Verizon Phones and Plans for Seniors in 2025

Verizon Senior Plan Pros and Cons

Verizon Senior Plans and Pricing

Below, we’ve included Verizon’s 55+ senior plan in Florida, as well as their unlimited and prepaid plans. You’ll save the most by choosing a prepaid plan, but you’ll have slower speeds and may not have unlimited data.

Verizon Wireless Plans for Seniors

Verizon offers a wireless plan designed specifically for seniors: the Verizon 55+ plan. This plan gives you unlimited talk and text, 4G data, and it starts at $42 per month per line when you sign up for two lines. One line will cost $62 per month. Considering that this plan also includes service to Mexico and Canada and unlimited mobile hotspot usage, this is a great deal. Unfortunately, it’s currently available only to residents of Florida who are 55 or older.

If you live elsewhere and want to be on the fastest network, we’d recommend the Verizon Unlimited Welcome plan. This plan is a particularly great deal if you need more than one line; it gives you the same features of the 55+ plan (plus access to 5G Ultra Wideband) for as low as $55 per line when you get two lines, or $65 a month for one.

However, if you don’t think you’ll use much data, we’d point you toward Verizon’s prepaid plans, which sometimes include limited data or no data at all. If you’re OK with just talk and text, you can save a ton of money with the $35 a month plan, but there are also options ranging from $45 to $70 a month for one line, or $34 to $50 per line a month for two lines. But note that with the prepaid lines, you won’t have access to 5G Ultra Wideband, just 5G and 4G LTE.

How to Purchase a Verizon Cellular Plan

If you’re comfortable using the internet, we would definitely recommend purchasing wireless plans and devices via Verizon’s easy-to-use website. Alternatively, you can visit one of Verizon’s many stores, where you can try out phones in person.

With Verizon, you can either purchase one of the company’s phones or bring your own phone to one of the plans. If you bring a phone, you’ll activate it using a SIM card, either a physical one or an eSIM. Currently, when you bring your own phone to a Verizon unlimited plan, you’ll get some potential discounts, such as up to 50 percent off two data plans for a separate tablet or smartwatch. There are also bundles available with home internet that start at $35 a month.

Verizon Network Coverage

The benefit of choosing an unlimited plan with Verizon versus a prepaid plan is that you’ll have access to the 5G Ultra Wideband network, not just 5G and 4G LTE. 5G Ultra Wideband is even faster than regular 5G. While it’s not available everywhere in the country, you can find it in more urban areas and it’s constantly expanding. To see the coverage in your area, look at Verizon’s coverage map or search your home address in the map’s look-up tool for more precise data.

Data Speeds

Your speed will depend upon which network you’re on, but not all plans include access to all networks. One major drawback of the 55-and-over plan is that it can only access the slowest 4G LTE network. For 5G, you’ll need either a prepaid or an unlimited plan, while 5G Ultra Wideband is only available with the unlimited plans. Still, given that video chatting only requires around 25 Mbps, 5G should be sufficient for most people.

Extra Fees

Unfortunately, one drawback of Verizon is the carrier’s fees, which include:

• Activation fee: $35
• Late fee: $7 or 5 percent of the balance due, whichever is more, but there are no late fees with prepaid plans
• International fees: While the majority of Verizon’s plans include international texting plus talk, text, and data in Mexico and Canada, there are other add-ons available for when you’re traveling abroad. Services vary by country and by the length of your trip. For example, being able to use your phone for data, talk, and text in India will cost $12 a day or $100 a month. You can also pay as you go, paying $1.79 for each minute of talk, and $2.05 for each MB of data usage.

Since there are no long-term contracts, however, there will be no early termination fees. There are also no data overage fees with any of the plans, even ones without unlimited data. However, if you go over your allowance, speeds will slow to 2G for the rest of the month, which could make high-bandwidth activities like streaming video or audio difficult if not impossible.

Verizon Cell Phones for Seniors

Verizon sells a variety of smartphones and flip phones from brands like Apple, Samsung, Google, Motorola, Kyocera, TCL, Orbic, and more.

Apple iPhone SE 2020 (Certified Preowned)

One way to save money on a smartphone is to get a certified preowned device. Looking at prices for the iPhone SE 2020, for instance, we had the option to choose by device conditions:

• Good: Visible damage including scuffs, scratches on the screen, and dents
• Very good: Some noticeable scuffs and scratches
• Great: Only a few small scuffs and scratches

You can also save money by choosing to have less local storage, either 64 GB, 128 GB, or 256 GB. Prices range from around $140 to $200. As far as the iPhone SE goes itself, we consider it one of the best iPhones for seniors, with a battery life of up to 13 hours, a 4.7-inch display, and compatibility with M3/T4 hearing aids.

Kyocera DuraXV Extreme+

A lot of older adults prefer the ease of using phones with physical buttons; here is one that fits the bill. This phone’s large fonts, tactile keypad, and clear display give it superior readability. This is really useful, considering research from the American Academy of Family Physicians suggests that one in three people will have some form of vision-reducing eye disease by age 65. What we also love is that this hardy flip phone won’t break if you drop it, which is not the case with some fancier smartphones. Priced at $250, this basic phone is suited for older adults who have limited data needs, as you can use a maximum of 16 GB per month. We’d recommend using this phone with Verizon’s 15 GB prepaid plan for $45 per line per month.

Samsung Galaxy S24+

If you’re willing to spend more money, Verizon has a ton of smartphones to choose from, such as the Samsung Galaxy S24+ that retails for about $1,000. Its screen is even bigger than the iPhone SE’s at 6.7 inches, it has a 50 MP rear camera, and it includes Google Assistant, which can answer your questions and automate tasks like turning lights on and off. You’ll also be able to compose texts using just your voice, which is great for someone with visual impairments.

Be sure to check out our guides to the best flip phones for seniors, best iPhones for seniors, and best smartphones for seniors.

Verizon Returns and Exchanges

You can return a wireless device or accessory within 30 days of purchase, but you may be subject to a $50 restocking fee. If Verizon has to remove an installed device, there will be a separate charge for that. Therefore, it's best to thoroughly read the return policy before buying a device.

Bottom Line

Although we’re happy that Verizon offers a discount for customers in Florida, $62 a month for unlimited talk, text, and data in 4G LTE only isn’t that great of a deal. To save money, you can buy a prepaid plan, which start at $35 a month. Or, if you’re a heavy data user, you may as well pay more for Verizon’s unlimited plans that come with 5G and 5G Ultra Wideband, which start at $65, only $3 more per month.

To learn more about our favorite senior cell phones and plans, check out our helpful guides:

• Consumer Cellular Review
• Jitterbug Flip2 Review
• Lively Phones for Seniors
• AT&T Senior Plans
• Senior Cell Phone Discounts
• Mint Mobile Review
• Cricket Wireless Review