I have a Bionic and I am eligible for an upgrade on 14 May. As an officer in the Army my phone is not just for personnal use but also work. Verizon Wireless is unable to upgrade a device early. I am having the same issues as most other people have reported since the forced upgrade. I can pay $150 to cancel my contract but i cannot get a discounted price on a new phone. So I guess the best bet at this point would be to cancel my contract and turn arround and either go to a new provider or really show them how stupid this is and resign with verizon for less than the cost of a new phone. However since verizon does not value its customers the best option is probably to share my money with another provider and hope they know what customer service is.