“Question about this deal vs straight from Verizon Directly through verizon, they offer their own device payments system for about the same cost over 2 years, but not attached to a contract. With a phone on their 3gb plan doing that, monthly bill is $20 line access + 45 for 3GB data, unlimited talk/text. How does this plan through Best Buy differ? It looks like paying $349.99 and then 2 years of $32/month on Verizons device payment is paying an additional $349.99 for no reason? Also they seem to charge $40 for line access instead of $20 for contract phones.”
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I am just a Verizon customer and have nothing to do with Best Buy or Verizon in any way, but I think I can give you some info. I think the confusion is that you are looking at two different plans. The contract plan is the $349.99 down and then the $40 line access fee. You do not pay an additional $32 a month on top of the $349.99. The Device Payment Plan is where you would put $0 down and then pay $32 a month. The line access fee is then $20 instead of the $40 (it is how Verizon is trying to get the cost down to compete with the other carriers). With the contract plan you are in it for 2 years and have to pay an early termination fee if you decide to upgrade or leave Verizon before that time. With the Device Payment Plan you are basically buying the phone, at full retail, spread out over 24 interest free payments. You are not under a contract and can buy out the remainder of your Device "loan" at any time if you want to upgrade or leave Verizon. I am not 100% sure, but I think the plans are the same at Best Buy and Verizon. I think Best Buy is just giving you a wireless charger and a gift card to win your business. I hope that helps a bit.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.In the Best Buy deal the $32/month is the price of the phone divided by 24 months and that's all you pay for the phone. It's basically the same as not having a contract because you can upgrade anytime you want, as long as you pay off the balance of your current phone. The line access is then reduced by $25 which in the case of some phones (priced$25/month)would leave you paying the same amount on your bill with the purchase of a new phone. I initially thought the same thing about paying extra for the phone but you actually pay less. The $349 is the old contact upgrade price plus the normal line acces fee. With the new device payment plan you will only pay roughly $168 over your regular bill for two years for a phone that costs $32/month. You can normally walk out of the store with a new phone by only paying the taxes on the price of the phone. Remember the phone is $32 and the line access is reduced by $25 .....(32-25 =7) and (7×24=168) $168 is basically the total you pay for the phone over 2 years as opposed to $349.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The phone is actually close to $800.00. When you add the $349.99's together, you get the total price of the phone. The plans are the same no matter what. Try one of the new packages.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I went from a finished contract verizon S4 paying $40 for the phone / line plus I had to pay $200 upfront. $40 x 24 months = $960 + $200 upfront = $1160 Verizon gives current customers a $25 discount to go to the monthly payment plan $40 - $25 discount = $15 + $33 monthly phone charge = $48 x 24 months = $1152 (no upfront cost)
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.best buy will do a price match on the phones just let them know what your seeing from there ads
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The phone is $50 cheaper at best buy mobile and they will take any old smartphone for $200 and throw in a free wireless charger. I dont understand how people think device payment is a better deal. I walked out paying $150 for the 64gb and my bill is $19 cheaper than that monthly device payment. $19 x 24 months is $456 savings and I outright own my phone. I was in the next day to get accessories and I watched all the mindless sheep get hooked into obtaining a more expensive plan because "Oh look honey, its no contract."
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Hello, I'm Chris, an employee of Best Buy Mobile. Regardless of payment, buying this phone is a contract through Verizon Wireless. The difference as previously stated is that you either own the phone, or, are "renting to owning" the phone per say. Hope this helped!
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