North America is a continent . South America is a continent . America is short for The United States of America . The trick to being a pedant , is being correct . <| sep |> My shit is lost <| sep |> One thing that made me go for the beat buy deal is early paying off the phone . With BB you can pay off your $ 240 and you are don ' t paying monthly for your phone and can go to another provider if you would like . If you go with Verizon deal , not sure if you can pay off early but if you can pay off your 240 early you are stuck waiting 24 months of credits of 17 . 08 a month . If you leave early you gotta pay the difference to cover you 650 phone . <| sep |> No I haven ' t . Just seeing what other offers I can get <| sep |> I . really don ' t want either of those things .