in this video i'm explaining verizon's new unlimited plans
plans so confusing not even verizon themselves
had the correct information displayed on their website on
day one and in fact they went back and revised
some of the terms and conditions that are especially
important for hotspot users in this video i'm explaining everything
you need to know about verizon's new plans and of course you can find
links to these plans and more down in the video description
if you're interested you can also check out my website bestphoneplans.net
where i offer a detailed breakdown of the features included with each of the
plans as well as the added perks with that
said let's dive into verizon's new plans and
how they compare with the old ones previously verizon
offered four different unlimited plans they had
their start play more do more and get more unlimited
plans starting at seventy dollars per month
and going up to ninety dollars per month it's important
to note all of these prices are listed with verizon's ten dollar auto
pay discount enabled and to keep things consistent i will
list all of verizon's plans throughout this
video with that 10 autopay discount enabled these plans were first
introduced on august 5th 2019 and were available through august
19 2020. these plans pack some interesting
features and perks so let's quickly go through them first
up was the start unlimited data plan this was seventy
dollars a month and included unlimited deprioritized data
a ten dollar add-on for getting 5g access
no support for the personal hotspot 480p video streaming
apple music free for six months and disney plus included for free
for one year the total value of these add-ons
was 144 next verizon had their play more plan this was 80 a month
and included 25 gigs of premium data 5g access
15 gigs of lte hotspot data and then unlimited hotspot data capped at 600
kilobits per second up to 720p video streaming an apple
music subscription included for free and disney plus included for free
for one year the total value of these add-ons
was 204 over the course of one year the do-more plan
included 50 gigs of premium data 5g access
the same 15 gigs of hotspot data before unlimited hotspot data at 600 kilobits
per second up to 480p video streaming apple music
included for free for six months disney plus included for free for one year
500 gigabytes of verizon cloud storage and
50 off a connected device plan again the connected device plans
include both tablet plans which are normally twenty dollars a month
or apple watch or wearable plans which are usually
ten dollars per month the total value of these add-ons for one year
was three hundred twenty four dollars and finally verizon had their most
premium plan available their get more unlimited
plan for 90 dollars per month this plan included
an impressive 75 gigs of premium data 5g access
30 gigabytes of lte hotspot data and then unlimited hotspot data at 600
kilobits per second up to 720p video streaming an apple
music subscription included for free disney plus included
for free for one year 500 gigabytes of verizon cloud storage
and 50 off a connected device plan the total
value of these add-ons was an impressive 384 over the course of one year
one thing i want to mention about the perks is disney plus was included for
free for one year the day it launched on december 12 2019.
that was an amazing perk again available for all plans
and you'll see why that's important in a moment now let's move on to verizon's
new unlimited plans these plans were introduced on
august 20th so literally just yesterday and i'll walk you through exactly all
the features that have changed right now let's start with verizon's
start unlimited plan pretty much everything remained the same
here except disney plus went from being included for free for
one year to being included for free for only
six months as a result the value add decreases
from 144 dollars down to just 102 next we have the play more unlimited
plan here the 25 gigs of premium data was
upgraded to 50 gigs of premium data unfortunately the apple music
subscription went from being included to only being included for free
for six months and finally the big one here is the disney plus subscription
went from being one year free to now being included for free
and it includes disney plus hulu and espn plus
overall the value add for play more increased from 204
to 216 so only a 12 difference but still an improvement over
a one year period next we have the do-more plan and
this also got some interesting changes unfortunately not for the best so the 50
gigs of premium data remains the same uh the big change here is 480p video
streaming is now increased to up to 720p video
streaming but a note here about video streaming on
verizon with all of verizon's new plans the
plans will default to 480p video streaming what you
need to do is go into your plan settings to enable
up to 720p hd video streaming when i chatted
with a verizon support representative they said you only had to do this once
so once you enable hd video streaming it will stay enabled but it is
interesting verizon is defaulting to 480p which in
my opinion is a move on their end to help try and
reduce the load on their network by default the
rest of the do-more plan remained very similar
unfortunately disney plus dropped from that one-year free trial
down to just a six-month free trial the verizon cloud storage
increased from 500 gigabytes to 600 gigabytes
and you still get 50 off a connected device plan
overall unfortunately the value add here actually dropped
from 324 down to just 294 dollars and to be getting the true
value add of this plan you would need to add a wearable or
connected device such as an apple watch or
tablet and you would need to take advantage of verizon cloud storage
i personally wouldn't recommend this as once your data is tied to verizon cloud
it would be a hassle to have to download it
to transfer it to a different service if you eventually decided to switch
from verizon but otherwise i don't feel the do-more plan
got very good improvements with these updates
the plan that did get some pretty good improvements was the get more plan
