Well like most say if you don’t know what the iPhone is by now…you might as well just stay under that rock you’ve been under because the new iPhone is here and in my opinion its nothing too fancy.
New Features:
- 3G communications (2 or 3 times faster then EDGE for web surfing)
- GPS
- New design
- Version 2 Firmware (which can be downloaded onto old iPhones soon enough
Now unless you live in a major city that has decent 3G support, I don’t see this phone being worth UPgrading to. If you don’t have one on your ATT plan then its worth it because of the low price its being introduced with.
Up in Canada Rogers is taking charge of the iPhone and the rates are…well just like every other data package with Rogers – CRAZY. Heres a quick rip off the Rogers site.
iPhone 3G Voice & Data Packages
iPhone packages include all the voice minutes and data you’ll need to fully benefit from the breakthrough device.
| Monthly Fee* | $60 | $75 | $100 | $115 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekday Minutes Included | 150 | 300 | 600 | 800 |
| Evenings and Weekend | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Evenings are from 9 p.m to 7 a.m Monday to Friday and Weekends are from 9 p.m Friday to 7a.m Monday | ||||
| Data Included | 400MB | 750MB | 1GB | 2GB |
| 1MB= 1,024 KB 1GB=1,024MB | ||||
| Bonus Sent Text Messages | 75 | 100 | 200 | 300 |
| Visual Voicemail - New with iPhone | Included | |||
| Visual Voicemail allows you to go directly to any of your messages without listening to the prior messages, so you can quickly select the messages that are most important to you. | ||||
| Access to Rogers Wireless and Fido Hotspots |
Unlimited | |||
| Bonus | 3 months Unlimited Local Calling | |||
| Additional Weekday Minutes (per minute) |
35¢ | 35¢ | 25¢ | 15¢ |
| Additional Data | 50¢ per MB for the first 60 MB, 3¢ per MB thereafter | |||
| Additional Sent Text Messages (per message) |
15¢ | |||
YES that is 115$ for 2GB of storage. Now I know most people will never use that much but if you compare these plans to ATT for the same thing check the following out for a quick comparison…
Most people would loose it but for us Canadians (eh) this isn’t anything new. Rogers data packages have always been outrageous.
anyhow my (old) iPhone will be in tomorrow so expect a (old) review on it because I’m ”upgrading” from a Windows Mobile 6 device! (yes very interesting….)
