Don't think that's true.
You can buy the phone outright if you can't upgrade.
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I asked Rogers and best buy on Sep.24. both of them won't let me buy the phone outright first few weeks after the phone released, because they may not have enough stocks for me. all of them are selling the phone with 3 years contracts if you want one.
I hope this is not true, because I really want to grab one without contract.
Or if anyone know where can I buy the phone outright in Vancouver. Please let me know.
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Call Rogers, tell them your situation and ask how you should go about buying this phone. They can deny customers the option to buy it. They may tell you that you'll need to renew your contract and if that's the case, you should ask them what kind of discount you'll be receiving for doing so.
A Telus manager told me yesterday that it may be activations only and no outright purchases.
I second this, Telus are steering towards activation only sales, they're beginning to rip down outright prices and the HTC Desire is unavailable at outright now and they'll probably do this with the Milestone 2 and whatever else they get soon. This may have to do with either one of the two things: huge sales on high end device (Desire) and little to no sale on anything else or they're trying to retain contracted customers (they gained alotin Q2 but are losing a whole lot in the past month or two).
You should but I could be wrong. The downside is that you pay for unlocking it and then a warranty issue comes up and they give you another phone. Doh!
But if you buy a torch on bell or telus, wouldn't it not have 3G access on rogers even if you unlock it? I was under the impression that they run under different frequencies?
I was going to try going to futureshop to pick it up, mostly because a lot of their employees work on commission, so they may be willing to sell it just to get some commission versus none? Not sure if it would work, anyone have any ideas on that plan?
But if you buy a torch on bell or telus, wouldn't it not have 3G access on rogers even if you unlock it? I was under the impression that they run under different frequencies?
I was going to try going to futureshop to pick it up, mostly because a lot of their employees work on commission, so they may be willing to sell it just to get some commission versus none? Not sure if it would work, anyone have any ideas on that plan?
Rogers, Bell and Telus all use the same 3G bands and the phones, once unlocked can be used on any network
But if you buy a torch on bell or telus, wouldn't it not have 3G access on rogers even if you unlock it? I was under the impression that they run under different frequencies?
I was going to try going to futureshop to pick it up, mostly because a lot of their employees work on commission, so they may be willing to sell it just to get some commission versus none? Not sure if it would work, anyone have any ideas on that plan?
The 9800 is has good frequency range and will run on all 3 carriers. � No problems. Enjoy!
