Is there an activation fee? I want to use this as a prepaid phone, not part of my Verizon family plan. I'm a bit confused as I've never used a prepaid/pay as you go plan before. Thanks!
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You just buy the phone from Amazon... I chose Amazon because I have Prime and the price was low... or buy from Verizon then choose a pre-pay. I use Anytime Minutes which is $0.99 a day (only when you use the phone) and $0.10 per minute, nothing else. This suited me but there are other plans as well... just go to Verizon and look at pre-paid and live chat with a rep and they'll explain it fully.
1507834
This phone actually has a basic $10 a month plan. And mine ended up being a pre-paid phone so it had to be unlocked from Verizon to be used on my plan. It's a great phone.
869021
I have been using the phone with a prepaid monthly plan. (Costs me about $54.) I would call their customer service regarding phone cards. And while this is generally a great phone, Verizon customer service SUCKS in my experience. And on top of that, I was actually told by a Verizon sales clerk at one of their stores that prepaid phones utilize fewer cellular towers, which may explain why my phone has little to no reception in an area, while my husband's T-Mobile prepaid phone was fine.
1338944
Your provider might charge you an activation fee. Check with verizon because they normally charge that fee.
291016
We purchased the phone on amazon to replace one my son broke on our Verizon plan. We were able to go onto Verizon online and activate it. There was no activation fee. The regular monthly payment as part of our share everything plan remained the same.
208649
I have a contract so I can't tell you if it will work with a no contract plan. I do know that Verizon will not activate a prepaid phone on contract unless the phone has at least 6 months of use as a pre paid. I tried buying a new pre paid and having it added to my contract and it was a no go. I would call verizon customer service and ask them.
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.
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I was able to activate my phone under the verizon plan that I already had. You will have to have some sort of plan/contract in order to use the phone.
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I think you have to buy a sim card... actually with Verizon accounts, that is included upon activation, so you don't actually pay separately for it. I LOVED this phone but hated Verizon. I would still be using it if I could put up with them!
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I believe they raised the $25 plan to $35 now. I currently own this phone on a pay as you go basis with $10 for 1000 text a month plan. I don't use many talk minutes (at most about $5 a month) because I usually text. So it runs me about $15 a month. I do have the option to change to a $30 a month plan which includes; 1500 text, 1500mins, and 30MB data a month, but I am happy with my current setup. I think this is the last of the phones that works with a grandfathered pay as you go plan. I hope this helps.
478755
It's not a prepaid phone. You may add it to your plan. We did without a problem.
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you can always call verizon and ask if they can use it as a pre-paid im pretty sure they use the same numbers to activate. but i wouldn't know for sure i activated mine with my contract plan.
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its 60.00 plus your rate plan to start with straight talk, we used verison and all it cost was the rate plan and a short call to get it registered and a number. I also hear that straight talk doesnt even work on these phones anyway. I love verison.
300427
Yes, you can activate it to your account. This model does require a data plan. Verizon may charge and activation fee, I'm not sure. Ususally you can call in to activate a phone but I'm not sure if they would still charge or not.Thank you for your interest,ClaytonMobilekarma
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If you have an AT&T; SIMM card, you simply place it in the phone. That's what I did. I'm not sure how you activate it under it's prepaid abilities.
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I do not know if it can be used as a pre-paid phone, but I have the $45 a month unlimited plan, and I did use the SIM card from an older phone, and it works. It can NOT be used with T-Mobile, or Consumer Cellular SIM cards due to the number that they use to activate the phone has a different type of activation set up number.
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I checked with Verizon and Jodie is correct. If you had both this and your contract phones for 6 months, then wanted to use this one on your contract (or regular account after contract ends), you could then switch it over. The prepaid is about as cheap as my new plan on Verizon (unlimited talk, unlimited text, 250M data), so I'll keep my plan as long as the current phone works and just switch over to prepaid and this phone with my number at that time.