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After further reading, it appears that you only need to buy one month of Verizon service (no 2-year contract), so the total is $819.

(Would have fixed the parent post but can't edit for some reason...)

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That's better, although still a bit confusing. It's supposed to be a "Google experience" device meaning no manufacturer/carrier crapware or deliberate crippling, so it's not clear how they'd prevent you from using wifi if you never sign up for data.

From the way it was described to me at CES, it would be sold as an "on-contract device". That may have changed, but FWIW

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