Verizon Prepaid Cell Phone Plans

1 - Coverage, Plans & Phones

2 - User Reviews & Questions

Prepaid cell phones from Verizon have great coverage. These plans (formerly called Inpulse) come in a few flavors: Single Line Plans, Family Plans and Plans for Tablets and Jetpacks.

But before we look at the plans lets check out the...

According to Consumer Reports, Verizon has the best coverage overall nationwide. Since all Verizon prepaid phones are now 4G LTE phones, let's see if there's any difference between what Verizon calls their 4G LTE coverage and their Prepay Voice/Data coverage.

As you can see below, the two maps from 2019 look identical.

The difference between contract and prepaid might be that the prepaid is now only restricted to the 4G network, while contract plans allow you to use their other networks or roam on other networks.

When we lived in the Chapel Hill, NC area we checked out the coverage: looking east to Wilmington Beach, Kittyhawk and the Outer Banks, coverage was pretty good with thick bands along most of the highways, with coverage even in the Outer Banks. They also provide a national coverage map. You are only considered to be roaming when you are outside their digital coverage area for your plan. So you can be outside your local area, but as long as you're within their national digital network, you're not roaming.

If you live in a sparsely populated area, then you might be better off with a standard Verizon contract plan with the slightly better coverage because you do need to be able to make your calls.

All in all, the coverage today is better than ever and should continue to improve. In 2017, Verizon signed a three-year $1.05 billion agreement with Corning so they could continue to expand their wireless broadband network through 2020.

So now let's look at the Verizon Wireless Prepaid Plans.

Verizon's new 15GB Prepaid Plan for $45/month (with Autopay) plan makes it competitive with some of the independent plans available. There is also a $30 per month Wi-Fi only (no data) plan. All of these also include unlimited talk and text.

Previously, they used to shut you down once you reached your limit, however, they now feature "Always On Data" which means they do throttle you down to 128 kbs once you've used up your high-speed allotment. However, with 15GB, you may not reach your limit or at least reach it later in the month.

You no longer have to add "Bridge Data" unless you feel the need for speed. Then, when I last checked, $10 would get you 1GB of data good for 90 days and $20 would get you 3GB.

They used to offer additional data as described below for signing up for autopay, but I no longer see that mentioned on their website. Still waiting to confirm this.

As mentioned, previously with autopay, you could get an additional 500MB data.

All devices offered under the smartphone plan are now 4G LTE phones. Options for 4G phones include

They longer sell 3G smartphones, but if you already have one of these and want to use it, you could.

At $40 per month,your yearly cost comes out to $480 plus the cost of the phone.

This now means that their plans are more in line withinpulse 400, say, Straight Talk smartphones, which can also run on the Verizon network and has always had this "always on" feature. The amount of data in their respective plans does still differ.

If you don't want or need a smart phone plan, then you can get their basic monthly plan. For $15 per month you get 300 minutes talk or text and unlimited mobile web. For $30 a month, you get unlimited talk and text and unlimited mobile web. However the mobile web is not the full web experience that you would get on a smartphone. It's what you would get on a flip phone or similar device.

For this plan you can choose from a couple of flip phones (Samsung Gusto 3, LG Revere 3, LG Terra), a slide-out QWERTY phone (LG Cosmos 3) or a touchscreen phone (LG Extravert 2)

At $30 per month, your yearly cost come out to $360 not including taxes plus the cost of the phone. At $15 per month, it would be half that amount ($180).

These plans are no longer advertised, but those who have them may still be grandfathered in.

The Basic plan is really a pay as you go plan with every minute costing 25 cents and no daily fee. You should consider this plan only if you really don't make calls every day. Text messages cost 20 cents each to send and receive.

A $100 airtime card is good for one year of service and 400 minutes (minus the cost of text messages). This is not a good deal compared to Tracfone. Even if you're a very occasional user, I don't recommend this plan unless you really want Verizon's coverage but not one of their other plans.

This plan charges a daily access fee of 99 cents only on the days you use your phone. This comes to at most $31 per month if you use it every day, but less if you don't.

All domestic calls cost 10 cents per minute and text messages are 10 cents each. The roaming rate is 20 cents per minute.

The 99 cent plan allows unlimited free Mobile to Mobile calling with other Verizon customers. This is perfect if you have friends and family members who have Verizon phones (they don't have to be prepaid).

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