PCMag.com reports that on Tuesday, Verizon is planning to launch a new data plan for all 4G LTE users. For a limited time, starting Tuesday November 8th, the country’s largest wireless carrier will double the user’s data cap.
As per this report, the double data cap promotion begins just three days before the operator begins selling its second dual-core 4G LTE smartphone, the Motorola Droid RAZR. However, “The carrier hasn't announced an end date for the promotion yet,” wrote PCMag.com reporter Sara Yin.
According to PCMag.com, current data plans on Verizon cost $30/month for 2 GB, $50/month for 5 GB, $80/month for 10 GB, $20/month to use 2GB on a mobile hotspot. Consequently, during the promotion period, the user can get 4 GB of data for $30/month, and so forth.
Lead mobile analyst Sascha Segan discovered while testing the Motorola Droid Bionic, the carrier's first dual-core LTE smartphone, that it is easy to consume 2 GB of data on Verizon's LTE network, wrote Yin. As per Yin’s report, in four days of testing, with half an hour of Netflix, three hours of streaming radio, two e-mail accounts attached and some app downloads, the analyst ran up 600 MB of data usage. “At that rate, he would have gone through 2GB in two weeks,” wrote Yin.
PCMag.om report indicates that after the Droid RAZR comes to the market, Verizon will offer seven 4G LTE smartphones, which include the Samsung Stratosphere, Motorola Droid Bionic, Pantech Breakout, Samsung Droid Charge, LG Revolution, and HTC Thunderbolt. Later this month, Verizon is also launching two more 4G LTE smartphones, the HTC Rezound on Nov. 14 and Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which is the first smartphone to be announced with Android 4.0, also called Ice Cream Sandwich.
Ashok Bindra is a veteran writer and editor with more than 25 years of editorial experience covering RF/wireless technologies, semiconductors and power electronics. To read more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.Edited by
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