Droid Does…. Prepaid? [Alleged Leaked Verizon Documents Hint At All Android Phones, BlackBerry and Palm Devices Being Out For Prepaid Plans On Big Red]

Posted on TFTS by Kevin Schram on Tuesday, 31. August 2010 under: Mobile/Cell Phones

Prepaid plans are a great way to save money. But one draw back is that prepaid carriers often don’t have the latest and greatest selection of phones for their plans. That may change very soon. Alleged internal documents from Verizon Wireless show America’s biggest carrier may be planning a frenzy of prepaid plans with a very good selection of prepaid phones – including every Android phone they currently offer.

Yep, while prepaid customers in the US have to settle for (the still excellent) HTC Desire, Verizon may coup them all and offer all of their Droid offerings. Here’s what allegedly they’ll be offering on new prepaid plans.

Motorola Droid
Motorola Droid 2
Motorola Droid X
Motorola Devour
Samsung Fascinate
Droid Incredible
LG Ally

The fun doesn’t stop there. Big Red allegedly may be offering these other smartphones for prepaid plans.

Palm Pre Plus
Palm Pixi Plus
BlackBerry Curve 8330
BlackBerry Curve 2 9530
BlackBerry Storm 9530
BlackBerry Storm 9550
BlackBerry Tour 9630
BlackBerry Bold 9650

In addition to the smartphones, a number of featurephones and multimedia phones were listed as well. The alleged prepaid plans that these documents say Verizon will be offering seem to be about right to us. They’re not the cheapest (when compared to Boost Mobile, metroPCS – but hey, it’s Verizon) and that adds a bit of creditability.

Some have suggested that this plan is too aggressive for a major carrier like Verizon. Carriers make substantially less revenue per customer on a prepaid plan – but many pundits see prepaid as the future of the mobile phone space, carriers be damned. If true, could Verizon be attempting to future-proof their business?

What do you think? Too good to be true? Tell us about it in the comments section.

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