Rogers to offer customers early equipment upgrade… after 30 months

By on Oct 20, 2010 at 2:57 PM
Exclusive October 20, 2010

You think signing a 2-year cellular contract is bad? Think about our poor brethren up north! Canadian carriers frequently require a 3-year contract in order for customers to obtain the most aggressive handset discounts; which means you are stuck with your phone of choice for an entire 36-months. Pretty rough. According to a memo obtained by BGR, the company will allow its customers to upgrade to a new device after only 30 months of service when inking a new 3-year deal — previously, the carrier allowed such an upgrade after only 24-months. What do you think Canadian friends? Sound-off.

Thanks, solidsnake3467!

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  • Fastwalking

    Rogers can go to hell. I’m waiting out my contract and will be switching carriers as soon as possible.

    Rogers is still not giving iphone 4′s to upgrade customers, only to new suscribers. So while the iphone 4 is technically available here, you still can’t have one. Not unless you pay hundreds of dollars to buy out your contract ($30 per month of your existing contract) and then pay full price for a new phone. I’m told it’s legal but it shouldn’t be.

    Rogers can kiss my A%#

    • Stew

      Not entirely true. I am an existing subscriber and I was able to upgrade to an iPhone 4.

      • Stew

        Also, if you want to pay full price for the phone you can – it has nothing to do with your contract. If you want to pay the etf and get out of your contract, then you would be able to get the subsidized price. It would be an either or situation, not both.

  • Angus

    i’m quitting Fido (Rogers) now, and paying the penalty because I have 13 months left and Mobilicty is saving me so much money it’s actually cheaper to quit! The big 3 suck, and i’m sick of paying extra for services that are free from all 3 new companies. I have a $115 monthly bill and they still want $3/month for call forwarding? They can all go pound sand!

    • JT

      just so you know…mobilicity is Rogers haha

  • Brenden Donaher

    This is complete bullshit. I pay over $100 for my iPhone with Rogers and they suck. There actual service is decent, but there customer service is so bad. I pay my bill, then the next day they call me telling me I owe them. Riding out my contract then peace Robbers.

  • SVELTE

    Why won’t Rogers just die… pure evil.

  • Cam

    I have fido with an iPhone 4 and when there mobile data viewing app says I am under my plan. But then they call me all the time saying I owe them all this crap. I can’t switch because the new guys don’t offer service where I live. So I am f*cked

  • Daniel

    WTF!!!! I was eligible for an upgrade with Rogers in Aug, but have held off waiting for the “coming soon” (never f@*king coming) Samsung Captivate, and now, jut days before the supposed release of said phone, they f*@king change the rules so I’m ineligible???
    I’m f*@king out, it’s worth paying out the early cancellation fee to be done with these c*@k suckers!!!

    • don’t know what to say but ….

      they really screwed you eh!

    • Steve

      Same here Daniel, same here…Although im now eligible 30 days from now, it doesn’t change the fact that i’ve been following the Samsung captivate release from rogers for months and months. It’s late, and it was way behind before the ALMOD display shortage. If it was released when Bell had theirs I wouldn’t be in this situation.

      ANGRY ANGRY ANGRY!

  • Beamer

    Just left Robbers after 36 month contract and went to Virgin 2 year deal and save about $28.00 per month on 2 phones. Now my Home phone is cancelled with these Robbers and internet and cable changing soon. Good Bye and Good Riddance.

  • Andre Salazar

    I’ve been on Rogers for over 15 years. I’ve had 3 out of 4 iPhones (no 1G). I’ve upgraded twice, the last time being with the iPhone 4. Rogers let me break my 3-year contract so I could upgrade, just like they did the year before. It only cost me $35!! Before you right articles, maybe you should do a bit of research! #imjustsayin

  • Sam K

    I think 2 year contracts are too long. 3 year contracts are ridiculous. With the pace of technology change in handsets and handsets only have a one year warranty, I’d never sign up for 3 years.

  • anon

    @26 what are you talking about? there’s absolutely no rule in place with regards to prioritising sales of iphone 4s , anyone who goes to a store and is eligible can do an upgrade @ 159 + 35$ admin for the 16gb model if its in stock, 269 + 35$ for the 32gb model, the eligibility rules have been relaxed again (same as with 3gs, customers who got the last iphone something like 8 months or greater before the release of the ihpone 4 get a ful discount, customers who got it sooner than that still get something like 300$ off the price). i honestly dont see your issue, the eligibility rules have been relaxed, the price is lower than it is stateside, the majority of people are adding around 8-12 months to their contract for an iphone 4 @ a reasonable price. really the only issue is finding one in stock.

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