Boy Genius Report has received screenshots showing Verizon Wireless' upcoming cell phone plan changes. The new plans will take effect on January 18th. Users have long complained that while Verizon may be the best when it comes to coverage and service, their prices are far from affordable. It seems that this may still hold true, even with the changes coming to their plans.
Below are the pictures taken from BGR. You will notice that Verizon has added a pre-paid service, ranging from $44.99 for 450 minutes of just talk, to $94.99 for unlimited talk and text. The big change is in their data plan pricing. Now, certain phones are required to be activated with a data plan. For $9.99 a 3G enabled multimedia phone (such as the enV3, Alias2, etc.) will get 25MB of data, plus pay-as you go data for $1.99/MB. A 3G enabled smartphone (such as the Droid or BlackBerry) will require a $29.99 unlimited data plan.
With a teenager you need texting (it is a way-of-life)...so the package is unlimited texting, pics, and internet on one phone and 1000min. (no roll-over) for ours (2 cells, total).