Can it be taken to Verizon and activated on existing account without delay?
2038913
You can do it yourself from home, go to Verizon website, and it tell you how to activate. That's how I did mine. It took five minutes.
2038914
Yes, be sure to take your account information with you. That will save a whole lot of time and hassle.
818758
I know this is an old post, but I figured I would throw the answer out there. Due to Verizon's desire to screw their customers over at every opportunity, this phone is not able to be activated on a contract plan immediately after purchasing it here. Sure, you could go to Verizon and pay the full MSRP on these lumps of crap, or you could buy it here for a somewhat reasonable price. If you buy it here, though, you must wait for 6 months before the phone can be activated on a contract account. To put it differently, the phone, as you would purchase it from this very product page, would absolutely work on the contract plan, but Verizon will not allow it until 6 months have elapsed from the date of purchase.
185409
Yes you can activate and use with existing contract.That is what we did. Phone was like new and is still working great.
474852
NO,I made the mistake of purchasing this same phone to replace an old phone I have with Verizon. When I kept having trouble trying to activate it, I called a Verizon Rep. & he said unless the phone has been used on a "Prepaid" plan for 6 months, they can't connect it to your Verizon acct. I had to return it and get one that wasn't "prepaid". Make sure you read all the fine print in the item description. If you find one that's not "prepaid" as I eventually did, it will work just fine.
1701867
It is already activated. If you have an unlocked phone, after you put in the sim you can make calls right away even in the US, just dont pick it up as it will be long distance call.
979499
If you have an existing Verizon plan already, activating the new phone is quite simple. All you need to do is call *228 and press 1 for activate, from there just follow the prompts. You can also go to any Verizon store and they can activate the phone for you as well as transfer all of your contacts over to the new phone.
300426
I apologize for the late reply but Yes, you can just activate this phone without being charged or renewing your contract.
970231
I activated mine. I had to take it to verizon and get a SIM card though. The fee for the card is $5.00. If you have the same phone already just slide the sim card out from above the battery in the back of the previous one and replace in new phone and turn on. Everythg should just transfer over.
2215275
Everything I've read from Verizon says yes, but I would take this phone to a VZW store before activating it and have them help with the transfer.
1885534
No. I haven't done a pre-activation, but I do "exchange" my phones for ones that are already on a contract, or used to be contract. As with what Silverfox stated, the contract expired several years ago and Verizon allows switch/transfer/exchanges of phones bought outside of Verizon without any hassles.
1806166
You can transfer your existing number or get a new one. They gave me one with my current area code. Not sure if you can pick the area code. I would call them BEFORE you decide to activate anything because it's non-refundable. Also, get ready to be frustrated. Their customer service is terrible.
228276
We were able to activate our Pantech aircard via telephone with a Verizon representative. If you already have a Verizon account I would think you'd be able to activate the device online after logging into your Verizon account and adding the device to your account.
1771725
I went to the Verizon store and they set it up for me. They gave me a new Sim card and created the account but I insisted that I would pay for the service only when I needed it rather than when they set it up. They also initially told me there would be an activation fee each time I used the service. Obviously that would be ridiculous and they read further and determined this was not the case. I'v esuccessfully used the device several times now only, adding funds only when I need to use it.
286198
you can activate the phone on your own, it's easy. or you can always go to VERIZON, there is no charge. whatever is more comfortable, i've done both in the past....
1869753
I'm just looking to make sure that your account doesn't have a balance due that will keep me from activating this phone on my account. That happened with the last used phone that i purchased on Amazon.
186273
it is not a prepaid phone, and yes you can activate it to your current verizon wireless plan, i bought this phone for my mother and had no problems connecting it.
1044528
It is not a prepaid model. Ours was activated immediately we just went to the Verizon store and it was easy! Good luck.