It looks like Verizon users who recently picked up a smartphone over the holiday season will now have the option to exchange their phones for an iPhone 4 as noted by their FAQ page.
Current Verizon customers who purchased and activated new smartphones, feature phones or certified pre-owned phones between 11/26/2010, and 01/10/2011, are eligible to receive up to a $200 Visa debit card when they purchase an iPhone 4 at full retail price by 02/28/2011 and return their existing phone. Note: This offer is only available on consumer accounts with five lines or less, who are purchasing iPhone 4 through Verizon Wireless retail stores, telesales, or through verizonwireless.com. (Verizon Wireless FAQ)
Upon the surface this deal looks great, but as others have noted DROID lovers (and other smartphone geeks on Verizon) will have to pay full price for the iPhone 4 before receiving the $200 VISA debit card.
This means that you will be spending at least $650 for the 16 GB Verizon iPhone making this decision extemley pricey for those of you with buyers remorse.
Honestly DROID lovers (and other smartphone owners)  might be better off spending the extra money on iPad 2.0 instead, as paying that much for a brand new iPhone 4 (especially in light of the button-less iPhone 5 debuting in June).
Originally posted on January 18, 2011 @ 2:50 pm