Verizon targets mid-range users with new data plans

Verizon Wireless is once again overhauling its mobile data plans. And if you’re planning to purchase a new mid-range feature phone from the nation’s largest carrier, it’s going to cost you.

The Boy Genius Report has turned up an internal slide deck outlining new data plans that will launch next week and include the creation of a new device class of “Enhanced Multimedia Phones.” It appears the carrier will scrap its $15-a-month, unlimited-data Vcast Vpak for feature phones (current subscribers will be grandfathered), replacing it with a $10-a-month plan that will provide unlimited videos but require an additional $10 or $20 package for additional mobile web services. (Customers who forgo the data package can pay $1.99 per MB...)