Rogers 個 upgrade phone policy 系咩玩意兒? upgrade, policy

matt72178

系咪即系加些少錢有新機用?
有邊位師兄師姐試過?

pkphilip

Data has higher profit margin than anything, therefore EVERYONE will capitalize on that.

Since Telus and Bell moved to 3G UMTS, meaning their budget lines like Koodoo and Virgin and Chatr will accept any WCDMA 850/1900 MHz SIM phone. With those, you can go month to month if you don't owe them anything (or "the tab"). Therefore it is more economical for those who use little but hate the big monthly bill.

Again, these guys are there to take your money. Why you want to be leashed for years? I honestly think that losing the freedom of choice and bargaining power for a free and locked phone? I rather take a non-branded phone over any carrier phone any time.

I am paying Fido $53 a month, including 300 min, free after 5pm, CID, VM, SMS, Email, 6GB Data... (I am on 3 years contract now, don't think it could go any lower...). I was contract-free for 6 months before Fido finally gave in to my demand when I indicated I will move to someone else.

Philip

嘉嘉

well yes, only if I stop my phone services
just that I don't want to be tied up for 3 years for sure

who knows if there is any better deal later
or I might switch to wind or mobilicity one day

B2L2

but i did my math, paying $250 to save 24 more months x $70 = $1680...... )
嘉嘉 發表於 2011-11-30 09:37

Well, I think this logic is somewhat wrong.

Assuming after your one year contract, you're able to go somewhere else and get a very similar plan for less than $70, say $60 for the coming 24 months.  Then the money you saved in 3 years total will be ($70-60)x24 = $240. (this assume that you don't need another phone when switching)

You save $1680 only if you stop using cellphone all together a year later.

If today, you can't find a plan that suit you for less than $70, do you believe that you could do find a plan for say $60 a year later?  Well, it is the future, so who knows.  

hium

These guys are there to take your money! When picking up a new plan, asks yourself a few questions:
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pkphilip 發表於 2011-11-30 00:24

不能同意更多 great post!

嘉嘉

no wifi at work for me >_<

lo_pak

回復 18# 嘉嘉

There're wifi everywhere in town... At work, just switch the phone to the office router...

嘉嘉

回復  pkphilip

I have an impression that if it will be more cost effective to buy a new phone (bra ...
lo_pak 發表於 2011-11-30 09:23

wa? only 30mb?
you don't really use data at all, do you?

for me I dont stream video and music at all (excluding using wifi)
regular things like facebook, email, whatsapp, a bit of browsing
comes to about under 200mb a month

my plan is near $70/month too, after tax
similar to urs, I have 1GB data
then 200min day time, unlimited after 5pm
fab 10 numbers

but good thing is that my contract is only 1 year (had to pay $250 for the phone instead of $0 for a 3 yr contract. but i did my math, paying $250 to save 24 more months x $70 = $1680...... )
or else I wouldn't have signed it up

lo_pak

回復 15# pkphilip

I have an impression that if it will be more cost effective to buy a new phone (brand new) and port it to, let say, fido?

I am tired of those monthly plans with contract... Couple months ago I checked over my monthly usage it's 150 mins daytime (250 mins plan), 700 mins at night (unlimited), 30MB data (1G data plan), 100 sms (2500 sms plan), and my monthly bill is $78/mo after tax... , since I have 6 months left with my contract, I called into Rogers and they can only fix my bill to $70 after tax, which I think is still very expensive in terms of my usage...

Nowadays those data plans are sky-high expensive... It's pointless to pay $25-$30 for the data which I don't need that much...

嘉嘉

yeah they are a bell dealer......