no big deal to me.

Verizon could be cancelling this because not enough people are choosing the 1 year option.

[bighap]

I have no intentions of ever leaving Verizon but this announcement sucks if you ask me. I had every intention of only doing 1 year contracts from now on, as you are extremely outdated in 2 years in the smart phone world. Paying $70 more for a device on a 1 year contract was worth it. I would have preferred if Verizon took the AT&T route and raised the 1 year cost by $50.

[ColdSunshine]

Originally Posted by i_hiker

Frankly, I care more about the quality of my signal than any of the above.

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^^ This. Coming from someone who had Sprint and no service to having Vzw and full 3G service, I'm with you.

Contracts don't bother me and never have. With the exception of the never ending string of sucky Curves I got from Sprint, I keep a phone until it breaks. I don't upgrade simply because I have to have the in device. My S2 fits my needs and will continue to do so until it dies. At that point, I'll probably upgrade to whatever touchscreen device is out there.

Aside from which, every other carrier with the exception of pre-paid ones has all but done away with one year contracts unless you want to get raped on the price of a new phone.

[Tiguere]

This is part of the duopoly that verizon and att and working on behind the scenes in order to squash sprint out of existence.

if that merge goes through ill dumping verizon and heading to sprint.

Verizon can take their lte 4g speeds and shove it.

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[supermario28]

Originally Posted by Tiguere

This is part of the duopoly that verizon and att and working on behind the scenes in order to squash sprint out of existence.

if that merge goes through ill dumping verizon and heading to sprint.

Verizon can take their lte 4g speeds and shove it.

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Ok Bye! Have fun!

[CarFan]

This news upset me. Until I realized I haven't renewed a contract in 3 years. I've been using several different BB purchased used on Ebay 8330>9630>9650. I'm now using a Palm Pixi Plus purchased new for 50 bucks. No contract.

Still, I was looking forward to signing up for 1 yr to get the upcoming Bold Touch. Not sure what I'll do now. i have a few weeks to decide. Toying with the idea of signing 1yr on HTC Thunderbolt. Selling it in about 9 months and using the money to finance the BT. There should be plenty in 3rd party supply channels by then. As you can see, I don't stick with one phone very long.

[MisterObvious]

Hmm. It's dumb but I dunno. I think it's because they have the iPhone they are doing this.

[organized_mayhem]

Originally Posted by MisterObvious

Hmm. It's dumb but I dunno. I think it's because they have the iPhone they are doing this.

Its the phone that changed everything. Literally

[lastraid]

I have been with VZW for over 5 years. I have had one customer ask for a 1 year contract

[dragonsamus]

I've never had a one year contract but having the option was always nice. I'm sad to see it go for the people who got them.

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