Attention all Canadians: The iPhone subscription plans are now out!
Canadian cell provider Rogers Wireless and its sub-brand Fido today listed its iPhone 3G plans, revealing its strategy for carrying the device in the country. All plans will need both voice and data and have finite data limits; unlike previous rumors, there will be no option for unlimited access with either service, though all will include Visual Voicemail as well as unlimited weekend and evening calling; incoming SMS messages are also unlimited, as is access to Rogers- and Fido-owned Wi-Fi hotspots.
Both Rogers and Fido plans are identical. A base $60 plan gives callers 150 minutes of air time, 75 outgoing SMS messages, and 400MB of data for use with any app; a $75 plan boosts call time to 300 minutes while almost doubling the transfer limit to 750MB and increasing the number of outbound messages to 100. A $100 monthly plan gives 600 minutes of calls, 1GB of data, and 200 messages, while an ultimate $115 plan supplies 800 minutes, 2GB of data, and 300 messages.
Additional data is 50 cents per megabyte through the first 60MB, but drops to three cents per megabyte afterwards.
Unique among most current iPhone plans are the ability to add Value Packs. A $15 pack adds Call Display, WhoCalled, ringback tones, 2,500 minutes of call forwarding time and increases the number of outgoing SMS texts to 2,500. A $20 pack both supplies 10,000 SMS messages and drops the 9PM evening calling threshold to 6PM for very frequent users.
Every iPhone plan requires a three-year contract; the company has already outlined pricing for the phones themselves, which match the US prices of $199 for an 8GB model and $299 for a 16GB version. Both the plans and the phones become available on July 11th.
h/t: electronista!
Thanks Rogers, I appreciate you announcing these plans so I know to avoid the iPhone for another year or so. I’m sorry but these plans are thievery at best. Everyone should take advantage of the iPhone return policy. Scratch “FU Rogers” on the touch screen and return it.
Wow, way to go Rogers - I didn’t think anything could deter my enthusiasm about the iPhone.
It doesn’t really matter to me… I’m used to getting screwed by rogers, but now at least I’ll enjoy it with an iPhone.
The surprise for me came when I realized that the iPhone development tools did not run on powerpc macs… Even though it is just a cross compiler and simulator anyways, and they could have made it powerpc compatible with a single checkbox in xcode… I was planning on waiting for the next speed bump to get a macbookpro… But that doesn’t matter! It is not an option! be happy!
My new macbookpro is coming in fedex by wednesday! yay!!!
–jeffy