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| Originally posted by exstasie Blackberry Bold  |
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| Originally posted by Cro_Addict I got a chance to look at this phone. It looks/feels great. I didnt play around with it much...but it is SWEET! |
Blackberry, more like Boring-berry amirite or wut
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Press Release Source: Rogers Wireless Inc. Rogers Launches Flexible Price Packages for Apple iPhone 3G Friday June 27, 8:30 am ET Starting at $60 for voice and data combined TORONTO, June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Rogers Wireless, Canada's largest wireless carrier with Canada's fastest wireless network, today announced a variety of voice and data pricing plans for the much-anticipated Apple® iPhone 3G set to hit stores on Friday, July 11. With monthly plans starting at $60 for voice and data combined, Rogers offers a wide selection of high value price packages to meet the needs of Canadian iPhone aficionados. All price plans require a three-year contract. iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast(x) as the first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs the hundreds of third party applications already built with the recently released iPhone SDK. "As Canada's leading wireless carrier, Rogers is thrilled to not only bring the iPhone 3G to Canada but to make it affordable and accessible to as many customers as possible," says John Boynton, SVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Rogers Wireless. "We've designed a pricing structure that offers affordable, flexible voice and data packages so Canadians can truly unleash their iPhone 3G experience on Canada's fastest wireless network." iPhone 3G Price Plans at Rogers Wireless ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent Incoming Text Text Visual Price Voice Data Messages messages Voicemail ------------------------------------------------------------------------- $60 / 150 minutes + unlimited 400 MB 75 Unlimited Unlimited month Evening and Weekend ------------------------------------------------------------------------- $75 / 300 minutes + unlimited 750 MB 100 Unlimited Unlimited month Evening and Weekend ------------------------------------------------------------------------- $100 / 600 minutes + unlimited 1 GB 200 Unlimited Unlimited month Evening and Weekend ------------------------------------------------------------------------- $115 / 800 minutes + unlimited 2 GB 300 Unlimited Unlimited month Evening and Weekend ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Data Usage - What You Get ------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monthly Data Usage Online Applications ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 400 MB up to 200,000 text emails or 3,100 web pages or 1,360 photo attachments ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 750 MB up to 380,000 text emails or 5,900 web pages or 2,560 photo attachments ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 GB up to 524,000 text emails or 8,000 web pages or 3,500 photo attachments ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 GB up to 1,048,000 text emails or 16,000 web pages or 7,000 photo attachments ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pricing includes unlimited Wi-Fi access at all Rogers and Fido Hotspots. Rogers Wireless will also offer two voice value packs for popular wireless features: a $15 monthly value pack including Caller ID, Who Called, Caller Ring Trax, 2,500 Sent Text Messages and 2,500 Call Forwarding Minutes; and a $20 monthly value pack including Caller ID, Who Called, Caller Ring Trax, 10,000 Sent Text Messages and 6:00 p.m. Early Evening Calling and 2,500 Call Forwarding Minutes. Additional information on launch day activities will be coming soon. (x) Based on 3G and EDGE testing. Actual speeds may vary due to a variety of factors. About Rogers Wireless --------------------- Rogers Wireless provides wireless voice and data communications services across Canada to more than 7.4 million customers under both the Rogers Wireless and Fido brands. Operating Canada's fastest data and most reliable voice network with the clearest reception and fewest dropped calls, Rogers Wireless is Canada's only carrier operating on the global standard GSM and highly advanced HSPA technology platforms. In addition to providing seamless roaming in more than 200 countries/areas with its GSM based services, Rogers Wireless also provides wireless broadband services across Canada utilizing its 2.5GHz fixed wireless spectrum. Rogers Wireless is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI - News; NYSE: RCI - News), a diversified Canadian communications and media company. For further information, please visit www.rogers.com. |
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"As Canada's leading wireless carrier, Rogers is thrilled to not only bring the iPhone 3G to Canada but to make it affordable and accessible to as many customers as possible," says John Boynton, SVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Rogers Wireless. |
Hahahhahhahahahhahah wow, just wow
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| Originally posted by Cosmic Fur |
