Upgrade or Buy BB off Contract

[reneegwpg]

I'm getting near the upgrade point on my Rogers cell phone and want to get either a Blackberry or i Phone. My current plan is only $10 per month voice and $15 add on with voicemail, lots of texting and unlimited mobile browsing so I would be sad to see that cheap price go for so many features. I'm wondering if I was to buy a blackberry outright then could i keep the $10 per month voice plan and just add data? Anyone have any advice?

[acwyau]

Why don't you call and talk to retentions to see what they will offer you?

[DawgMan]

Originally Posted by acwyau

Why don't you call and talk to retentions to see what they will offer you?

Very good advice. The people working in retentions have a considerable amount of freedom to work with customers, accounts and features to keep the customer satisfied.

[mmagda]

I'll tell you now, that 15$ add-on will disappear and be replaced with a min. data add-on of ~20$ [assuming one 5$ credit for data only] and another 10$ for the texting, etc.

[Bender]

Originally Posted by mmagda

I'll tell you now, that 15$ add-on will disappear and be replaced with a min. data add-on of ~20$ [assuming one 5$ credit for data only] and another 10$ for the texting, etc.

Why would they lose it? When you do a hardware upgrade and extend your contract you can keep your grandfathered plans in most cases. I have been doing it for years with Rogers.

The $10 voice plan is one I would never give up. All they should have to do is add on a blackberry data package.

[mmagda]

^^ Why?
"$15 add on with voicemail, lots of texting and unlimited mobile browsing"

Will not allow sales central aka 'the system' to process the request & upgrade without an applicable data plan for a BB/iPhone device.

So he has now two choices:
1. buy one for retail price - or in the marketplace/eBay, and not be able to use the mobile browser or pay 0.05$/kb

2. lose the mobile browsing add-on and swap it for a data plan & value pack to be eligible for a smartphone and not lose out on voicemail/texting/whatever