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Koodo prepping to release the iPhone 4?
Customers have been able to purchase an iPhone and activate it on Koodo’s network for some time now, so this rumour is not a far stretch at all. Every carrier that can sell the iPhone 4 is doing so. Solo and Koodo are the only carriers left out of the game. We’ve been informed from a few sources that Koodo employees have started training on the iPhone 4 and it should officially launch within the next two and half months. Most likely in time for the back-to-school period. We have been given various price points and will report back when we have a bit more confirmation… it’ll be interesting to see the Tab price point.
(Thanks tipsters!)
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That’s cool! I shouldve stick with koodo!
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“in two and a half months”
Just in time for the next iPhone then…
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Apple’s probably not going to release a new iPhone until the refresh of the iPods.
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This is what happens when you go for a carrier that that’s got a mexican wrestler as a mascot…. phones released a year late.
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too late. unless they will ACTUALLY have some promo plans for it that can beat New Entrants
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i’m actually really excited for this!
not because i want an iphone, but because hopefully this means price drop in nexus s!!
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This is to compete with Fido and Virgin. But they will need to increase the tab, or the Iphone will cost $500 with a tab of $150.
Just don’t expect to pay the price of a Tercel for a Mercedes.
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yep the iphone is a tercel!
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A tab of $400-$500 to pay, hello 5-7 year contract.
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After using a 4.3″ smartphone (touch-screen only), I don’t even understand how its possible to downgrade to such a tiny screen. Even 4.0″ seems barely good enough for my man-hands.
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Iphone 4 is a data hog, 500mb flies very fast, so becareful if you use it with kodo’s super light data options
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With iPhone5 or 4S just coming in a few months, no kudo to Koodo!
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@blindedbyfact tab is pretty much a contract.. so subsidize 500 would be about depending on the plan.
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@blindedbyfact tab is pretty much a contract.. so subsidize 500 would be about depending on the plan
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@NAj – its not a contract when you don’t sign an actual contract, doiii…u can cancel anytime as long as you pay off the rest of the remaining tab balance…
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You can also cancel a contract at any time but you just have to pay the cancellation fee. So really whats the difference between a potential $400+ Koodo tab balance and the cancellation fee charged by another carrier that would cost approximately the same? The tab system is just a contract with “no fixed term” that generally takes longer than 3 years to pay off incrementally at 10% of your monthly bill. When you consider that the average bill for talk, text and data is around $60 (conservatively), a $400 tab would take 5.5 years to pay off.
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tab or time contract, you get a credit check that affects your rating
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well, if i bail out of my rogers contract, i can do anytime. I just have to pay them $500 to do it.
Similarly, i can cancel Koodo service anytime, just that I still gotta pay that $400-500 of the full phone price after.
Moral of the story at the end of the day is: Whether you call a banana a rose or an airplane…it;s actually still the same thing….similarly tab is just another marketing BS.
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This is not news.
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@mark For smartphones this is very true. Tab is great for voice phones though.
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I love how you’re telling the man to get an eductation, Mr. Blindedbyfact. You seem to actually be blinded by false information and mexican wrestlers…
iPhone: $659
Let’s say you pay $159 at Koodo.
That leaves you with a $500 tab to pay off at 10% each month.
Let’s also assume you have a monthly bill of $50. Actually, let’s assume you have a bill of $100.
10% of that is $10 per month off your tab. That would take you 50 months to pay off (100 months if you have a $50 bill). 50 months is over 4 years and 100 months is about 8. So his statement of ‘hello 5-7 year contract’ is actually quite acurate.
Therefore, shut up, Mr. Mostironicnameever.
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Using real numbers like the 150 koodo maxes their tab at, and the realistic average of about 60 bucks a month for the average canadian the tab will last roughly 2 years. The real difference is between months 2 and 23 where you will pay a lot less to cancel then any contract provider. $500 on tab is not what koodo is about, they didn’t raise it for the nexus i don’t think they will for iphone either.
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@Joey Actually if you look at the competition, say Fido, their 3-year contract on smartphones maxes out at $500 ($300 voice & $200 data) for a cancellation fee and is calculated at $10 voice + $10 data per month.
Figuring that Koodo will stick with their $150 tab, and Apple doesn’t give them a break on the sticker price of $649, it means that your tab will only bring the cost down to $499.
That said, once more comparing to Fido, you’re basically paying the cancellation fee up front for the iPhone and tossing the “discounted rate” onto your tab.
That’s a horrible deal.
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And to K, N, and Mark your examples make no sense since koodo has never offered more then 150 on their tab, plug that number into your formulas and give people something accurate, not 8 year contracts based on the ridiculous $500 tab you created.
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Alright lets plug that number into “our formulas” in an effort to make things more accurate. Using the $150 maximum of the now current Koodo Tab and also keeping with the same $60 per month for a talk, text and data plan this would mean you pay off $72 of your tab balance per year. That also means the tab will take two years and one month to pay off. That still leaves you paying the approximate $500 difference for the iPhone which is near equivalent to a cancellation fee you would be charged when leaving 3-year contract early. So yes, Koodo does offer the lowest “cancellation fee” of any other wireless company (new entrants excluded) but this is offset by the high upfront cost of the iPhone.
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I don’t know why people fall into the “Tab” myth. I work in the cell industry, and I can tell you that EVERY company has a contract. Tab or Term, it’s all contract-based. Even when you go month-to-month with a carrier such as Rogers/Fido or Bell/Solo you still have to sign a terms and conditions contract and give 30 days notice prior to canceling.
Those of you who are looking for a cell company 100% free of contracts, you’ll never find it. EVERY company has a contract, EVERY company has some form of cancel penalty, you can’t escape it.
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Has anyone in canada had issuses with the new imessage on ios5
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@Jay definitley a horrible deal, i was simply refuting the made up tabs and 8 year contracts people we’re throwing out there. Yours is an argument based on actual numbers not “what ifs” like previous posters.
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@Jay I think you are mixing up things big time. Yes, every company puts something in front of you when you sign up with them. That’s for service terms etc. But not all have cancellation penalty. Koodo doesn’t. You buy the phone at the non-tab price and you leave a month later there is exactly $0 penalty. Only if you are to cheap or can’t afford to buy a phone do they make you pay for what it would have cost if you leave before the tab is paid off.
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Plus every plan is cheaper than fido n with reception behind Gd’s back canada. no fees n the only with the jp power n associates award this year
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Plus every plan is cheaper than fido n with reception behind Gd’s back canada. no fees n the only with the jp power n associates award this year.
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Joey’s got it right – Koodo simply can’t, and won’t, increase the Tab limit from $150 – they’ve shown that with the Nexus S.
Assuming the iPhone will retail for $500+, with a Tab subsidy of $150, customers are still going to be paying $350+ for the iPhone at the store.
Let Virgin keep the SuperTab – $150 works for Koodo, and as I said, if they didn’t increase the Tab limit for the Nexus (an arguably superior device!), why would the iPhone be any different?
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