Look, Prepaid has been like this since day 1. Prepaid is for people who don't need all the extras, don't want contracts, and are content with just having service and using their phone and going through life. It's laid back like that. More Everything plans are geared towards those who don't need a security deposit, or aren't worried about a year without that sum of money, it's for people who need 25GB of Verizon Cloud space, or NFL Mobile, or a set limit of International min/texts, or a loyalty points program. Outside of that, ME Plans offer more data and line discounts after contract and on Edge. The coverage area is almost identical between the two options. If you don't need 6GB of data, or a new flagship and can survive on 3.5 GB or less or have an old contract phone like I do to bring along, then Prepaid is the way to go. Sure, the support options are either nil or include long wait times on chat and phone, and you will find no support for prepaid from vzw reps here in the forum other than to refer to the phone number for Prepaid or *611. Think about the differences in features and the difference in money. I pay $35 a month less than a person on More Everything with 2GB, and in turn, they pay $35 more a month than me for NFL, a loyalty points reward very few find favor with and 25GB of cloud space for which I have double that with Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive. Only other diference is the My Verizon app....Prepaid doesn't have a widget.......
Look, Prepaid has been like this since day 1. Prepaid is for people who don't need all the extras, don't want contracts, and are content with just having service and using their phone and going through life. It's laid back like that. More Everything plans are geared towards those who don't need a security deposit, or aren't worried about a year without that sum of money, it's for people who need 25GB of Verizon Cloud space, or NFL Mobile, or a set limit of International min/texts, or a loyalty points program. Outside of that, ME Plans offer more data and line discounts after contract and on Edge. The coverage area is almost identical between the two options. If you don't need 6GB of data, or a new flagship and can survive on 3.5 GB or less or have an old contract phone like I do to bring along, then Prepaid is the way to go. Sure, the support options are either nil or include long wait times on chat and phone, and you will find no support for prepaid from vzw reps here in the forum other than to refer to the phone number for Prepaid or *611. Think about the differences in features and the difference in money. I pay $35 a month less than a person on More Everything with 2GB, and in turn, they pay $35 more a month than me for NFL, a loyalty points reward very few find favor with and 25GB of cloud space for which I have double that with Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive. Only other diference is the My Verizon app....Prepaid doesn't have a widget.......
On my phone I have a My Verizon app that is weird that yours doesn't. And you are right Prepaid is the way to go I don't see the appeal for contracts. I guess for those that have to have the latest device but I am perfectly content with my Moto G 
. I just wish we got slightly more data on the plans for prepaid.
Snn5 wrote:
Dustin001 wrote:
On my phone I have a My Verizon app that is weird that yours doesn't. And you are right Prepaid is the way to go I don't see the appeal for contracts. I guess for those that have to have the latest device but I am perfectly content with my Moto G . I just wish we got slightly more data on the plans for prepaid.
You don't have to have a contract, just have to bring a compatible device with you to sign up. Otherwise you have to go contract or Edge.
Or purchase full retail.
No, I don't think 1GB is ridiculous.
I am using My Data Manager. It counts MMS as data, so I know my Verizon use is always lower than reported. Verizon reports about 25MB used this cycle.
