That’s right, I’ve upgraded my phone. Finally.
This is why:
- The wireless company gave me the Blackberry for free.
- I’ve kept all my features, except free incoming call airtime (it was the only one I couldn’t transfer from the basic handset to the smartphone) without being subjected to price increases, and locked in the price for two years.
- My new plan that includes smartphone data (versus the unlimited PCS data I had before) is only $2.30 more per month than what I paid previously.
- My 100 minutes per month free long distance would expire in August.
- I couldn’t check my Mobile Me email on the old browser.
The iPod Touch will still get used daily, but since I can only use it with wi-fi, I couldn’t pass up a free phone upgrade. We’ll see if my cameraphone shots look any better!
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“Us” being the legions of BB users? Or the “anti-iPhone army”?
lol BB users are anti-iPhone? The only reason I went with the blackberry is because my future bosses will be calling on me to do work stuff
That, and at the time, Rogers was the only carrier of the iPhone, and I’m pretty anti-Rogers (but SUPER anti-Bell).
Many BB users are anti-iPhone for technical reasons. The two systems are quite different and Apple takes a very proprietary approach, which also pisses off the Open Source community. For example, an iPhone user is forced to use iTunes to manage music. Not to mention it is currently marketed to consumers rather than businesses. That may change one day, but for now Apple is not enterprise-exchange-friendly.
Is that the Curve 8330? I have that. The picture quality is okayish.
Yep, that’s the one. It was the only free BB in my “customer retention” offer. The phone’s not bad; it’s an improvement over my previous handset.
Say it ain’t so!!! Didn’t the Jobsian Reality Distortion Field work?
Trust me, if I was offered a free iPhone I would’ve taken it. The operative word here is “free”. At least the iPhone is available on Telus Mobility now so it remains a possibility for the future. The iPhone was a Rogers monopoly before and I don’t like Rogers. Their hardware deals are all linked to long plans (3 years!), their self-serve customer service web pages are terrible, and the simplest customer service call turns into a pinball bounce between departments. In theory, multiple services with one company should make things simpler but with Rogers it’s the opposite. I only have cable internet with them because I dislike Bell even more, though I prefer DSL over cable. If I had several services with Rogers, I’d be complaining just like everyone else. But internet service providers require much less contact, so I might only ever speak to Rogers once a year and I’ve gone for much longer than that without needing to call them.
I’m not terribly brand-loyal. I do like functionality, but most brand lines of the same class are not so different in functionality. If someone gave me a Canon 5D, I would certainly use it even though I am happy with Nikon.