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Wirelessnorth.ca & Blog Archive & Rogers iPhone pricing plans revealed: 3years $3440
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Jun 19, 10:45am
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•http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/06/18/ro...
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From the page: "of AT&T.
The iPhone will cost you a data plan of $30 a month for â€oeunlimited” (email, web) [ed - what about 3rd party apps?] or $45 a month for the enterprise email version. This is on top of a regular Rogers voice plan, system access fee etc. Basically this gibes with recent comments by Rogers CEO (and our own predictions) that the iPhone will cost the average customer about $90 a month. Thatâ€s not super cheap but itâ€s reasonable compared to the price of any blackberry plan.
As previously reported the iPhone will cost $199 up front (currency parity!) for the 8 GB version and $299 for the 16GB and extra color option(white). Thereâ€s also option for existing Rogers contract customers to upgrade to the iPhone. Thatâ€s the good news.
The bad news. Astonishingly, Rogers is only offering the phone on a 3-year contract. Thatâ€s 50% longer than AT&T (and anywhere else in the world) and twice as long as the 18 month contracts offered by O2 in the UK. For some reason, 3year contracts are legal in this country.
$199 + 36months x $90 = $3440 and thatâ€s if you buy the cheap one. Donâ€t forget the GST/PST.
However, youâ€ll probably realize you are likely to spend at least that much on cellphone service in the next three years, no matter what your plan.
Thereâ€s no doubt the exclusive iPhone 3G is a coup for Rogers, and we can be sure theyâ€ll be taking share from Bell and Telus not to mention locking-in a lot of Canadians just before more new competition arrives. Bell and Telus cannot offer the iPhone because their networks are not GSM. As far as we can tell the current iPhone 3G also does not support the AWS bands currently being auctioned in Canada. So the new entrants wonâ€t get it either. Thatâ€s not to say though that future iPhone versions, and many other compelling handsets, wonâ€t be hitting the AWS bands at least in the next 3 years.
Thereâ€s actually a whole bunch of really neat devices on a whole bunch of platforms already coming out in the next 3 to 9 months. But thatâ€s a story for another post…"
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