My wife wants an iPhone, where can I get one to put on my plan as an extra phone cheap.  Would like a 6 or 6S if possible but might settle for a 5S. My account is with Verizon

Lets start off with which carrier u are using as this will be a deciding factor if you are adding to your account. Does she currently have one under your account or is this a new add on?

iPhone and cheap don't usually go together.

Try amazon. http://www.amazon.com/cell-phone-devices/b?ie=UTF8&node=7072561011. They have new and used. They also work with carriers if you are adding on a phone to your plan, so you get the amazon discount as well as any discount your carrier offers.

Ebay

Are you going to put it on contract or no?

 

Sams Club usually has a cheaper price on the iPhones.  Subsidized it's like $177 or something like that instead of $199.

 

There were tons of black friday deals but those are long gone now, unfortunately.

 

If you buy from outside, you're going to pay a lot for just the phone itself with no warranty.  If you buy with a subsidized plan through a big box store like Sam's Club, Target, Best Buy, etc. you may get a better deal with some incentives thrown in - depends on what promotions they're doing at the time.

Virgin Mobile also has had iPhones in the recent past.

 

Check Craigs List - they pop-up fairly frequently over there, too.

OK how about another approach, has anyone used FreedomPop?  They have a plan that you get 1gig a month and unlimited voice and txt for $80 for the year and are offering a Samsung Galaxy S4 for $129 or an iPhone5 for $229.  It is not their free service which works over wifi rather the 4G LTE on the Sprint network. http://www.freedompop.com/phone/device_phones

Interesting...I've been using Virgin for years, and this deal looks noticeably better than theirs.  On the same system (Sprint).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121841328652?rmvSB=true

 

$700 for a 64GB unlocked phone...

I've dealt a lot w/ electronics, specifically iphones in the last few years. 

 

Your best bet is finding used on craiglist, but it's always buyer beware.  Always bring a sim card to test that it's not a blocked IMEI and register it on your plan ASAP.  

 

That aside, there are plenty of MVNOs that offer really cheap service but you do need an unlocked phone / or one that compatible w/ their systems.  I always prefer going the GSM route (ATT & T-mo) vs CDMA (VZ, Sprint) since the phones can be used worldwide. But if that's not a concern for you, just find the cheapest compatible phone you're looking for and buy it.

In addition to the sim card test that mikeyjones mentioned, be sure to also test logging in to iCloud on any used iPhone. If you find a phone that's iCloud locked, it means the original owner reported it stolen. While you would be able to use it as a phone without a problem, you won't be able to attach it to your Apple account.

So iPhone is no longer the objective here? If you are considering Freedompop remember the saying "You get what you pay for". From what I read about a year ago they were wholesaling Sprint services and the voice services was using VoIP. Those two sounds like a recipe for disaster. If this is going to be for the wife and you think that she wont need to use the voice portion and only needs SMS then take the chance. It's not like you are committed to a long term contract. 

So iPhone is no longer the objective here? If you are considering Freedompop remember the saying "You get what you pay for". From what I read about a year ago they were wholesaling Sprint services and the voice services was using VoIP. Those two sounds like a recipe for disaster. If this is going to be for the wife and you think that she wont need to use the voice portion and only needs SMS then take the chance. It's not like you are committed to a long term contract. 

Yea things change.  With the advent of the carriers eliminating contracts we just don't see past the price of the unsubsidized iPhones at $600+.  From doing the research Freedompop might not be the best, but it also seems they have made huge improvements in the last six months or so.  I was advised by another gun buddy to look into RingPlus which is another Sprint MVNO (Mobile virtual network operators).  From what I have read, and tested out my friend's phone that uses them, the system seems to be decent.  Further, you are right in that my wife really uses SMS and data much more than voice.  Assuming the data connections are good things like Viber and other VoIP options are great if the voice quality is lacking.  Ring+ has a special on a free plan (yea that sounds strange) going till noon on Tuesday.  You pay a $20 top off deposit (to cover overages) and for free get monthly service of 1700 minutes voice, 1700 sms, and 1.700 gigs of data.  Bought a reconditioned Samsung Galaxy S4 on AmazonPrime that I will have Monday for $85.  It comes with 30 day free return, so even if it is a total bust I am only out the $20 top off charge.  If it works well, well in just over a month I will be way ahead of putting another phone on the Verizon account.

Sprint coverage is crap.

 

I've been having good results with MetroPCS - they use the T-Mobile network and the coverage is good enough.  

$40 for 3GB LTE

$50 for 5GB LTE

$60 for Unlimited LTE

 

You do have to supply your own phone... I see plenty of deals on unsubsidized slightly older android phones.  Nexus 6 is a great phone and I see deals for it all the time now.

My wife wants an iPhone, where can I get one to put on my plan as an extra phone cheap.  Would like a 6 or 6S if possible but might settle for a 5S. My account is with Verizon

Honestly your best bet for a cheap iPhone 6/6s is a used one from eBay. Otherwise you'll have to bite the bullet and drop the +$600. The carriers offer an installment plan of $20/month to reduce the sticker shock. Gone are the days of $199 iPhones.

 

Android is MUCH cheaper platform as there are multiple manufacturers.

As the OP has mentioned in post #14 his objective changed. Its about keeping the cost down. He was able to find another carrier called RingPlus that has no monthly fees using the Sprint network. 

https://ringplus.net/

From what I see it's only $20.00 out of pocket and BYOD. Pretty decent deal for a local usage. The plan that Howard was talking about is called the Goya plan that Howard was mentioning is on the website and includes 1750 cellular mins, 1750 SMS messages and 1750MB of data. MMS is at .04 per message which is not too bad. 

 

Interesting food for though.

 

Yes Sprint is not the best provider

Yes MetroPCS is prepaid and alot cheaper than alot of the post paid providers like Verizon ( I also use MetroPCS)

Yes RingPlus will only cost the $20.00 / year provided u stay within the allotted plan