My two year contract with Verizon ends next month?

My brother and I both have iPhone 4 and we both pay 80 dollars a month which is way too expensive. My brother won't be renewing his contract… And I don't know what I'm gonna do:/ if he gets off the contract would I have to pay even more money every month?

You'll probably pay about the same amount for an individual contract as you will when it's split into two contracts on a family plan. You can talk to a rep when he cancels his phone to see if it's better to stay on your existing plan or switch to something different.

If you do not renew your contract or upgrade your phone in conjunction with a new contract, you may port your phone number to another carrier or opt for pre-pay. The pre-pay status usually saves about $15-$20 from experience, but you usually lose the personal hot-spot option. Simple Mobile is one alternative to save even more than $20 per month as long as you use your current phone or buy another one yourself. It's a growing trend to jump off the contract band wagon. Even T-Mobile recognizes this, and is offering no contract with unlimited data, talk, text. You can port or "flash" your AT&T phone number over to T-Mobile with no problem.