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Verizon Offering Early Upgrades to Current Customers? Posted in News & Rumors on 12 Nov 2009 13:04 by Adam Zeis | 
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It looks like some of you original BlackBerry Storm owners that are looking to upgrade to a new Storm2 may be in luck. It seems that Verizon is sending out emails to some customers letting them know that they can upgrade early at no extra cost to a shiny new Storm2 to or a even a DROID (if you want to defect to the dark side). No major details on the promo or who exactly can upgrade, but good news regardless. The new device will be subject to a 2-year contract and come with a $100 mail-in rebate. Thanks to everyone that sent this in. Bookmark/Search this post with:
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why you got to attack our droid like that
Dark side = COOL SIDE.
LOL
Now they do it..oh well
Here we go! This should be good...........
hmm the decision to upgrade might end up being there, but 179.99 for a new storm or 199.99 for a droid is still a little high ... I can hold off on my storm for now :)
Sounds like a great deal. Same thing AT&T did. If you had the iphone 2g you could upgrade to the 3g for the discount price. Way to go verizon. Now just loose the $350 ETF.
From what I can tell, if you order online and you are eligible for the upgrade, you get the discounted price without the mail-in rebate.
Maybe now the Storm1 users will stop complaining.
I did it, got myself a Droid. The Storm2 *yawn* as far as I'm concerned, same old, same old.
You can also get the discounted price at Best Buy. They don't do mail in rebates on phones there, you get it straight out.
So, now I sell my old Storm on eBay and make up some of the difference.
The BlackBerry OS is getting stale and outdated. Sure it looks a bit more flashy than it used to but does it really do much more than OS 4.5? Is the 5.0 UI a vast improvement over 4.5? I haven't played around with 5.0 yet myself but from everything I have seen, it doesn't look a whole lot different. Can you completely customize your home screen, move items around wherever you want, etc? No. Can you navigate the BB OS as fluidly as on the Droid or Pre? No. The media player leaves something to be desired on any BB I've used and the browser is horrible. Hopefully RIM's acquisition of Torch Mobile improves the browser.
The Droid I think is going to be a game changer and a worthy competitor to the iPhone. IMO the Droid has a much better UI than the iPhone and any BlackBerry. I've used the iPhone and really, I didn't like it all that much. I've tried out the Pre and liked the UI of it much better than the iPhone. I've tried the Storm and it doesn't improve much over any other Blackberry. The Droid UI looks like it takes the cake though and I can't wait to try one out.
speak for yourself
Wow! Great argument!
Yours is equally tired.
Take note, Vodafone.
Same company. Vodafone pretty much owns half of Verizon.
I hope they do
i've had storm 1 since last Nov and I didn't get this email.
I was talking to a manager at the Verizon store last week and he mentioned that at the 1 year mark they are now letting people upgrade. This does of course extend your contract another 2 years from the date of the upgrade, but now you no longer have to wait until you are close to the 2 years.
I, too, have heard this from the mouths of a few VZW employees. Apparently, if your plan is high enough (the number I've heard is $59.99/mo), you can upgrade your equipment 12 months into a 24 month contract for 2 year pricing.
You can, but your new every 2 credit resets as well, you have to wait until 20 months into a 2 year contract to get the new every 2 credit.
With family plans only the primary line can upgrade every 12 months, but again, you won't get the new every 2 credit.
all the lines get new 2yr contract pricing annually it has been that way for the 6 years I have been with Verizon. They sent me a similar email for the whole second year of my contract on the primary line but advertising the storm 1 for 50 bucks and something else.
You must be lucky because I called twice and couldn't get a yearly upgrade. In purchasing a Storm on the family plan delivered Dec. 1st I am eligible to upgrade August 1, 2010. Unless I add a line and do a switch-a-ro on lines and phones.
I just got a text from VZW about this today.
I got the promo mailer yesterday. FWIW, I got my Storm 1 in February of 2009.
