Well, it has arrived and the iPhone 3G is on the street.
And I, didn’t buy one.
Why you ask? Simple. The plans that are available from Rogers are, to put it plainly, terrible. Locked in for three years at these rates and there is no unlimited package. I would love to have one but, the costs are insane frankly. Here is a break down of the costs over three years without the data plan from Rogers.
From the Toronto Sun:
“Then there’s the monthly fees that you commit to paying for those next three years — with the occasional letter from Rogers telling you that they’ll be generously raising your prices so they could better serve you) — $69-plus in applicable taxes, and then random arbitrary fees per month for voice services. Then $20-plus in applicable taxes and random arbitrary fees for data.
“So $89-plus, per month; for THREE years — meaning this inexpensive toy will run each user in the course of three years over $4,000.”
This is without the data plans.
Ah, the dream of running metasploit from my iPhone will have to wait.
[tags]iPhone 3G, iPhone Canada, Rogers iPhone[/tags]