It looks like the days of unlimited 3G data for new Verizon iPhone customers are numbered, with a Verizon Wireless exec confirming Tuesday that the carrier will soon drop its all-you-can-eat data plan for the iPhone—possibly around the time that the widely expected iPhone 5 hits the market.
During a Tuesday conference call with analysts and investors, Verizon Wireless CFO Fran Shammo said the current $30-a-month unlimited data plan for the iPhone is "not a long-term solution
That's not exactly news, given that Verizon officials said much the same thing when they first announced the unlimited 3G data plan for the iPhone back in January.
What is news, however, is the potential timing for the end of unlimited iPhone data plan: "as soon as this summer," according to the Bloomberg News story, or right around the time the next iPhone (which, of course, has yet to be officially announced) is expected to arrive.
Shammo didn't say give any details about a replacement for Verizon's unlimited data plan, and the Bloomberg story doesn't say anything (yet) about the fate of unlimited 3G plans for other smartphones offered by the carrier.
That said, Verizon Wireless hasn't made a secret of its plans to eventually roll out tiered smartphone data plans similar to those offered by AT&T, which charges $25 a month for 2GB of data or $15 a month for 200MB.
Sprint still offers an unlimited 3G smartphone plan in a bundle (although it now levies a $10 "premium data" fee for new smartphone users on top of its "Everything Data" packages, which start at $69/month), while T-Mobile's $30/month "unlimited" 3G smartphone plan involves throttling data speeds for users who consume more than 5GB of data in a month.
Verizon briefly offered a cheaper, $15-a-month, 150MB 3G data plan for smartphones, which has since been discontinued.
The successor to the iPhone 4 is expected to be unveiled during Apple's annual Worldwide Developer Conference in June, and it will likely go on sale in late June or early July—leaving open the possibility that Verizon will ditch its unlimited smartphone data plan before the (rumored) new iPhone lands in stores.
If that scenario comes to pass, it'll mirror AT&T's move last summer to end its own unlimited 3G smartphone data plan right before the iPhone 4 went on sale.
Current Verizon iPhone users who want to keep their unlimited 3G data plans should be safe, given that their rate plans are locked in with their two-year contracts.
Verizon may also follow the practice of AT&T, which grandfathered in subscribers with unlimited 3G plans who traded up for a new iPhone.
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