Yeah that's fucking gay i went to buy one 8gb $350 wtf so if i cancle my number and get a new one its 199?? wtf y so stupid rogers.. fuck u rogers

You guys really need to grow up.  You have to pay more becuase you are on a contract which probably carried a subsidy for a phone you received when you signed up.  That subsidy was for the life of your contract.  If you want a different phone (The iPhone is the most heavily subsidized phone that Rogers has ever carried) you better believe you are going to pay a premium.  They already subsidized you once.  Why should they do it again on the same contract?

And good luck cancelling and getting them to give you one for $199.  If you have to pay more than the $199 to upgrade it means you are still under contract.  So you have to pay a cancellation fee of $20 for every month left on your contract to a maximum of $400.  Tack that onto your $199 if you cancel.

Oh and just so you know, the swearing doesn't really make your point any more meaningful.  It just makes you sound like even more of an idiot and trust me, you don't need any help in that area.

Lets try saying this two different ways:

Method #1: Your first contract would have involved a reduced price or cut rate (called subsidizing) cell phone. Rogers locks you in for 3 years so you can pay for the difference of your free or cheap(er) cell phone vs a buy-out cellphone via monthly service payments. After 1 year, you've only contributed 1/3rd (or half if you were 2 years) to paying off your phone. Therefore while you're eligible for a new phone upgrade, you're going to have to finish paying off a certain amount (or all) of the remaining subsidized cost of your original phone. This is simple math.

BTW if you cancel your contract. You'll get charged $400 minimum to do so with about 2 years left, or maybe only $300 with a year. Depends on your plan. I'd say the $150 extra is much more attractive than the $400 contract penalty.

OR

Method #2 (the answer you guys deserve with your ignorance): Stop whining you baby and get an f'ing clue. You're so stupid. RTFC. You don't know what being jerked around or ripped off is.

Wake up white people. Don't just complain for the sake of complaining.

What I don't understand is, when I signed a deal last year, I never bought a phone from them at all.  I already had my own Motorola phone... so all I did was get a SIM card from Rogers.

Yet, they still charged me $399 ($449-50mail in) for the iPhone.

So technically, the way you guys are explaining it... i should have gotten it for $299 not $449 since I'm not paying any subsidized cell-phone price.

I called Rogers and they said hardware upgrade is $250 for 8 gb and $350 gb. What's with the price differences?

The price difference depends on what "Tier" you are on for your HUP.  The more you spend over your time with them the less of a premium you pay to upgrade.  There are 5 tiers.  The lower tiers include more for the phone + a 35 admin fee.  The higher tiers include less cost for the phone and no admin fee.  Just depends on how much you have spent over your contract time.