Revisiting the iPhone on Rogers/Fido
Sunday, 13 July 2008
Posted by austin in: Apple, Toronto, trackback
A few days ago, I wrote that I wasn’t planning on getting the iPhone under the data plans that Rogers/Fido offered offered.
I didn’t.
When they offered the $30/6 GB data plan, I started looking at my options and on Friday, I ordered an iPhone (16 GB, Black) with the $30/6 GB data plan, combined with my existing 300 minute plan totalling out at $75. I don’t have Visual Voicemail or text messages with this, but I can add Visual Voicemail and a few other features for $15 per month, so for $90 a month I’m getting a pretty good plan—and I don’t have to give up my long distance option.
I may shift my voice plan around a bit since the plan that I’m on has been grandfathered in and includes voicemail already (which I won’t need with Visual Voicemail) and I’m pretty sure that I can save some money doing that.
Even better, since I ordered my iPhone on-line, it’ll arrive sometime next week (without having to stand in line) and it’s going to be $48 dollars cheaper than it would have been because I had 48 “Fido Dollars” in rewards.
Go me.
Comments
I got the data plan with a 100 weekdays and 1000 evenings/weekends + $15 value pack, so it ends up being $70 + all the crap like system access fee.
I was going to cave in too–until I phoned Fido and found out that I don’t qualify for a plan renewal for another 6 months (I signed a two year contract one year ago to get a “free” phone upgrade–to a fairly nice Nokia). I could tell the Fido rep on the phone was just doing her job, but there was no option except to wait for six months, she said.
How incredibly dumb.
I hope you enjoy yours, though! :)