> After it was revealed that the company’s $30-per-month unlimited data plan will be the only option for iPhone 4 users on Verizon, the carrier’s chief operating officer said that the company still intends to phase out its unlimited plan and moved to a tiered pricing structure in the future.
via [appleinsider.com](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/01/25/verizon_exec_says_unlimited_iphone_data_plans_available_for_a_limited_time.html)
I have to say, this is a smart move for Verizon. They clearly needed an incentive to get more people to jump now to the iPhone 4, as opposed to waiting until July for the iPhone 5 everyone knows is coming. They’ll never get everyone to jump now rather than later, but this little perk of getting grandfathered into an unlimited data plan is good enough to make some people do it.
It’s similar to how AT&T allowed people to hold on to their unlimited data when they made the switch last year to pricing tiers. The way I look at it, I never get anywhere near the 2 GB I get a month anyway. And no matter what, when the iPhone goes LTE next year or the year after that, we’re all going to lose our option for unlimited data, regardless. So for me personally, I’d still wait for the iPhone 5 if I were planning on going to Verizon. But your mileage may vary, as the saying goes.
