Device Payment Plan Agreement and Wireless Service Receivables - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2023	Jan. 01, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Jan. 01, 2022
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Receivables transferred to ABS Entities	$ 24,935		$ 24,828
Guarantee liability			54
Device payment plan agreement, trade-in liability	8,468	$ 8,234	8,234	$ 7,706	$ 7,229
Asset Pledged as Collateral without Right
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Receivables transferred to ABS Entities	25,400		23,600
Product Trade-in
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Device payment plan agreement, trade-in liability	$ 449		$ 562
Verizon Business Group And Verizon Consumer Group
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Maximum threshold period for new customers	210 days
Minimum threshold period for existing customers	210 days
Business | Minimum | Device payment plan agreement
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Customer tenure period	12 months
Business | Maximum | Device payment plan agreement
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Customer tenure period	12 months
Consumer | Minimum | Device payment plan agreement
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Customer tenure period	45 days
Consumer | Maximum | Device payment plan agreement
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Customer tenure period	45 days