iPhone Qs

I apologize if this isn't right place to ask about Apple iPhone product since this is a notebook forums but I just want some short answers.

Can you purchase iPhone at full price then you can get plan without data and contract? Or they will still won't let you use your iPhone unless you have dataplan?


Wrote from my iPod xD

 

In the US you can buy an iPhone contract free, but it's still locked to AT&T, and you'll be forced into a unlimited data plan.

I'm unsure about canada, i'd check but I'm sending this from my admittedly not iPhone.

 

If you plan on using it with AT&T you will want the data plan. There is no point getting this phone without the data plan as you will more than likely end up using some data, which will cost more than the actual cost of the plan.

If you want to buy one to use on another network, you might as well buy it and then cancel the plan after a month. You will have to pay one month's worth of usage plus early termination fee but it will come out cheaper than buying the phone without a contract.

 

You can buy any phone contract-free, if you pay the full price, which is something like $850 for the iPhone. If you buy it in the right country, you can even get it unlocked by default.

In all seriousness though, EntityX's suggestion is probably the most practical.

As for your original question about the data plan and contract, that depends on what country you're talking about. The data plan is optional in many countries (one notable exception being the US), but the contract is pretty much required everywhere except countries where cellphone contracts are prohibited by law (I think a few EU and Asian countries fall into this category, but I'm not sure).

 

http://www.rogers.com/cms/html/iphone_vpterms.shtml
I'd except that it would be $400 to cancel. The phone is $299 on contract or $799 But then you have the first months bill you would have to pay and the activation fee's so it wouldn't really be cheaper. If you do buy a phone and plan to cancel the contract stay away from Telus, they charge you $20 a month that are left, I don't think there is a limit, so for a 3 year contract it would cost you more then a phone.

I've been trying to find out what a plan with Rogers would cost with out a contract and me owning my own phone, But I couldn't seem to find anything, the most I could come up with is that buying your own phone only got you out of the three year contract, you would still be stuck on the expensive plans. Best bet would be to call Rogers or Bell or who ever you want and ask them.

 

Essentially that's the only reason to outright buy a cell phone, you avoid the 3 year contract. You're still restricted to whatever plans the carrier offers however.

 

Yes, I was glad I picked up my 2g when you could still get them from Apple. I live in a rural area where there's little mobile broadband. A few people have it at work and it's about as slow as T-Mobile pre-pay when accessing the internet. My T-Mobile prepay allows me limited internet. I can check my mail, get scores and news all free, which is all I really need. Granted it's slow, but it works. I'd rather do that than pay $60-70 a month for broadband where it doesn't exist.

 

Yeah, I didn't want to pay $60 monthly + on top of everything + web server... Uni. fees aren't cheap. haha