{"id":447387,"date":"2010-03-17T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:feeds.phonedog.com:\/\/4adb91beb3ce10e84950e2d140032148"},"modified":"2010-03-17T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T20:30:00","slug":"article-verizon-offering-early-upgrades-to-select-featurephone-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/447387","title":{"rendered":"ARTICLE: Verizon offering early upgrades to select featurephone users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/r.phonedog.com\/shared\/images\/2010\/3\/96858-Verizon-3G-Upgrade-Offer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but there&#8217;s nothing like a little mid-afternoon rumor to tickle my fancy.&nbsp; The gang at BGR received intel today regarding a Verizon Wireless early upgrade program.&nbsp; It&#8217;s taking place in select regions across the US, and while there are restrictions, it offers certain customers the ability to upgrade to a smartphone.&nbsp; Obviously, the plan is to get basic and featurephone users to upgrade into a smartphone (and subsequently, a $30 monthly data plan), but for those that already wanted to upgrade, this might be the perfect opportunity.&nbsp; Like anything in this world, there are stipulations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>User can not already have a 3G smartphone<\/li>\n<li>User will not be eligible for another upgrade for at least 12 months<\/li>\n<li>Eligibility and NE2 dates will be extended 20 months<\/li>\n<li>Customers can&rsquo;t already be eligible for a standard upgrade<\/li>\n<li>Can only upgrade once during period<\/li>\n<li>Can&rsquo;t be combined with other offers<\/li>\n<li>Unlimited ($29.99 minimum) data plan required<\/li>\n<li>New two-year agreement must be signed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to the source, the promotion is for Sam&#8217;s Club and Target kiosks only (which makes sense, given the &#8220;eROES&#8221; moniker in the document &#8211; eROES is the Verizon lookup tool that indirect locations use).&nbsp; Rumored markets eligible for the promotion include Northern California, Central Texas, Upstate New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>For those in the test\/launch markets, how does it sound?&nbsp; Are you going to upgrade to a smartphone, or hold off for a while?<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boygeniusreport.com\/2010\/03\/16\/verizon-wireless-to-offer-early-upgrades-for-some-feature-phone-users-headed-to-a-smartphone\/\" >BGR<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sprint.com\/4G\" ><em>Powered by Sprint 4G<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/8QWzz0GBepVAVLysOp285GtGXNg\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/8QWzz0GBepVAVLysOp285GtGXNg\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/8QWzz0GBepVAVLysOp285GtGXNg\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/8QWzz0GBepVAVLysOp285GtGXNg\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/phonedog_cellphoneblog\/~4\/lmWjCCcyCA4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but there&#8217;s nothing like a little mid-afternoon rumor to tickle my fancy.&nbsp; 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