Verizon Plans to Add 2. Upgrade Fee to Off Contract and Device Payment Phone Purchases. According to a leaked document obtained by Mac. Rumors, Verizon is going to introduce a new upgrade fee on April 4 for device payment plans, full retail upgrades, annual upgrades, and the i. Phone Upgrade Plan at Apple Stores. The fee will be 2. Verizon needs help covering increasing support costs associated with customers switching their devices. Before April 4, the only fees you had to pay when getting a new phone at Verizon were during initial sign up or when signing a new 2 year contract. If you bought a phone on a payment plan or at full retail, they spared you the activation or upgrade expense. Apple Watch Series 3 LTE Plan Prices on Verizon, ATT, Sprint, TMobile, Bell, EE, and Deutsche Telekom Thursday September 14, 2017 1052 AM PDT by Joe Rossignol. With Groupon Coupons, saving on your next Verizon Wireless phone or service plan is easy just click on one of the Verizon Wireless promo codes or offers on this page. I was in the market for a new cell phone and service provider over the weekend and I had narrowed my options down to Verizon or Cingular ATT. Ive had both. Bell is Canadas largest telecommunications company, providing Mobile phone, TV, high speed and wireless Internet, and residential Home phone services. Spared youhah. But now, even if you buy a phone at full retail at a Verizon store, which means spending around 6. Verizon is going to slap you with an extra 2. Verizon. Another way of putting that is, they are charging you 2. IMEI switch on your account that is automatic when you, yourself, put your currently activated SIM in your new phone and sit back as the automatic process completes. For comparisons sake, AT T charges 1. Sprint according to Verizons document charges 3. Bell Cell Phone Activation Fee' title='Bell Cell Phone Activation Fee' />Verizon Plans to Add 20 Upgrade Fee to OffContract and Device Payment Phone Purchases. ClassZone Book Finder. Follow these simple steps to find online resources for your book. Extralarge packages will be charged an additional fee between Nov. Dreamcast To Playstation Converter on this page. Dec. 23. T Mobile doesnt charge a thing. At this point, the best way to avoid paying the upgrade fee is by buying phones anywhere but at a Verizon store. If you buy a phone outside of their walls, you wont be charged the 2. Customer Provided Equipment category, or BYOD. Weve reached out to Verizon looking for confirmation and will update this post. UPDATE Verizon confirms that the new fee is coming April 4 and has issued this statement to us. The upgrade fee helps cover our increased support costs associated with customers switching devices. Customers can pay the charge when they upgrade, bill it to their account or trade in an old device to offset the cost. The fee for upgrading on device payment is still half of the two year contract upgrade fee. UPDATE 2 Weve gathered some of your best responses to the news in a single post here.