And if Rogers screws us...wait a month or two for the hacking community to get a hold of this phone. Although I'm not sure how one would get around purchasing unless one doesn't need to activate it on the spot if purchased at an Apple store.
I'm with you. If Ted R. tries to rip me off on the iphone deal, then I will be off to the US in a second and will have a friend down there buy it for me.. sign up, pay the ecf, and unlock and jailbreak (when one is available).
Gazette story is wrong. Those prices are for other devices, not iPhone. iPhone pricing still hasn't been released. Talked to Rogers PR this a.m. (working on a story about impact of iPhone on data rates).
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Gazette story is wrong. Those prices are for other devices, not iPhone. iPhone pricing still hasn't been released. Talked to Rogers PR this a.m. (working on a story about impact of iPhone on data rates).
Did you talk to Liz Hamilton? I think she's getting annoyed with my constant questions.
Why do people think that a company can not sell their service/product for their terms?
Owning a cell phone is not a right, just like driving.
It is their plan, their terms, for their price. Don't like it go to another company and stop complaining.
First off, I am not complaining whatsoever.. and there is no need to be rude. As far as I know, when you purchase a smart phone now you aren't required to sign up for a data plan, so I was just wondering how a company can somewhat force you into doing that if you only want to use WiFi.
If you are going to use an iPhone for 3 years or more, than what is the problem. Save yourself some money. All they want to know is that you will be a customer for the next 3 years. Where else are you going to take the iPhone? No where, that's where.
If there were other carriers you could take it to, than I can see why all the complaining but since you can not use it anywhere else, stop
Exactly right...contract or no contract is irrelevant. You'll be paying for the service anyways. Unless you plan on going back to carrier pigeons for communications, chances are you'll still be using a cell phone. Might as well save the money and go on the contract.
so I was just wondering how a company can somewhat force you into doing that if you only want to use WiFi.
ofcourse they can "force you". Theres no LAW against it. The Terms and Conditions of the Sale are specified upfront. You buy this phone, you need this particlular plan. Plain and simple.
The reason some phones dont have this requirement is that they need to sell more units, so change the marketing to allow for more sales.
There will be the odd person who gets the iphone, pays the $400 + $100cancelation fee and chooses to use a non data plan (another SIM)
It will cost a good part of $700-$800 to have this luxury though
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It is standard because they decided it to be. I was never under contract when I was with Fido and Clearnet years ago. Then Clearnet became Telus and I signed a contract to get a decent price on a phone - $200 instead of $600. To me, it's not a big deal because I'm going to have a phone anyway and a cell phone is more of a privilege than a right. If I want to cancel the contract for whatever reason, I'll pay the ECF because it's not much more than what you would pay for the price of the phone without a contract.
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