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Rogers unveils iPhone prices AP FILE PHOTO The Apple iPhone is seen in this June 2007 file photo. June 27, 2008 Chris Sorensen Business Reporter Owning an iPhone in Canada won't be cheap but it may not be quite as expensive as some had previously feared. Rogers Communications Inc. today unveiled the pricing of the data plans that will accompany Apple Inc.'s second-generation iPhone when it goes on sale in Canada on July 11. The device will run on Rogers third-generation, or 3G, network and will cost either $199 or $299 with a 3-year contract, depending on memory size. The iPhone will only be available with the purchase of a monthly voice and data plan, with the cheapest priced at $60 a month for 400 MB of data, 150 weekday minutes and unlimited evenings and weekends. There are also $75, $100 and $115 monthly plans that offer increasingly bigger buckets of minutes and 750 megabytes, 1 gigabyte and 2 gigabytes of data respectively. All of the packages include unlimited access to Rogers and Fido Wi-Fi hotspots. However, users won't be allowed to mix and match voice and data plans and will face overage charges if they go over their plan's allotted amounts of voice and data. "The main difference between the Rogers and Fido plans and those in other countries is that there is a ceiling," said Kevin Restivo, an analyst at market research firm IDC Canada. "These plans are still quite Canadian, but they put the iPhone in the realm of reality for prospective smartphone users." By contrast, consumers in the United States will be able to buy the second-generation iPhone from AT&T Inc. with a $30 unlimited data plan that's available with any voice package - a model that some observers had hoped Rogers would adopt in a bid to drive wide-scale adoption. But Rogers seems to have taken a middle-of-the-road approach. "We've designed a pricing structure that offers affordable, flexible voice and data packages so Canadians can truly unleash their iPhone 3G experience on Canada's fastest wireless network," John Boynton, the chief marketing officer of Rogers Wireless, said in a statement. While a $60 per month entry-level plan promises to put an iPhone in a lot of Canadian pockets, subscribers may still suffer sticker shock when they receive their first monthly bill. That's because many will likely opt to pay another $15 or $20 a month for an optional package that includes Caller ID, text messages and call forwarding, among other things. That brings the cheapest iPhone to just over $90 per month once a $6.95 "system access fee" and taxes are included. Restivo said Rogers' cheapest iPhone plan would be most suitable for a subscriber who treats mobile Web browsing as more of a novelty as opposed to a core function. "If you're a heavy data user, you're probably going to move up to the $100-per month package." |
online petition in fury over the announced data plans 
http://www.fuckyourogers.com/
"Practically speaking, signing an internet petition is the adult equivalent of writing a letter to Santa Claus."
pricing plans are horrible,
but, just to make us feel a bit better,
The plans for the iPhone were released in Norway and Sweden as well and our is golden compared to theirs!
I think Norway's was $50US for 100 Minutes/100 Text Messages/100MB Data
and I think it was over $140US for 1000 minutes/1000 text messages/ 1GB Data.
Sweden's was similar but i think even pricer than that!
WTF lol
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| Originally posted by exstasie pricing plans are horrible, but, just to make us feel a bit better, The plans for the iPhone were released in Norway and Sweden as well and our is golden compared to theirs! I think Norway's was $50US for 100 Minutes/100 Text Messages/100MB Data and I think it was over $140US for 1000 minutes/1000 text messages/ 1GB Data. Sweden's was similar but i think even pricer than that! WTF lol |
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| Originally posted by exstasie pricing plans are horrible, but, just to make us feel a bit better, The plans for the iPhone were released in Norway and Sweden as well and our is golden compared to theirs! I think Norway's was $50US for 100 Minutes/100 Text Messages/100MB Data and I think it was over $140US for 1000 minutes/1000 text messages/ 1GB Data. Sweden's was similar but i think even pricer than that! WTF lol |
A guy last night had a Blackberry Bold, and I asked to see it. I played with it for a few minutes, fuck it's nice.
The screen was what stood out the most, absolutely beautiful piece of kit.
I know that Rogers offers Rogers to Rogers free calling, do they offer Rogers wireless to Fido free as well? Anyone here know?
I tried to search it and only came up with Rogers home phone that offers calling free long distance to Fido customers as well.
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| Originally posted by magikb I know that Rogers offers Rogers to Rogers free calling, do they offer Rogers wireless to Fido free as well? Anyone here know? I tried to search it and only came up with Rogers home phone that offers calling free long distance to Fido customers as well. |
Fuck Rogers!
Saw the Treo Centro today and it's $299.99 w/ 3yr contract! How you figure? That phone was made affordable for the average person to have a PDA Phone ... AT&T sold it for $99 w/ 3 yr contract and they sold over 1 million units! It's a low end PDA Phone, so keep it at a low end PRICE Rogers!
^^^ I'm sorry dude, but that phone looks way fugly .. 
