Verizon to do away with upgrades

[Drolefille]

Verizon is bringing its policy more in line with other carriers. Their New every 2 was WAY more permissive than AT&Ts which was closer to 18-20 months from the 13 months that I think Verizon started from. They've now switched/reverted to a similar time-frame. Additionally AT&T lets you get a phone at the "with a contract price" if you can renew but no extra upgrade credit.

So in reality, Verizon is ending a program that made them 'better' than other carriers, but is not currently 'worse' than other carriers in these regards. As someone who switched from AT&T to Verizon recently, this is not enough to make me upset about it.