Verizon Wireless killing one-year contracts on April 17th, assumes you won’t even care

Okay, so maybe you’ll care , but you’ll still opt for the two-year option once your contract is up. That’s according — more or less, anyway — to a Verizon Wireless spokesperson, confirming to our inquiry this afternoon that the carrier’s one-year contract option will be eliminated on April 17th. The reason, as you might expect, revolves around historical customer preference. That’s a fancy way of saying that most customers prefer the stout hardware discounts that are available with a lengthier two-year agreement, and barring that, they can still choose month-to-month, prepaid or a rival. Not that VZW would encourage the latter, but hey — America’s about options, man. Verizon Wireless killing one-year contracts on April 17th, assumes you won’t even care originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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