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL ^^^ I'm sorry dude, but that phone looks way fugly .. |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL Unlimited Calls to Rogers/Fido Wireless & Rogers Landline <-- ask for this |
Anyone has the Samsung Jack (BlackJack 2) ?? Looks like a cheap intresting phone with GPS, full keyboard and windows mobile.
windows mobile is a load of snail s$#t
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| Originally posted by Dr. Z windows mobile is a load of snail s$#t |
Agreed with ^^^ x2
I would of got a Treo w/ WM5 or 6, but it was way tooo slow. Even though Palm's OS is so out of date and etc, I rather have a Palm OS, b/c of it speed and software support.
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| Originally posted by E2EK1EL Agreed with ^^^ x2 I would of got a Treo w/ WM5 or 6, but it was way tooo slow. Even though Palm's OS is so out of date and etc, I rather have a Palm OS, b/c of it speed and software support. |
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The iPhone's cross-border price clash
SIMON AVERY AND MATT HARTLEY
From Thursday's Globe and Mail
July 2, 2008 at 9:29 PM EDT
The summer launch of the iPhone in Canada was supposed to be a time for Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. to celebrate. Instead, the company with exclusive rights to the hottest new tech gadget finds itself on the defensive, stung by public criticism over pricing.
Rogers should be basking in the glory, riding the Apple Inc. wave of wireless hipness, in addition to readying itself to enjoy a profit windfall from customers who get hooked on new services, such as Web browsing, e-mail and video streaming.
But some consumers who are looking at annual fees that could easily exceed $1,000 are crying foul, noting that Rogers' pricing plans are more complex and expensive than those offered in the U.S. and many other parts of the world.
For example, for $75 a month, Rogers provides 300 weekday voice minutes, 750 megabytes of data and 100 text messages. In the United States, a customer gets 450 weekday voice minutes, unlimited data and 200 text messages for the same price.
Rogers is one of a few phone companies that does not offer unlimited data plans on the iPhone. That means customers may get a shock on their monthly bill if they exceed their quota of Web pages, e-mails and other information.
The complaints about Rogers have stoked old memories of how the media giant once ran roughshod over subscribers.
Consumers need to familiarize themselves with the value of a megabyte, the unit Rogers uses to define its plans. Pricing plans are different in the United States than in Canada for a variety of reasons, and the launch here of Apple's biggest invention since the iPod puts the whole price comparison under the microscope.
"Whenever anything Apple-related happens, it brings out passion in everybody," said marketing consultant Luke Sklar of Sklar Wilton & Associates.
In less than a week, more than 20,000 names were gathered on an online petition protesting against Rogers' pricing plans before the website went down on Wednesday owing to technical difficulties. The cost of the Canadian iPhone has also been a favourite gripe subject on tech sites.
"Rogers hasn't had the greatest history of being truly customer driven. But I can tell you that they have made some remarkable improvements in the past few years," said Mr. Sklar, whose clients include both Rogers and The Globe and Mail.
"It's just not a responsible business decision for Rogers to blow up all its data pricing. But it has sharpened its pencil. It is watching this very closely. If this starts to truly negatively affect significant opinion � and you have to be careful about 5,000 on a blog versus what's really meaningful � we will be on top of this thing to ensure that we manage that tension between responsible pricing and not [upsetting] customers."
Rogers has outflanked its rivals, Bell Mobility Inc. and Telus Corp., by bringing the newest technology to market first and by canny investments in network upgrades. It's not going to give away the farm to satisfy some Apple diehards, he said.
Rogers is using the iPhone as a flagship product, and one that, when combined with the company's promotion of Facebook applications and other teen-friendly services, helps position the telecom giant as "hip and cool" in the eyes of consumers, said Michelle Warren, a senior analyst with Info-Tech Research Group in London, Ont.
Years ago, Rogers' cable division provoked a consumer revolt when it introduced negative option billing, a process that charged subscribers for new specialty services unless they opted out. The message from the company today is very different.
"We take customer feedback very seriously," said Liz Hamilton, a Rogers spokeswoman. The company says it stands behind its pricing plans, which have been developed based on how the company thinks its customers will use the device.
To help customers, Rogers will send them a message when they are at 80 per cent of capacity and again when they have used up their purchased capacity. That is similar to how Rogers Cable Inc. notifies its Internet subscribers when they are approaching their bandwidth caps. Customers will also be free to change their plans for either more or less data, without incurring a penalty or resetting their three-year contract, she said.
Rogers also scoffs at criticism that it has a monopoly on the iPhone. The company has built its network on a technology that has made it the only carrier in Canada capable of running the phone. "That's no accident," Ms. Hamilton said. "It was a visionary move."
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/serv...tory/Technology
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