Yesterday, Verizon announced a set of updates to its postpaid unlimited plans. The new plans are slotted to release on August 20th. All plans will keep their current names and monthly prices. Existing Verizon customers will have the option to switch to the new plan structures or stick with the old structures.
Changes
All of Verizon’s next generation of postpaid unlimited plans will allow 720p video streaming. While details are vague so far, it looks like customers will have to enable 720p streaming in their plan settings. I expect streaming will default to 480p by default.
Verizon has also changed its approach to Premium Data. Going forward, all plans other than the Start Unlimited plan will offer 50GB per month of Premium Data.
Plan by plan changes
Start Unlimited
Positive:
- Video streaming up to 720p (must opt in, previously 480p)
Negative:
- Disney+ now included for 6 months (previously 12 months)
Play More Unlimited
Positive:
- +25GB Premium Data (now 50GB)
- Disney+ included indefinitely
- Hulu and ESPN+ access added
Negative:
- 720p video streaming now requires opting in
- Apple Music now only included for 6 months (was indefinite)
Do More Unlimited
Positive:
- Video streaming up to 720p (must opt in, previously 480p)
- Smartwatches and HumX now eligible for 50% connected device discount
- +100 GB Verizon Cloud storage (now 600GB total)
Negative:
- Disney+ now included for 6 months (previously 12 months)
Get More Unlimited
Positive:
- Hulu and ESPN+ access added
- Smartwatches and HumX now eligible for 50% connected device discount
- +100 GB Verizon Cloud storage (now 600GB total)
Negative:
- -25GB Premium Data (now 50GB, previously 75GB)
- 720p video streaming now requires opting in
