On iPhone 3G
Author: Dave Lewis
Well, it has arrived and the iPhone 3G is on the street.
And I, didn’t buy one.
Why you ask? Simple. The plans that are available from Rogers are, to put it plainly, terrible. Locked in for three years at these rates and there is no unlimited package. I would love to have one but, the costs are insane frankly. Here is a break down of the costs over three years without the data plan from Rogers.
From the Toronto Sun:
“Then there’s the monthly fees that you commit to paying for those next three years — with the occasional letter from Rogers telling you that they’ll be generously raising your prices so they could better serve you) — $69-plus in applicable taxes, and then random arbitrary fees per month for voice services. Then $20-plus in applicable taxes and random arbitrary fees for data.
“So $89-plus, per month; for THREE years — meaning this inexpensive toy will run each user in the course of three years over $4,000.”
This is without the data plans.
Ah, the dream of running metasploit from my iPhone will have to wait.
Tags: iPhone 3G, iPhone Canada, Rogers iPhone
I’d *heard* the rates were bad, but wow. Highway robbery, I say!
@Zach
Painful.
I’m not sure if this would be worth it, but couldn’t you order a 3G iPhone from AT&T in the U.S. since they have international calling including Mexico and Canada, and just get an international plan? The data connect is something like $25, although there may be other options, I think mine is unlimited data plus 250 messages of any kind for $20/month.
@Matt
It’s actually not the cost of the device that has me in a bind. But..hmm. You have me thinking all of a sudden. That’s not such a bad idea.
I like it. Thx!
Yeah that’s what I was getting at. The cost of the phone isn’t bad at $200 compared to when it first came out ($$$$$$$). I hadn’t looked into it, but figured maybe it was possible to grab one in the U.S. with an international plan and it would fare out a lot better than rates that went up over time or what not. I heard of a lot of people in Canada buy U.S. satellite systems because the TV programming isn’t very good there.
Actually the TV isn’t bad here. Being a country that is prone to cloud cover satellite isn’t the greatest option.