LOL your post is hilarious but true. The Iphone is a luxury, more so here in Canada then the states but I agree with you. If you can't afford this luxury thats not rogers concern. I'm with Rogers and I'm happy they employee people in Canada then India. There customer services somtimes lacks but the people that work there are human... I don't expect perfection and if someone screws up there I'm not going to hate the whole company.

Great Post!

iphone..is not a luxury phone..
there are other phones that cost like
200
no contract
that can do the same thing..

"iphone..is not a luxury phone..
there are other phones that cost like
200
no contract
that can do the same thing.."

There are no phones that can do HTML internet browsing for 200$ and that are touch screen. The Iphone is a luxury phone. Heather is correct.

 

I dont think the issue is that the Iphone is expensive. It has to do with Canadian cell phone users being raped in this monopoly were faced with(ROGERS). BMW, clothes, yadda, yadda. This has nothing to do with the topic on hand so why bring it up?

    I hope somehow US companies can get in and grab that wireless spectrum thats up for bids.

F**K YOU ROGERS for your shady business

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 !?

Wow, you people are very emotional about the IPhone. Firstly, I suppose if you depend on Rogers to dictate your phone choice, then YES, it is a luxury phone.

If you actually know a bit about phones (and I do) and have access to the many phones (unlocked) and available from Europe and Asia, you would notice that the IPhone is nothing special.

As far as the price, I change my phone every few months. Each phone I get is usually the newest unlocked phone from overseas. The average price is between  $500-800 dollars a phone.

People who complain about Rogers (including myself) are not low income/cheap people. Some people may fit into those categories, but not all. In fact, it is the informed consumer, the one who knows the cell phone industry and the ones who understand the economy, complain. Why do we complain? Simple. We understand what others in other countries, such as the US, pay for their mobile services and wonder why we pay much much more.

Rogers is a monopoly, plain and simple. They charge more because they can. If all you do is think you can get a get a better job and keep paying rediculous service prices, then that is plain ignorance.

To me, the IPhone is a piece of junk. It only has a 2 mega pixel camera, that takes crappy pictures, and cannot even record video. Plus - Itunes is junk too. There are 8-10 mega pixel cell phones coming out soon. 5 Mega pixel phones are out already. All of these phones in my opinion far outclass the IPhone.

Either way, whether you agree or not, that doesn't matter. The point I'm trying to make is the fact that Rogers is charging way too much for their voice/data plans, especially when talking about the IPhone.

I make decent money, have a degree in Computer Science, and don't consider myself cheap, seeing as though I've never bought a phone for less than $500. In fact, my phone currently used right now is the HTC Tytn II, which I paid about $700 for. 

So to answer the first poster, yes, we live in Canada and things tend to cost more, but that doesn't mean we are stupid Canadians and are willing to spend all of our hard earned money to make a company like Rogers rich.

So go ahead and buy your IPhone. If that makes you happy, paying rediculous prices for it, then you and Rogers deserve eachother. I for one, refuse to support Rogers until they come to their senses.

And my opinion is an educated one, based on common business sense and principle.