Yes I know the downside is staying with Verizon but I've been with them for over 5 years so it's ok.

They offered the Pixel 10 pro on them (over 3 years) l, let me keep my Pixel 7 Pro (no trade in) and didn't have to change my plan. Seems like a steal to me.

As of Friday 8/22, Verizon was offering a particularly good deal, where they'd give you $800 off basically any Pixel 10 or Pixel 10 Pro model (credited over 36 months as usual), with *NO* trade-in required at all. The only requirement was that you had to have an Unlimited plan (any of them, including Unlimited Welcome, the cheapest), and be eligible for a phone deal the usual Verizon ways (just switched to Unlimited, adding a line, or 3 years have past). So that makes the $800 base model Pixel 10 free.

Strangely, that deal has now vanished from their website, even though the phones are all still on pre-order. Anybody know why? Is it still possible to get that deal somehow?

The deals WERE fully listed and explained at these URLs. As of today Tuesday 8/26, they no longer show the info:

https://www.verizon.com/smartphones/google-pixel-10/

https://www.verizon.com/smartphones/google-pixel-10-pro/

I get that the new plans all have deprioritization of speeds. But a "free" phone and going to Unlimited seems too good to be true. For what it's worth, I usually buy unlocked phones outright so it's been a very long time since I've done a carrier phone...