Canadian iPhone User - iPhoneUser.ca

The way it looks, I will eventually switch to Rogers and leave my beloved Fido. Not right now of course but it looks that way in the future. From what I can see and what I've noticed, when the iPhone is finally available in Canada, it more than likely will only be available on Rogers and not Fido.

Why? Because Fido is not really geared towards data use and their stock phones are pretty lacking. They do have the Samsung Jack and the Moto Q9 but looks at the data plans they have available for those. The most data is 8mb with unlimited emails for $40 extra per month. All of their other phones are pretty lame. Fido seems to be geared more towards the phone use only type person or even the emergency call type cell user only.

Rogers is going to be releasing the LG Vu and a big maybe on the Nokia N95. Rogers seems to be getting the good phones while Fido does not. Rogers has better data plans available for their phones. Do you call 500mb for $80 a good plan? I don't know. It's definitely not great but it's a much better value than what Fido offers. So once the iPhone is released here in Canada it will most likely be only on Rogers and will come with a decent data plan. I sure hope they include voice minutes in the plan and have an iPhone only plan like AT&T does.

I will probably have to sign another 3 year contract but the good thing about porting from Fido to Rogers is that you don't have to pay the early cancellation fee (ECF). It will probably be another $400 bucks or so but I'm willing to pay that to get a decent data plan. I will miss the per second billing though.

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