I have a phone but im in the middle of my plan and i CANT STAND the phone i have. how much would it cost to get that phone cancelled and keep my number for this phone on my family plan. I dont know what the right word is but i want to change the services from my current phone to a new phone thats like $50.How much does it cost to change my phone (Verizon)?If you justtt want to change phones... you just have to pay w/e the phone is worth...
If you are saying u want to cancel your PLAN... and transfer to your family plan... verizon charges about 200 dollars for cancelling a PLAN b4 the 2 years are up...
So if its just the phone u want to change.. just buy a new phone and activate it to ur old #... (the upgrating a new phone part is free)How much does it cost to change my phone (Verizon)?$50 sounds like the upgrade price for a phone. If you are under contract with the current phone, you will not buy a new phone for the reduced price. But, essentially, all you have to do is get a new phone and swap it out. The number and plans will remain the same.How much does it cost to change my phone (Verizon)?If you are about half-way through your contract, you probably will not have to pay the full ETF (Early Termination Fee) It will probably be a little over half of the $200 that was likely on your contract.
At that point, you are %26quot;Free and clear%26quot; of Verizon, and still on good terms with them, and at that point your family can add you as an additional line on their family plan. If the family's plan is on another provider such as T-Moble, AT%26amp;T etc, the process is slightly different if you want to keep your number.
In that case, you go to the other cell provider, add a new line to the family plan, and tell them you want to %26quot;Port%26quot; your old number. You'll pick a new phone, pay any necessary charges and the new provider will do a request to Verizon to get your old phone number. As soon as the number is ported to your new service provider, your contract with Verizon is automatically cancelled, then you need to go to Verizon to pay your ETF.
If you are moving to a new provider, I would highly suggest calling Verizon to check what the ETF is going to be, so you don't get any nasty surprises.
If, on the other hand the family plan you want to move to is also with Verizon, then go into a store and explain your situation to them. Since you'll still be a Verizon customer they may work with you a bit to keep you as a customer and might reduce the ETF even further. A lot of that will depend on what phone you purchased with your original contract. Some phones are subsidized by the carriers a *lot* more than other phones. If your phones was a %26quot;Free%26quot; or $10/$20 with new 2 year contract kind of phone, they may not have been subsidizing the phone nearly as much as if the phone you purchased was a higher-end smart phone that they were selling for $199 with a 2 year contract. (Droid, Blackberry, windoze mobile etc.)
Also if you are moving from one Verizon plan to another, the %26quot;porting%26quot; of your number is instant. If going to another service provider, the porting process can take anywhere from 20 minutes to 24 hours - Typically under an hour. Again, do NOT cancel your existing contract without having already activated your new phone or you'll loose the number.
(I suggest going to a company store, not an authorized reseller such as bestbuy. You can find one on Verizon's web site. The reason is that an actual Verizon owned store may have a bit more pull with customer service..)
