Verizon increasing fees for phone upgrade

Fee to help cover the cost of offering cheaper phones

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HOUSTON – A major cellphone company announced plans to charge customers more to upgrade their phone.

Beginning April 22, Verizon will charge customers $30 every time they want a phone upgrade.  Verizon is the nation's largest cellphone company.

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It introduced the fee as more and more companies see profits getting cut by the cost of subsidizing smartphones. 

Smartphones typically cost more money than for what they sell in stores.