Can I cancel service on a cellphone and still continue to pay off phone?

[redsoxgirl582]

Long story short I need to cancel service on a cellphone that is on our plan however we want to keep the phone because we have a lot on it that we don't want to lose.  Will verizon let us keep the phone as long as we pay the last 5 months of payments on it?  They only have about 5 months left of payments on it before they own the phone outright.  

[vzw_customer_support]

So long as a device is paid off, we do not require it back. EstevanC_VZW

[rcschnoor]

Keep in mind if you cancel service on the line, the full amount left on the device payments will become due immediately.