Rogers has shared their iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus two-year contract pricing, which starts at $229 on a Premium+ plan. Here are the prices below:
iPhone 8
iPhone 8 Plus
Premium+ plans cost $10 more per month than Premium plans, taking $200 off your up front cost of iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus. Premium+ plans start at $95 per month with 3GB data and 300 local weekday minutes.
Rogers iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus pre-orders start September 15, with launch day set for September 22, just like Apple.
Earlier today, Telus revealed their iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus two-year term pricing, which looks identical to Rogers.
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So both Telus and Rogers have the same price (okay, minus a dollar) and they both have premium and premium plus plans that add $10 to your bill to take $200 off the price of the phone. Competition!!
yup adds $20 a month from my share everything plan, id rather buy unlocked instead of paying installments to pretend I am getting a deal and forcing my selft to stay with Rogers for another 2 years
Most people these days like to be in denial and pretend. Consider yourself to be in the minority.
My company pays my monthly bill, but not for my device. Guess which way I am going? The more they will subsidize the better for me.
If they competed any more none us would be able to walk straight for years.
Lmoa.
They’ll provide the lubricant though!
That must be a Quebec only plan. They rest of us have to beg them to spit first.
Just. Too. Funny.
I chocked laughing…
You have to remember with iPhone, Apple strictly controls the price of the iPhone.
Unlike samsungs, which can be had for $0 a few short months after launch…
If I already have a share everything plan BYOD at $57 for 7GB, will I be able to stay with the same plan but just paying for exemple an extra $20 per month? Because if I try to upgrade on their site, they force me to chose a new plan. I just want to know if I can keep my plan but just paying extra so I can pay the rest of the balance at anytime and paying $57/month again after.
And Rogers LTE network is at least a generation behind the competition. I’m switching to Koodo.
But no. They’ll force you to change plans. You’re paying too little in their view.
I have no problem with LTE speeds with Rogers honnestly and I like VoLTE. So far I’m generally satisfied with them since February.
I though I could stay with the same plan because here in Quebec the cheapest plan they offering right now is 62$ for 7GB, just $5 over my plan so I though I could stay with my plan but just pay the extra for premium.
It’s the exact same plan. $62 for canada wide calling and $57(Optional) for province wide calling (Quebec Only). If you switch to the premium version of this plan you will pay $77 which is what you pay now + $20 and in the same time you will get Canada wide calling. Not sure if you can choose province wide for $72 though.
No, you have to have a plan that is $80 or more per month to get a subsidized iPhone. And this is why I am on a bring your own phone plan for $50 with five gigs. I save on the plan itself to purchase a phone.
I wish Apple had the upgrade program or the purchase program in Canada so we wouldn’t have to deal with carriers on subsidized cost. The US program is seamless.
The key point here is how much the subsidy is compared to how much it would cost to buy the phone outright from Apple (and be on a BYOD plan). As most people know now, even though you get a subsidy on the phone, your plan costs more (because you have to be on a Premium or Premium+ tab), so actual discount is much less than the “subsidy”. Using the iPhone 8 64GB and the Rogers 6(+1)GB Unlimited Local Calling plan as an example:
– Buying Phone from Apple: $929. Rogers BYOD tab ($100/month)
– Buying Phone from Rogers (Premium Tab): $429 ($500 savings). Rogers Premium tab ($115/month). Increase of $15/month, which over 2 years = $360 increase
– Buying Phone from Rogers (Premium+ tab): $229 ($700 savings). Rogers Premium+ tab ($125/month). Increase of $25/month, which over 2 years = $600 increase
Bottom line: these subsidies seem pretty fair. The Premium tab saves you $500 off cost of phone, and you pay an extra $360 in monthly plan over your 2 years. You effectively get a bit more than $140 “discount” (a bit more because technically $360 over 2 years is a bit less than $360 in present value). The Premium+ tab is less of a “discount” (you get a bit more than a $100 “discount”). As always, this “discount” needs to be weighed against the fact that you generally have to move to Rogers / Bell’s latest plans in order to get a subsidized phone, so may not be worth it if increase in your monthly plan is much more than $15 / $25.
As someone who’s planning to get the iPhone X, curious if Rogers / Bell will have similar “discounts” on that phone!