Verizon phone deals
Verizon’s phone deals, priced the way you’d actually pay for them: the plan for three years, the phone, sales tax and fees, less every credit. Below, Verizon’s current offers for one example, set beside the cheapest from every other carrier.
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Every price on this page is for one example
1 line, switching to Verizon from another carrier, buying an iPhone 18 Pro Max (256 GB), trading in an iPhone 15 Pro (128 GB) in good condition, Denver-area sales tax.
Your price will differ: your phone, your carrier, your lines and your ZIP all change it.
Price it for your situationVerizon’s offers for this example
Ranked by what each costs over three years, among every carrier’s offers for the same example. The number on each card is its place in that ranking.
Verizon Unlimited Welcome
3-year total
$3,209
Taxes and fees included
$1,816 more than the cheapest
- Plan
- $71/mo
- Phone, 36 months
- $36/mo
- Deal credit, over 36 months
- −$360
- Selling your phone
- −$415
- Due today
- $119
- Switchers only
- 36-mo credits
Checked Oct 9, 2026
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Verizon Unlimited Plus
3-year total
$3,462
Taxes and fees included
$2,069 more than the cheapest
- Plan
- $87/mo
- Phone, 36 months
- $36/mo
- Deal credit, over 36 months
- −$660
- Selling your phone
- −$415
- Due today
- $119
- Switchers only
- 36-mo credits
Checked Oct 9, 2026
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Verizon Unlimited Ultimate
3-year total
$3,681
Taxes and fees included
$2,288 more than the cheapest
- Plan
- $97/mo
- Phone, 36 months
- $36/mo
- Deal credit, over 36 months
- −$840
- Selling your phone
- −$415
- Due today
- $149
- Switchers only
- 36-mo credits
Checked Oct 9, 2026
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How they compare: the cheapest from other carriers
The same phone, the same example, on other carriers. Where an offer leaves your old phone with you, its total counts selling it or trading it to the maker, whichever pays more.
Verizon offers this example doesn’t qualify for
Verizon — Upgrade + trade-in, Unlimited Ultimate $840/$420 — iPhone 18 Pro / Pro Max
For existing Verizon customers upgrading — you’re not on Verizon.
How Verizon’s phone deals work
Most of Verizon’s phone offers aren’t a discount at the register. The credit is usually paid as a monthly bill credit over the phone’s payment agreement, and it usually needs a qualifying plan for as long as the credits run.
That has two consequences. Pay the phone off early or leave Verizon, and the credits you haven’t received yet stop. And the plan an offer requires is part of its price: an expensive plan can cost more over three years than the credit saves.
Each card names the plan its offer needs and how the credit is paid, and each offer’s detail page has its full terms: what happens if you pay the phone off early, change plans or leave.
Is it worth it?
It depends on the plan you’d be on anyway. If the plan an offer needs is one you’d choose regardless, a Verizon credit can be good value. If it pushes you onto a pricier plan, compare the three-year total, not the credit — which is how this page ranks.
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Questions people ask
- Are Verizon’s “free” phone deals really free?
- Usually “free” means bill credits that cover the phone’s monthly payments for the length of the agreement, on a qualifying plan. You still pay for the plan, sales tax and fees. The three-year totals on this page include all of it.
- What happens if I leave Verizon before the credits finish?
- The credits you haven’t received stop, and the rest of the phone’s balance is due. Each offer’s detail page says what its terms do if you pay off early, change plans or leave.
- Do I need to trade in a phone?
- Some Verizon offers need a trade-in and some don’t. This page’s example trades one in. Price it for your situation to see the offers that fit if you aren’t trading in.
- Why is a smaller credit ranked above a bigger one?
- Because the ranking is on what you pay over three years, not on the size of the credit. A big credit that needs an expensive plan can cost more overall than a smaller one on a cheaper plan.
- What’s in the 3-year total?
- The plan for 36 months, the phone, sales tax for the ZIP, activation and other fees, less every credit and whatever the old phone is worth — traded to the carrier, to the maker, or sold yourself, whichever the offer allows and costs least.
Sales tax 9.15% — the rate charged at a retailer checkout in this ZIP. Your exact rate can differ.
Trade-in storage: the smallest it comes in. If yours has more, selling it yourself is worth more.
Plan prices assume you sign up for AutoPay where the carrier gives a discount for it; without it, those plans cost more each month.