iPhone 3G with Rogers - Dataplans!
I previously owned an Apple iPhone, I brought one back from Texas and hacked it, to be honest it is one of the coolest toys / PDA’s I’ve used. I sold it due to frustration of no data plans in Canada that could support such a beast while not emptying my life savings. I switched over to the Blackberry curve and a data plan for unlimited emails for $15 a month. The Blackberry curve, is also a great PDA and my bill comes in at just under $80 a month, taxes and fees included for: unlimited email, 150 weekday minutes, unlimited incoming calls, and evenings and weekends at 6pm, plus all the usual call display, text messages etc garbage. I’m happy with it.
Fast forward to today, the iPhone voice & data plans are up on the rogers.com website, and the prices are almost what I was expecting. To be honest they seem a little bit on the flimsy side, but just enough to entice me to potentially switch back to the iPhone.
Plan 1: $60, 150 Minutes, 400mb
Plan 2: $75, 300 Minutes, 750mb
Plan 3: $100, 600 Minutes, 1gb
Plan 4: $115, 800 Minutes, 2gb
The greatest features about the iPhone for me was the all in one solution. I used it for email, documents, music, videos and of course as my sole phone. I could bring it to the gym, watch a video while I did cardio (entourage was just long enough for a 22 minute elliptical and 5 min cool down per episode), then listen to music while I worked out and get the occasional email.
It will be interesting to see how the public reacts to the voice and data plans, will 400mb be enough for 1 month? Seems like a lot, but you have to keep in mind that the iPhone operates like a laptop, it’s safari browser downloads the full html content including image files which are often upwards of 100k, visit a few pages like this and you’re using up data.. and fast. Visit Youtube and you can definitely count on using a lot of your bandwidth.
My 2cents is to wait until the Fall to see if the data plans change for back to school / re-peak interest.
(3 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5)
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June 27th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
I am getting one. Mainly because I just ran over my old phone with my car. I think I will go for the $75 plan, and get the extra data. Hopefully with the new bandwidth auctions in Canada rates should be decreasing in the coming years.
Hopefully the Rogers iPhone still has WI-FI enabled.
June 27th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I would kill for one, but being I am still on a Bell plan until October, I think I will take your advice and wait for back-to-school sales. The timing could be perfect!