Rogers iPhone price increase: $6,132,74
p2pnet news view | Mobiles:- The price of Apple’s Jesus phone just went up, facing Macolytes with a tough new decision:
Buy an iPhone 3G? Or take a luxury holiday in the Bahamas?
They’d cost about the same.
“The triple-locked phone will cost 10 times $200 sticker price, reckons Ottawa law professor Michael Geist,” p2pnet reported recently.
Now, it’s rocketed to $6,132.74, according to Digital Home.
“As terrific as the iPhone 3G is, the real question for potential buyers to ask is ‘can I afford it?’.” – asks the story, going on:
“Digital Home has been reviewing the Rogers iPhone 3G Voice and data packages and we’ve calculated that an iPhone could end up costing you $6,132.74 over three years!”
It details exactly how it reached that conclusion, adding >>>
As noted by John Boynton, senior vice-president of Rogers Wireless and its chief marketing officer “Our customers told us they wanted to use this phone in a way that they have not used other phones.”
In fact Digital Home estimates the typical iPhone 3G user may find the 2GB cap too low and be forced to pay a whopping $58.20 for an extra GB of data transfer.
In summary, Digital Home suspects most iPhone users will require the 2GB data transfer option therefore the following summarizes what Digital Home believes the hypothetical iPhone user is likely to pay over the next 36 months.
- Device: Apple iPhone 3G 16 GB Version – $299
- Monthly Fee including 2GB of data transfer: $121.95 per month (includes system access fee)
- iPhone Value Pack for text messaging: $20 per month
- Government mandated fees: 911 Emergency Fee – 50 cents per month
- Taxes: 5% GST and 8% PST
Add it up and the the three year total cost of owning an iPhone 3G before taxes is $5,427.20. Since you can’t avoid taxes, add 5% for GST and 8% for PST and the total cost is $6,132.74.
On a monthly basis that works out to just over $170 per month.
Definitely stay tuned.
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10 times $200 sticker price – Canadian Apple fans lust after the iPhone, July 8, 2008
sDigital Home – Beware: A new iPhone 3G could cost you $6,132.74!, July 10, 2008
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July 10th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Rogers has changed the pricing for data because of all the negative feedback.
“Customers who sign up for the new 3G iPhone from Friday, when the device goes on sale, to Aug. 31 will be offered a $30 per month plan that gives them six gigabytes of data usage — down from the company’s regular $100 per month plan for six GB.”
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/business/story.html?id=9fe174e1-9fc0-4711-9c4a-d19afc4655e6
July 10th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Thats disgusting! Six THOUSAND dollars!?!?! WTF!
July 11th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Jon, the title has a comma where a decimal should be, unless the Rogers iPhone costs $613,274
July 11th, 2008 at 1:07 am
Hey Jay, don’t forget to add a voice plan and then taxes. You’re still around $80 for everything per month, and you’re still stuck with Rogers for 3 years.
July 11th, 2008 at 3:00 am
Industry minister even calls on Bell, Telus to explain new text charges-
This is not even a new issue but an old one. I firstly could not help but notice that a very significant AMOUNT OF YOUNG PEOPLE USE THE iPHONES AND COMPUTERS STILL, and that as a direct result we now have whole generation of users who clearly do strongly hate the federal government as well as the big corporations for allowing them to be abused again and again. A really Smart move?? for the Conservatives and big Corporations getting young customers too mad at them now even for life. Certainly not a good, or a great marketing practice for the Conservatives, the Corporations, even for Industry Minister Jim Prentice MP. The whole fiasco, poor past responses, inactions now still being poorly thought out ironically applies now even to to the Conservatives and the Industry Minister himself now as well.. It all clearly falls in the same category as the Conservative Stockwell Day MP and his past skidoo antics.
“Finally Industry Minister Jim Prentice is calling on the chief executive officers of Bell and Telus to meet with him and explain their decision to charge consumers for incoming text messages. Jim Prentice has sent letters to the heads of the two companies, has said the decision to charge consumers without text bundling packages will hurt consumers. The companies must meet with him before Aug. 8. “While I have no desire to interfere with the day-to-day business decisions of two private companies, I do have a duty as minister of industry to protect the interests of the consuming public when necessary,” Prentice said in a statement. “I believe this was a poorly thought out decision.” Under the Corporations new plans, customers will be charged 15 cents for each incoming text message, including uninvited spam messages. Previously, customers without text plans were only charged for outgoing messages. Customers with a text messaging rate plan or bundle will not be affected by the new charges.”
Hey let me shout it all to you again and again, as a taxpayer I too always do openly rightfully expect always a good government, and I rightfully expect the government to do it’s job, including all of it’s ministers, and I rightfully also expect them always to fully to protect the citizens from the Corporations false misleading advertising, price gouging, price fixing, price collusions, bait and switch approach sales marketing approach, and a lot more. The problem also with the industry minister acting now on the iphone text issue while better late than never, is that the same major ISPs have used the same immoral approach on their Internet services as well and to date nothing was , is being done still about that wrongfully. and this is also still unacceptable.
It is also still interesting how much of the negative complaints rightfully are even coming from Alberta even from the Industries Minister’s own riding, Province too, right from the heart of Conservative supporter country.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2008/07/09/ndp-messaging.html?ref=rss&loomia_si=t0:a16:g2:r5:c0.0764563#articlecomments
Here again is how many Canadian consuemrs, citizens do see it as far as the iphones mainly. “Only the person who sends the message should be charged plain and simple. Why should I pay because some spammer sent me a text message that I did not want to receive. If I don’t want to answer my phone, I can simply ignore a call, but a text message from a number I don’t recognize is delivered to my phone whether I want it to be or not.”
“Don’t think for one minute that hasn’t been their plan all along – announce it at a high rate, with the intent of “backing off” to a lower rate…and then slowly increase that rate over the next few years once there’s a general acceptance of the practice ”
“I am loathe to trust a company that changes the terms of my agreement mid-contract. I would like to learn how it is that they are allowed to do this, but if I would like to change the particulars of my contract mid agreement, it is not allowed. I would like to think that if the terms are changed, shouldn’t the principal agreement holder be notified of the changes, otherwise it be nullified?”
“Pay twice for one service….. I’ll charge a fee to them for writing a cheque to pay my bill”
“Clearly it is in the best interest of consumers for their elected representatives to voice their concerns on top of those of the consumers when Canadians are being gouged at almost every turn. Bell and Telus clearly to not have the best interests of their customers in mind, rather as always, they are motivated by greed and profit. ”
“Kudo’s to the NDP on this one!!”
July 11th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
@ What
I dont mind being stuck with a provider for a long term. Ive been with Telus for 7 years. My current plan is $45 for voice plan and $30 for Unlimited data plan. Plus 10 for caller id and voicemail plus taxes and sytem fee. So Im up at 100 bucks anyways. The one thing that helps is that I dont have a home phone. I wouldnt have a problem getting an iPhone cept I just hate being like everyone else. I think Im still one of the few people that dont have an p3 player or iTunes on the computer.
July 13th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
This is outrageous. The only thing worse is there are probably rich dumbasses actually willing to pay this amount for an iPhone. Sure, its a sweet gadget, but I would rather buy a decent used car or a vacation.
God…