Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Canadian iPhone: Pay 3X More with WITHOUT Unlimited Data

This is almost a moot point with regards to pricing, as an iPhone without Unlimited data is virtually useless in terms of mainstream user adoption of the phone and its most important features (first and 3rd party data applications/ecosystem).







International Cost Comparisons1



Canada (Rogers)2

United Kingdom (O2)3

United States (AT&T)4

Phone cost (8 GB model)

$ 199

free

$ 202.03

Plan cost per month

$ 100

$ 76.63

$ 101.51

Minimum contract length

3 years

1.5 years

2 years

Voice minutes (day)

600

1200

Unlimited

Voice minutes (evenings/weekend)

Unlimited

N / A

Unlimited

Data

1 GB

Unlimited

Unlimited

Text messages

300

500

0

Call display included

No

Yes

Yes

Mandatory extra fees per month

$ 7.45

$ 0

$ 1.25

Caller display fee

$ 7

$ 0

$ 0

Total monthly cost

$ 114.45

$ 76.63

$ 102.76

YOUR TOTAL COST COMMITMENT:

$ 4319.20

$ 1379.34

$ 2668.27

Canadian iPhone: 3X the Price as the UK and 1.6X the Price the US WITHOUT Unlimited Data

Source: Get the facts on the Rogers iPhone - FACTS

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