I've got a couple questions for anyone that might know, though not all specific to smart phones.
My family wants to add me to their Verizon plan so they can cut off the land line, and adding a phone would only be $10/mo more. BUT... they want to give me my mother's old phone, which is a few year old pink flip phone. (the interface confuses her)
So if I want to switch to another phone (or if my mother did, for that matter), is there a way to do that without signing a new contract? Moving contacts and such over isn't an issue, just getting the new phone setup to work on that number. I know if you were to go to a Verizon store and tell them you want a new phone, they'd make you sign a new contract, extending the length of your plan. Is that mandatory, or just a salesman pressure tactic to keep you signed up? What if I go out and buy a phone they support, but not from them? (like buying an iPhone at an Apple store, then wanting to use it with an existing Verizon plan)
Similarly, I've heard Verizon requires a data plan with smart phones. Is this on a per phone basis? Maybe a per account basis? My father's phone is an iPhone, and he already has a data plan. I'm not that interested in having one if I do go with a smartphone.
