experience with unlocked Verizon phones
My current phone is in its death throes and my Verizon contract has expired so I looking at the unlocked Verizon phones. Now before you start talking about Track Phone, etc., where we live Verizon is...
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On Verizon, once your contract expires, the only reason that you'd renew was to get a subsidized phone. But, I think that's gone now, and they lock you in by selling phones on a time payment plan.
Some phones bought outside Verizon may work (e.g. Google pixel bought from Google), or you can get a used one (I mentioned Swappa as a source for used phones). Then you just move the "SIM" card from your old phone to the new - that's it, other than installing apps, moving contacts, etc. You stay on a month-to-month contract. If the new one takes a different size card, you may need to go to a VZW store and get a new one, but it doesn't require signing a new contract.
Some phones bought outside Verizon may work (e.g. Google pixel bought from Google), or you can get a used one (I mentioned Swappa as a source for used phones). Then you just move the "SIM" card from your old phone to the new - that's it, other than installing apps, moving contacts, etc. You stay on a month-to-month contract. If the new one takes a different size card, you may need to go to a VZW store and get a new one, but it doesn't require signing a new contract.
