Rogers and Fido announce plans for iPhone Canada

Posted by buzz

June 27, 2008

We now know how much it will really cost for an iPhone in Canada on July 11. Sure, Steve Jobs already told us $199 for the 8gig 3G iPhone, but the data and voice plans that go along with the iPhone are what Canadians have been anxiously awaiting since release.

Rogers and Fido announced their iPhone plans today. Fido is owned by Rogers, so don’t expect anything different between the plans. In fact, the only difference is how they’re branded - Rogers promises “flexible” while Fido claims to serve up “high value”.

    iPhone 3G Price Plans at Rogers Wireless
    ----------------------------------------

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Sent      Incoming
                                              Text      Text       Visual
    Price   Voice                    Data     Messages  messages   Voicemail
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    $60 /   150 minutes + unlimited  400 MB   75        Unlimited  Unlimited
    month   Evening and Weekend
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    $75 /   300 minutes + unlimited  750 MB   100       Unlimited  Unlimited
    month   Evening and Weekend
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    $100 /  600 minutes + unlimited  1 GB     200       Unlimited  Unlimited
    month   Evening and Weekend
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    $115 /  800 minutes + unlimited  2 GB     300       Unlimited  Unlimited
    month   Evening and Weekend
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Rogers]

    iPhone 3G Price Plans at Fido
    -----------------------------

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Price    Voice               Data      Sent       Incoming     Visual
                                           Text       text         Voicemail
                                           Messages   messages
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    $60 /    150 minutes +       400 MB    75         Unlimited    Unlimited
    month    unlimited Evening
             and Weekend
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    $75 /    300 minutes +       750 MB    100        Unlimited    Unlimited
    month    unlimited Evening
             and Weekend
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    $100 /   600 minutes +       1 GB      200        Unlimited    Unlimited
    month    unlimited Evening
             and Weekend
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    $115 /   800 minutes +       2 GB      300        Unlimited    Unlimited
    month    unlimited Evening
             and Weekend

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Fido]

I have been quite disappointed at Rogers through this whole process. There has been no fanfare or marketing thrown behind the iPhone launch. Which is odd considering the brand value this phone will have for Rogers in 2 weeks.

John Biehler is the smartest iPhone owner in Metro Vancouver and has some more thoughts on what he calls an “epic FAIL.”

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Comments

Comment by Erin on June 28, 2008 @ 7:24 am

Thanks! Now I know what to budget for after the 11th.

And I agree…where’s the marketing?

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