[myf]

according to wirefly, verizon's basic plan is $60 per month for 450min and $30 additional for the basic basic data plan (4GB personal email only no idea what it means). That's a whopping $90 for a basic plan and I don't know if the data plan is viable to unleash Nexus Galaxy's power. Anything above that is going to be over $100 per phone. For comparison I just checkd out Sprint plan which is $70 per month with 450 min unlimited data. that's at least $20 per month and if you add the data plan you wanted it's easily going to be $40 difference per month. The unlocked version sells for $749 and with the verizon plan it sells for $189, which is $560 difference. With a $10GB data plan from verizon (seems to be the best discounted value) it costs $110/month from verizon yields a $40 difference per month. This will make up the difference ($560) in 14 mnoths. It mean this verizon offer is only cheaper if we are not forced to sign a two year contract and you are ought to migrate to some plans much cheaper as soon as you get the phone. Does it make sense?

[batiudrami]

It's sort of unreal how expensive phones are in the US. As an Australian who is used to everything being more expensive, you're looking at $57 per month for a fairly similar plan (500 minutes, 1.5GB data without charging for incoming minutes) with no upfront payment.

Total cost over 24 months is $1368, compared to (300+90*24 = ) $2460 on Verizon. Crazy.

(Note that I used AUD and USD interchangeably, they're pretty much worth the same).

[RockyMcNuts]

I couldn't totally follow that. I don't see any benefit to switching plans, just get the plan you want.

On T-mobile and Sprint & ATT you can get the Galaxy S2, which, modulo network-specific capabilities and crapware, is in most respects the same hardware as Galaxy Nexus. Will be cheaper plan (well, except ATT), coverage, speeds will vary. Might be able to root it to fix the crapware.