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Question

Verizon edge plan

by Nov 18, 2015 1:04PM PST

Why is no one talking about the change in the edge plan. You now have to pay 100% of the phone before you can get a new now. They went from 50%, to 75% and now 100%. Why would you stay with Verizon

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One reason.
by Forum moderator Nov 18, 2015 1:09PM PST

Coverage. If they have coverage where I use it, that's the main reason. The days of subsidized phones are closing. It's not as if we didn't see this coming with 99 to 199 dollar great phones out there. These subsidized plans had you paying nearly double or more for your phone. Why would you want that?

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But....
by girlelephant Nov 18, 2015 1:16PM PST

When phones do not last more then 1 year, why would I want to not be able to get a new phone after 1 year?

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That's news to me.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 18, 2015 1:36PM PST

My son has a Samung that is 2+ years old. The other son has a 5 year old HTC One (cost was 99 bucks way back when) and my BLU phones are just over a year old.

I can't guess why your phones are not lasting over a year.

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Understand
by girlelephant Nov 18, 2015 1:42PM PST

My son and I have Droid Turbo's. The upgrade to Lollipop caused so many disruptions to the phone. Before that there were many glitches. With new technology always coming out, why would't I want the latest and greatest. Maybe our problem is with the Motorola product. Its what we have always had, and they need to be replaced yearly.

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AHA. That issue.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 18, 2015 1:53PM PST

I'm a bit lucky in our office writes Android apps so the disruption does not happen. Mostly for the reasons I know too much. So I'll share.

1. BE BRUTAL about installed apps. Really be brutal. Wipe them all out. Only install that handful you use.
2. When an update like that comes down, don't ask why, but clear caches. It's all over the web how. But they rarely tell you why. I'm just going to leave it as just do it.

Maybe this will help?

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Motorola
by girlelephant Nov 18, 2015 1:59PM PST

Good advice. There are so many apps on the droids that you cannot get rid of. I would love to chuck most of them but you can't.

I feel Verizon lied to me, and I don't want to wait 2 years for a phone.

If you had to choose, AT&T to T-Mobile? What new phone would you recommend. I tend to read all CNET's reviews and trust what I read.

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For me, it was Ting.com
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 18, 2015 2:18PM PST

You can read more about that on Ting.com or CNET:
http://www.cnet.com/news/five-reasons-to-consider-bringing-your-smartphone-to-ting/

For me the GSM works best where I live so for not much I got a Ting.com SIM and for phones, well there are so many nice phones. Due to how my office works Android apps we have a pile of them. I carried some BLU's (the 150 to 199 buck models) and now have a really nice LG G4.

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Cell-Phones-Accessories-Unlocked/zgbs/wireless/2407749011 was a surprise as I see a lot more BLU models listed today. I won't give the nod to the really cheeps so for smart phones, those at 90 and up bucks.

By apps I meant those we install. For the others I've found I can disable many. If I don't use it, it's disabled.

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Thanks
by girlelephant Nov 18, 2015 2:27PM PST

Appreciate all your help. I was researching the LG G4, Samsung S6 and edge, and reading about the HTC One A9. That one at least comes with Marshmallow.

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