The latest in the Canadian iPhone situation is that Rogers Wireless plans to launch the iPhone at the same price points as in the US. $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB. Cool news for Canadians, even though with the strong Canadian dollar we were all probably hoping for a slight break on pricing… (Fat chance, right!?) Don’t get me started on Apple Canada pricing… I’ve been in more than one heated discussion with an Apple employee over the pricing of goods in the Apple Canada store… They simply won’t budge on their pricing despite the strong dollar north of the border. I’ll save that rant for another post.
Back to Rogers…
The big news will be the data plan details when they become available. There is still no word on how Rogers is going to handle this. Canadian carriers are notoriously awful for charging and arm and a leg for data plans… and I’ve been sincerely hoping that the iPhone 3G will help bring down data plan pricing for not only new iPhone users, but for BlackBerry, Treo, and other smartphone users as well. $100-$200/month on data charges is not cool.
Rogers is also planning to plunk new iPhone customers with a 3-year agreement… one more than the standard 2-year agreement AT&T customers in the US have been getting. Not a huge deal, but I suppose if you change your phone often, it might be a bit of a pain going into the Rogers’ store to change up your plan from time to time.
[via Newswire.ca]
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TAGS: iPhone 3G, Rogers Communications
