Rogers has officially announced that they will be carrying the LG Vu. The big question now is what does this mean for iPhone users in Canada. The LG Vu is an iPhone looking phone with touch screen controls. It is as good as the iPhone, of course not.
The reason this becomes a question is that the LG Vu has a full html browser, not a WAP browser like the $7 unlimited browsing option includes. Will Rogers have to create a new data plan to support this phone? Or will it be compatible with the with the $7 plan? If it is compatible, why can't we just use the iPhone legitimately on the $7 plan without having to worry if we are going to get charged extra every month. If Rogers creates a new data plan to be used on this phone, can we use it on the iPhone? I sure hope so if it is decent.
Here is the article regarding the unveiling of the LG Vu on Rogers:
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2008/27/c7397.html
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2008/27/c7397.html
The article states that the LG Vu will have access to Rogers Vision services. Rogers Vision services are separate from actual browsing though which include Radio on Demand, Video on Demand, Mobile TV, and the Rogers MusicStore. Of course you have to pay more for these services since the Vision Value Pack is $25 a month. Good thing iPhone users don't pay extra for that junk.
Rogers really likes to lock phones down to their own services. We will see what happens when the LG Vu is released in May.
4 comments:
I wonder how much the LG is going to sell for. It looks okay but not as sleek as the iphone.
I would say the LG Vu would cost about 200-250 on a 3 year contract from Rogers. They always subsidize the cost of their phones. It will probably be about 500 without a contract. AT&T doesn't subsidize the cost of the iPhone and I'm sure Rogers wont either when it makes it here. However, the iPhone is only 99 euros in germany on some kind of contact on T-Mobile.
umm no... the LG Vu costs $179.99 at ROGERS for a 3 year contract.
I know I posted about that recently, this was over a month ago.
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