do you have to pay for it monthly because it does say verizon
50687
No, you don't have to have service, unless you want to, you can use wifi, or get a monthly plan
50688
Yes, it is $30 a month thru Verizon, you have to take it to get the 4G card put in, or that is how I wanted mine to work, needed the hotspot for laptop to work also when not at home, we take both the laptop and tablet, I hope that answered your question.
50689
Not unless you want to use it when you don't have WiFi access. Just use your phone as a hotspot if you can and connect to it that way.
50690
No only if you use for work or away from wi-fi there are new carriers like AIO that you can use if you do not want to use Verizon.
474851
No, they told me at verizon that you have to use it as a prepay for 6 month before you can use it with an existing number
1859694
I do not have monthly bill, this is a prepaid phone. I like the phone, it is small and practical for my needs.
1507834
This phone actually has a basic $10 a month plan. And mine ended up being a pre-paid phone so it had to be unlocked from Verizon to be used on my plan. It's a great phone.
1342942
No you have to pay for the app and I found that this was additional expense monthly that I did not want to maintain. I returned it
1027398
I think you have to buy a sim card... actually with Verizon accounts, that is included upon activation, so you don't actually pay separately for it. I LOVED this phone but hated Verizon. I would still be using it if I could put up with them!
2045283
You do have to pay for the phone and the service but not the activation. You have to pay extra for voice mail and if you use the operator.
1942616
Hi Sue, The phone has to be bought as a designated, Verizon "pre-pay" phone when you purchase it. There's no changing a phone over, ie like one you already own. I bought this phone specifically as a pre-paid. $53.04 unlimited text, talk and web.I have my payment set up as an automatic payment and Verizon gives me a $5.00 credit a month. Verizon is the best and is used by the US government! BTW. I love this phone, I have literally beat the daylights out of it and she still works! Good luck.
1358694
yes but need to ask them to activate it for you since you will not have the PIN. they did that for me and i only had to pay the month fee for plan i picked.
471906
Its not paid up front it costs a monthly fee. You can connect to wi fi at places that furnish it like business that offer it free. Otherwise you have to pay for it through Verizon or any others that offer the service you pay for.
1771725
I went to the Verizon store and they set it up for me. They gave me a new Sim card and created the account but I insisted that I would pay for the service only when I needed it rather than when they set it up. They also initially told me there would be an activation fee each time I used the service. Obviously that would be ridiculous and they read further and determined this was not the case. I'v esuccessfully used the device several times now only, adding funds only when I need to use it.
967836
Nope. Verizon is telling me I need to use it for 6 months first on a prepaid plan. Then I can switch it to a contract plan.
308290
We went with a pay as you go plan through Verizon. The plan is unlimited talk text and 2gb of web. and we pay a fair price each month. and we are not locked into a contract. That's the best part.
480882
No.. This is the wifi version. No monthly contract. You can use anywhere that has a Wifi hotspot (including your home).
1906313
That would be a question for either the seller or service provider. I don't know since we use Verizon
2127592
just go to the carrier and get one. For instance when I bought my phone it didn't come with one so I went to Verizon and got one. Since I was a customer it was free but it only cost 5.99 for a non customer.
1433157
The only reason it doesn't because Verizon wants to bleed the consumer to death. I'm surprise they don't charge for just holding the phone. Verizon's phones are actually dumb phones, not smart.