unfortunately the amount of premium data actually dropped here
went from 75 gigs down to 50 gigs 5g access
the 30 gigs of high-speed hotspot data hd video streaming
and the apple music subscription continue to be included with this plan
what got an increase was the disney plus subscription
this went from being free for one year to now being included
and it is disney plus hulu and espn plus similar to the do-more plan verizon
cloud also got upgraded to 600 gigabytes this brings the total
value add for one year period up from 384 dollars to a whopping
468 dollars so in my opinion the get more unlimited plan got some
nice added improvements unfortunately the do more unlimited plan
i don't think it got improvements i actually
miss the included one year subscription of disney plus
it is disappointing verizon dropped that down to six months for some of their
plans and the playmore plan did get some nice
improvements as well with the increase to premium data and
the included disney plus hulu and espn plus
subscription now the one big feature i want to touch
on is the mobile hotspot why do i want to talk about this well we
had sneed mobile tech from the smt nation
doing an excellent video talking about the phrasing
and wording verizon had originally used in their terms of service describing how
after 15 gigs of hotspot usage instead of being fully throttled to 600
kilobits per second if the tower wasn't congested and had
the resources available you would potentially get full speed lte
data as hotspot data completely unlimited
included with your plan another channel that was following this closely
was rv mobile internet resource center rv mobile internet resource center
even confirmed the change with a verizon pr
representative who authored the article describing the new plans now despite all
of this confidence going into these new plans and the
change with the hotspot terminology verizon actually reverted back to the
old wording we don't know if this was
miscommunication internally that caused a slight change
in the wording that was communicated to us which led us to believe as an
audience the hot spot features may have been changed or if verizon had
changed the plans and then decided to revert that change because potentially
customers could abuse or overuse the features and they
didn't want to add network strain to their network if
you're interested in learning about what the original wording was and how verizon
has reverted back on this change i'll leave links to sneed
mobile tech and rv mobile internet resource center
in the video description so you can check out their content and
their full breakdown what you need to know is hotspot is
exactly the same as it was before you get 15 or 30 gigs of high-speed
hotspot data and then unlimited hotspot data that is
capped at 600 kilobits per second now of these
plans and changes which verizon plan do i think is best
well honestly i think it is the play more unlimited
plan this plan got a nice improvement with the disney plus hulu
and espn plus subscription included for free and while
it is sad that apple music is now a six month free trial i do think
in general the play more plan is the best
overall value for most consumers and if you need apple music
then it's a no-brainer to upgrade to the get more unlimited plan
so you can get the extra hotspot data and you can enjoy the added features
of 600 gigabytes of verizon cloud storage and 50
off a connected device plan now one big caveat i want to point out here
is if you decide to take advantage of the value add perks
the free subscription to apple music and potentially the free trial to disney
plus those subscription services will auto
renew at their full price after your free
trial expires unless you live in new mexico where they
will automatically be cancelled but otherwise you're adding essentially
a 17 per month charge to your plan if you
choose not to cancel those services so on one
hand they seem like a really nice value add
but on the other hand once those free trials
expire your bill will suddenly shoot up by over
170 per year i'm not a big fan of this i
personally choose to purchase my cell phone plans
based on what the plan provides as opposed to what added perks and benefits
it includes but yeah something to be mindful of if
you are considering these plans are these plans any good in terms of the
rest of the industry i personally feel verizon's plans are
best suited for families or with those who have multi-line
accounts for individuals are these plans worth it
in my opinion nope i think the plans are too expensive
even with the added perks check this out you can actually get a 40
unlimited plan from visible and us mobile us
mobile with up to 50 gigs of lte data at the 40 per month price
point you can add on features such as disney plus hulu and espn plus
apple music and even amazon prime and you would still end up paying only
76 dollars per month and save yourself 48 dollars a year
compared with verizon do more or play more and remember verizon's plans were
listed with a 10 auto pay discount enabled
visible they include all taxes and fees and the cost of their plan
and us mobile you will pay probably like five to six dollars in taxes and fees
but the plan is still a really good value and if you don't need amazon prime
you'll pay only 63 dollars per month and save yourself
204 dollars per year now of course the best plan that works for you
will depend on what your needs are and what you're looking for
if you're looking to finance your device get access to post paid data priority on
the verizon network or if you already have a multi-line
account with verizon then yeah i think verizon is a really
great option they're a great option for some users
and in my opinion better suited for those with multi-line accounts
or family plans if you're an individual i personally think visible and us mobile
offer tremendous value and can help you save
a lot of money on your cell phone bill and listen
that's what i'm all about here if you're interested in learning more about
visible you can check out my visible review
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