The Iphone is a luxury phone, if your low income and can not afford don't blame otheres! Or if your just cheap then thats your choice.

Everyone wants things for free or next to nothing and because of that fact alot of companys pay next to nothing and give our jobs to India. So come on people, if you can't afford things that are luxurys, then maybe you need a better job? More Education?

Thanks  for the backup Heather!!

For a minute I thought I was the crazy one here.

no one said Iphone is not a luxury phone, It is, but if you heard what Steven job said on his speech you would remember, he said they dropped the price of iphone so it would be available for everyone. indeed they did so !

BUT

Comparing the fact that Canada is one of the developed country in the world and practically Rogers cost isnt that different with any given carrier in US, there is no reason for any Canadian to pay on average 33% for the cellphone bill than any citizen of the developed country.

Also i would recommend you go read this : it shows rogers charges the highest for iphone(including the system access fee and data package...) than any other company in the world(after August 31 when the promotion is over, before that rogers is the second highest). Thats just sad seeing someone approaching to the whole story like this and ignore the bigger picture.

a good sale rep/company would make you to buy the product, but after you bought his service/product you dont feel ripped off, do you really think the same when every month you receive your Roger/Telus/Bell bill !?

We can all hope the prices are the same.  However the problem here is that as long as people are paying for the price they ask for, the price will not drop. 

Rogers are doing their job by creating profit for its shareholders.  If people are saying Rogers are making so much money, buy Rogers stocks and profit from it (it will more than offset your monthly wireless fee).

There will always be opportunities to take advantage of a situation, right now it favors Rogers shareholders.  Tide will turn sooner or later when there are more competitions in the market place.  Until then, there isn't really much you can do about it.

We sure see a lot of supports on this website and indeed we are paying a lot for the cellular services.  However I think the make or break point is not really the contract nor the $30 for limited data service.  Rogers will not come back and change your voice plan fee and the data service fee for at least the duration of the contract. 

It is the System Access Fee where they can raise at anytime and you have to swallow the increase while you are stuck with your contract.

The price tag on the iPhone is not the true cost of owning an iPhone.  It is subsidized.  It actually costs $208 more for a price tag of $407 according to some industry analyst.  Which is EXACTLY the CANCELLATION penalty ($20 per month up to $200) Rogers is charging you if you break the contract.

Bottomline, it would be great that everyone could get an iPhone.  But with lower price, you'd be complaining that they are out of stock and you cannot get an iPhone even if you have the cash to burn. 

The release day is tomorrow, we will wait and see if the $30 data + voice plan pricing point is the appropriate one.  It would however be a big slap in the face to everyone petitioned here should iPhone be sold out :)  It the event it should happen, mean that Rogers should raise the price because they priced it too cheapily where now demand > supply.  Reverse would be true if it is a bust, then we could enjoy perhaps cheaper iPhone and Data price going forward... or Rogers could also choose to discontinue the product if it doesn't sell well.

 

We are students from Isreal.
That said, I must note that pricing and the way cell phones are regarded in Canada were a SHOCK to us!!!

All that IS is Communication service! yet Canadian still treat cell phones like a luxury product?!?

If this country should really be considered to be with eyes to progress and civil comfort they should imply a model of business that will make this BASIC communication device available and affordable to the extent that it would provide a reasonable alternative to a land line!!

This is not dreaming! there are planty of those business modeles presented by a lot of European and Israeli Cellular companys.
And NO, that doesnt mean they make less money!

The pricing should be build over more variable usage plans so that even poor will afford to be carrying this device with no feeling like they are "luxing"!

btw.... Paying for incomings? back to medieval age?!

Common I know Canada is cold but it doesn't freeze your rights as people who communicate and consume!!

FIGHT!

This is the basic thinking .

Yes we all understand that with a luxury product comes the associated cost, that’s obvious with any high end product. What most people on here are complain about is the unnecessary high cost of those compared to our neighbors down south and the unfair treatment by Rogers and their gsm monopoly, which are taking advantage of the Canadian market. They are being greedy. We all know that these plans can be much cheaper and Rogers will still make profit from us!!

this is what is best for the Canadian family, paying $800 for a cell phone bill, besides it being completely rediculous and shows a level of pathetic abuse by the user.  Just gouges the pocket book of the average family, leaving less money in the coffers for more important things, like a house over your head and food in your mouth.  When people have less money cause they are being milked by a company like rogers.  They spend less on other Canadian products, which in turns hurts Canada and the Canadian people.

Like oh my god Heather are you for real!!  Like, i mean like, yes Stefanie... Ooooohh mmy god, were like, like sisters.  Call me!!