Guest necosino Posted September 9, 2009 Report Posted September 9, 2009 (edited) First posted here: Yesterday, Verizon unveiled the Samsung Rogue, the first feature phone on the carrier to require one of two new data plans: $9.99 per month for 25MB, and $19.99 per month for 75MB. There's no way to avoid those, like you can with, say, the LG enV Touch (pictured), which has a third $1.99-per-megabyte option in addition to the two new data plan prices. But there's a deeper issue here. Is there no longer a way to get unlimited data with Verizon feature phones? I asked a Verizon spokesperson to comment. This is the answer I received: "We've never had an unlimited data plan option for feature phones. Unlimited data plans are only available for BlackBerry and other smartphones. Customers pay $29.99 or if they are on a server or need corporate access $49.99. Feature phones will continue to offer the $1.99 per megabyte per month option but customers can choose one of the other two plans if they like. The only phone that requires one of the new data packages is the new Samsung Rogue we announced today. Going forward, phones will be identified as requiring a data package but existing customers do not have to make any changes unless they want to do so." This is false. Verizon had the Vcast VPak, which cost $15 per month and offered unlimited megabytes of data transfer. Before that, they even had the $5 Mobile Web option. What gives? I'm still waiting for a response to my follow-up questions. Of course, this is the carrier that pioneered lying about unlimited data plans, so I guess this is par for the course. Edited September 9, 2009 by necosino
Guest Astrall Posted September 9, 2009 Report Posted September 9, 2009 The Omnia II is a smartphone, the new plans are for feature phones.
Guest metalzoic Posted September 9, 2009 Report Posted September 9, 2009 (edited) The unlimited data plans are still included for feature phones with both the connect and premium plans. The $9.99/$19.99 data plans are for people on basic or select plans that don't wish to upgrade their plan. Really all they did was make it a requirement to have a data plan on these phones, probably because people rack up a huge bill when they don't have a data plan and then call in and bitch. Edited September 9, 2009 by metalzoic
Guest necosino Posted September 9, 2009 Report Posted September 9, 2009 Ah, haha, I was thinking Feature phones, like phones that they feature as a special, or new release or something like that.. /facepalm Good thing I left! lol..
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