Do you have to pay an activation fee with this phone, like you do buying one from the Verizon website?
142321
Depends how it described in the Seller's information.Some Prepaid phones come with $10.00 airtime, so you can activate it but you'll be told that you have X minutes remaining on each call. Once you hit zero minutes or just a few, you can the purchase minutes from Verizon - and I seem to rememer that it's a $50.00minimum.Once you have owned it and used it for 6 months, you can put it on one of Verizan's plans.If there are no "AirTime" in the deal, Verizon will charge an activation fee.Regards,BobO'B
142322
i bought as a prepaid only phone. Then added minutes through a prepaid card I got at Walmart. Can also add time onine. No activation fee.
1078975
I just got it and activated it no problemo; it works fine with my existing verizon contract; problem is verizon is a big pain in the arse for expense vs what you get
2151159
you can always call verizon and ask if they can use it as a pre-paid im pretty sure they use the same numbers to activate. but i wouldn't know for sure i activated mine with my contract plan.
290269
It takes you through a set up process were you have to activate the phone and one of the steps is your verizion payment. So no. After you activate at least once I think you could.
1989374
Mine came with a SIM card and I had to call verizon to activate with the number inside. However if you are a verizon customer they will send you the correct SIM card.
1301231
Yes. I brought the phone to a Verizon store and they put in a new SIM card and activated it.
720622
I personally did not, but had to call and talk to an actual person to activate it (versus doint the #228 auto activation). However, this phone is awful... it is not user friendly. Also, I had two of these and both would shut off randomly; many technical problems. You will likely regret having this phone.
469681
It requires a sim card; I bought mine used and had to get a new sim card from Verizon store. There was no charge.
291016
We purchased the phone on amazon to replace one my son broke on our Verizon plan. We were able to go onto Verizon online and activate it. There was no activation fee. The regular monthly payment as part of our share everything plan remained the same.
63935
No. It must have a sim card, but Verizon won't charge you for a sim card. Least they didn't charge me for mine. But they won't activate it on the pay as you go, that plan is 3g and lesser.
259053
Yes the phone needs a SIM card to be activated and is included it in this sale that way you can activate it online or by phone hope this helps
1885534
No. I haven't done a pre-activation, but I do "exchange" my phones for ones that are already on a contract, or used to be contract. As with what Silverfox stated, the contract expired several years ago and Verizon allows switch/transfer/exchanges of phones bought outside of Verizon without any hassles.
1408891
Yes, we had the same issue, purchased the phone in Amazon and activated through the Verizon service via phone. No issue. Works great.
902437
Yes, you will just have to go to Verizon store with this phone and ask them for a Sim card.
1430331
Yes you can. When you get the phone in the mail there will be instructions to activate it...or you can take it to verizon and they can do it for free
1995307
Verizon didn't ask me for one when I activated the phone. It may vary between carriers.
3031
No. You will have to go to Verizon and purchase Sim card. It only cost $15.00. Then get a plan, weekly or monthly. I got a better plan by phone than at Verizon store. Works great.