I'm afraid I don't believe you're legit. Please accept my apologies if I'm wrong...
Ah you beat me to it.
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Customer Backlash on iPhone Rate Plans, Launch Approaches
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Ah you beat me to it.
haha, oops. Thanks for pointing that out to me - I fixed it.Although I must point out that the expression is 'with all due respect'. Sorry, just doing my bit for the language.
Good luck using it there. I hear that they use CDMA in Korea.
Do yourself a favour and Google "CDMA" "cellphone network Korea" and "GSM".
I stand corrected, they are now 3G 2100Mhz. You might still have to unlock it yourself first.
Oh believe me friend, I've done the research.
I was hoping to get a 1st gen iPhone, since it will be cheaper, but since the 1st gen iPhone was GSM, I was screwed into waiting. I really hope my nearby Rogers store has enough in stock.
Oh believe me friend, I've done the research.
I was hoping to get a 1st gen iPhone, since it will be cheaper, but since the 1st gen iPhone was GSM, I was screwed into waiting. I really hope my nearby Rogers store has enough in stock.
where abouts in southern ontario are you? if you dont mind me asking
where abouts in southern ontario are you? if you dont mind me asking
my store said 150 iPhones in 8gb and 16gb mixes
London Ontario
masonville place
All those features sound nice and all but you will not get any of those features on a locked phone from any provider in North America. It all sounds wonderful on paper but as I discovered with the Krzr I bought from Rogers, you never get what you think you are paying for.
What's revolutionary about the iPhone is that you get the same features regardless your carrier/country and none of the bloatware that ties you into their ringtone download services.
Bitch bitch bitch.
AT&Ts prices aren't that bad. I think they presented them poorly the other day (I got pissed because I didn't realize it was for 2 lines of iphone data service, I only need 1).
Canada on the other hand is getting hosed. Granted I only use about 75MB/mo of data, so a 100 or even 300MB cap might not be an issue, what they need to ensure is that the iphone and network can easily keep track of how much data transfer is happening so that people can clearly see where they're at. Yea the prices might suck, but transparency is much more important, so you dont spring a huge bill on them after the first month (like I did with Prodigy back in 1993).
AT&Ts prices aren't that bad. I think they presented them poorly the other day (I got pissed because I didn't realize it was for 2 lines of iphone data service, I only need 1).
Canada on the other hand is getting hosed. Granted I only use about 75MB/mo of data, so a 100 or even 300MB cap might not be an issue, what they need to ensure is that the iphone and network can easily keep track of how much data transfer is happening so that people can clearly see where they're at. Yea the prices might suck, but transparency is much more important, so you dont spring a huge bill on them after the first month (like I did with Prodigy back in 1993).
As much as i love our nation, at&t's rate increase is a killer!
(though not as bad as some others... really, i do think rogers needs to be shown its place!)
where abouts in southern ontario are you? if you dont mind me asking
I'm in Thorold. Near St. Catharines. Near Niagara Falls.
Care to back up your comment? Clearly identify and walk me through what parts of my post were false and according to your logic 'random blather'. Otherwise, I will just disregard you unfounded post as 'worthless uniformed follow the herd blather'. 'Newbie'. Nice choice of words. I guess you missed the part where I indicated that I purchased a mac product back in 07'. Not to mention have been a long standing owner of ipods for some time as well as other mac products.
As for being 'sour'. That's something I definitely am not as I can afford to actually purchase the product....
I purchased a 17" MBP w/ upgrade for ~3.4k in cash and felt it was a little overpriced. I did so because I could afford it and i was paying for what I wanted and not something I didn't that was sneaked in and packaged in... Nor was I forced to buy anything I didn't want.
If anyone asked me about my purchase I would say what the truth was and indicate my knowledge of knowing that I bought a slightly overpriced product. I am cool with anyone who speaks on the issues w/ truth. However, what I have been seeing on this thread are a bunch of people denying the overpriced nature of the product and making excuses as to why it is that way... For anyone who brings light to the situation, these people are telling them to buy the phone or ****... If anything, I would say that these people are sour.... They are sour that they are buying an overpriced product and are having their experience ruined by people who are making them aware of the fact.
I look forward to more information you can provide beyond your sentence of blather...
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You might want to have that shift key looked at.
The iPhone has had since inception a screen in the preferences for viewing your data transfer in the current month. The data cap is 400 for the cheapest plan and goes up from there with other plans. The 300MB cap was on the Blackberry plan.
I just took a look at the Telus (CDMA) plans and while they do appear to offer a unlimited data plan, the fine print appears to bar certain types of devices and certain types of traffic and the Telus (CDMA) voice plans are in most cases worse for minutes compared with what I have right now with Rogers.
Given the lack of restrictions on the data plan from Rogers, it is not a horrible as some of the Telus and Bell employees posting here are trying to make it sound. I've been a Telus customer before and they sucked before and still suck.
Nothing has changed. It is still GSM. They might have added some 3G frequencies for UMTS/HSDPA. Don't be confused by the fact that W-CDMA is used by 3G GSM networks. It is still not compatible with CDMA 2000 networks.Oh believe me friend, I've done the research.
I was hoping to get a 1st gen iPhone, since it will be cheaper, but since the 1st gen iPhone was GSM, I was screwed into waiting. I really hope my nearby Rogers store has enough in stock.
A nice side effect of the added 3G support is compatibility with some of the 3G FOMA networks in Asian countries like Japan and Korea but you might still have to unlock your iPhone before you can use it with a SIM from another country.
You have the option of cancelling and paying the 400 dollar cancellation fee.
Now I think your justification for buying or not buying a phone are up to you. I just thought I would post a link that shows some other unlocked smartphone prices. It is up to you to decide if they are in the same price class or not as the iphone.
http://shopper.cnet.com/4566-6452_9-0.html?filter=100021_17075121_
Now the rest of your rant looked to be a lot of opinion about credit and while I may agree with you to a point, I don't know what you hope to accomplish on this board.
+1
I remember when someone bragged about telling their local media that cancelling a contract with Rogers would cost 7 thousand dollars all based on a misprint on the English version of the terms and conditions posted online.
It seemed obvious to me that they meant to a maximum of 400 dollars given that other plans had a similar cancellation fee. Someone confirmed that the french version said 100 per month remaining to a maximum of 400 dollars.
I would consider such behaviour to be irresponsible.
You didn't give me much to go on - I didn't realise you required a locked phone. I tend to avoid those, because I like to be able to buy a local prepay SIM whenever I travel to other countries to save on roaming charges, and, like you, I don't like any carrier-specific firmware on my phones.
You can always buy unlocked quad band phones on eBay, or if you are visiting the UK anytime soon there is the Carphone Warehouse who sell unlocked phones with a £10 prepay SIM. I bought my current phone that way - straight off the 747 at Heathrow, on the train into London and then into the nearest Carphone Warehouse - still carrying all my luggage! Ahh good times...