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TOTA Mobile/Wireless/Celluar/VOIP Thread (pg. 76)
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| Cro_Addict |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
Blackberry Bold
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I got a chance to look at this phone. It looks/feels great. I didnt play around with it much...but it is SWEET! |
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| exstasie |
| quote: | 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! |
Here's the Blackberry 9000 Vs. the Blackberry KickStart (Flip Phone).
PS. It has also been confirmed that the Blackberry Javelin is the Blackberry 9300.
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| VERTiG0 |
| 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
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$60 / 150 minutes + unlimited 400 MB 75 Unlimited Unlimited
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$75 / 300 minutes + unlimited 750 MB 100 Unlimited Unlimited
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$100 / 600 minutes + unlimited 1 GB 200 Unlimited Unlimited
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$115 / 800 minutes + unlimited 2 GB 300 Unlimited Unlimited
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400 MB up to 200,000 text emails or 3,100 web pages or 1,360 photo
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750 MB up to 380,000 text emails or 5,900 web pages or 2,560 photo
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1 GB up to 524,000 text emails or 8,000 web pages or 3,500 photo
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2 GB up to 1,048,000 text emails or 16,000 web pages or 7,000
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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
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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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| Cosmic Fur |
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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.
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| VERTiG0 |
| Hahahhahhahahahhahah wow, just wow |
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| dEsidEL |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
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LOL... I'd like to offer my cross post here...
"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.
blah blah blah blah.. BLAAH!
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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."
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http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/450431
And don't give me any of that 'population density' bolongna especially when you consider Australia and Finland, two countries with comparable per capita population density with our own and similar markets..
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| Chris Allen |
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| 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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| Dr. Z |
| quote: | 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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it's okay, they can afford it, us on the other hand... |
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| dEsidEL |
| quote: | 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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those countries in particular have a high standard of living .. as well as greater market penetration for wireless technology. if anyone here has ever thought our alcohol prices were high, try buying a pint in Scandinavia!
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