I want this deal with Telus! PLEASE TELUS!!!
Telus should wake up for sho.
They are always last...
they should do it for BB Tour owners too.
I just call to upgrade. Got my Storm 1 in March. Verizon rep just call me back to say my new Storm2 will only cost $100.
Did you call a specific store or the main Verizon number? I purchased my Storm around the same time. Were you a new customer then or did you do an upgrade?
I call the 1-800 number listed on in the email. I'm not a new customer, upgraded to the Storm 1 on the NE2 on March 31. the Verizon rep said this was only being offered to a limited number of people.
phones are even cheaper. storm 1 for $.01. storm 2 for $149.99. the brand new tour 9630 for $49.99.
i would be tempted to buy storm 1 if i could get an internet only plan.
I stood in line overnight for the original Storm when it first came out. So far I have yet to get this offer. I really don't care though, as I'm content with my Storm.
I'd really love to have the Droid (haven't played with the Storm2 yet though), but at those prices it's not worth it to me.
Maybe a stupid question but is it for current storm owners or for anyone that bought a storm thru verizon but have since put another phone on that line? Would be nice.
I just called Verizon and they say say no nothing about this
Lets see if I buy the Droid I have to get a new charging stand base for the phone. If I get the Storm 2 I can , no wait I have to buy a new stand for it also as my Storm 1 stands won't work. Thanks RIM! So lets see, be a Beta Tester for Motorola or for RIM again. I think aftermarket support will be much better for the Droid, so the Droid it is!
its a different phone what do you want
I just got the Storm 2 even though my upgrade date was in January. Got in on the Buy 1 Get 1 Free.
How early are we talking here? You can already upgrade early if you do the "New Every Two" program. I can upgrade in Apr 2011 even though I started my contract in Aug 2009.
I just called VZW and the rep had no idea what I was talking about. Guess some of you are just lucky!
The Storm2 isn't much better than the first gen. Storm2 still has tons wrong with it. I think the best upgrade is the screen and 4 button contact. Forget upgrading at that price.
I got the flyer in the mail 2 days after a Verizon rep told me that I wouldn't be eligible until late December, and even then I'd have to pay a $20 upgrade fee! When I received the flyer, I went straight to Verizon to see if it was legit, and it was! The rep said, "I don't know why you're so special, but not everyone gets one of these." In any event, I now have my new Storm 2 (which I L-O-V-E!) and have sold my 2 week old newly replaced (for free) Storm! Life is good sometimes!
im so done with my storm. how can i sign up for the early upgrade to get a droid?? i will even give them this pos back for free!
I dont think this is worth it, i played with my buddy's storm2 and it's nice but it just isn't better than the first storm on 5.0 (by a large enough margin) to make it worth it to buy one. The ads i've seen for the storm 2 around my area (LA county) are just storm 1 adds reposted. It's a bummer that RIM lost its momentum with the storm 1 issues that they had to slide the storm 2 in with little advertising.
Completely agree. I commute from West Covina to Santa Monica and every sign that I see is the same Storm 1 advertisement. It even says Storm1 on the billboard. Also one is Pomona on the 57S @ Temple with the same Storm1 advertisement. Their marketing is trash.
The Droid does not have Blackberry Messenger. That feature kills all phones by far. Say what you want about the Storm family but they are awesome. I still have my original Storm from Nov 08 with 5.0 and I love it. I do want the storm 2 now since it has so much more memory. :o)
Blackberry Messenger is the ONLY reason why I have not left the blackberry family. I'm on my 9th blackberry (3rd tour) all gone back because of poor quality control/design.
me and my wife use bbm quite a bit (or at least try) and half the time it doesn't work. I got a message from her one day that she had sent TWO OR THREE days prior! On top of that she had sent others over those few days that I did recieve.
I don't know how many others have this issue, but to us bbm is very unreliable.
HI ALL JUST CALL THE VERIZON REP AND ASK THEM I DID
I did they said there is no such deal. So I don't know