Rogers Wireless Plans for HTC Android Phones at Launch

This page preserves a snapshot of plan structure from the launch period. Do not use it for current pricing.

How the plans were organized

Rogers priced plans by region: British Columbia and Alberta, the Midwest, Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces. Prices differed between regions, and the original article listed each one.

Two ways to buy

1. Separate voice and data. Pick a voice plan and add a data package.
2. A combined voice and data plan. One monthly fee for minutes and data, on a 3-year contract.

The separate route

The author recommended the Employee Purchase Plan, a $20 plan with 200 daytime minutes and unlimited evenings and weekends starting at 6 p.m. It was the best value for minutes. With a data plan the HTC Dream and Magic each cost $149 on a three-year term.

For data, the $35 Smartphone Data Value Pack included 500 MB, Caller Display with name, enhanced voicemail, unlimited sent and received text and picture or video messages, and WhoCalled. The monthly total with the $20 plan was about $69.94 in British Columbia and $65.57 in Alberta, with fees and taxes.

The combined route

Plan	Included
$45 Mega Value Combo	100 daytime minutes plus 50 bonus minutes, unlimited evenings and weekends from 9 p.m., 500 MB data
$70 Mega Value Combo	550 daytime minutes, unlimited evenings and weekends from 9 p.m., 1 GB data
$75 Smartphone and Rocket stick	150 daytime minutes plus 50 bonus minutes, 1 GB shared data with a free mobile internet stick on a 3-year term

On the $45 and $75 plans buyers could choose one free promotion: 1000 sent messages, double daytime minutes or a local My5 list. Adding a few dollars moved the start of free evenings to 6 p.m. or 5 p.m. A $20 Smartphone Value Pack could be added for voicemail, caller display and unlimited messaging.

What changed in June

• The My5 option left the family plans.
• The Data Family Plan rose from $80 to $90.
• Student plans and student discounts expired and were due back later in the year.
• Unlimited calling to Rogers, Fido and home phone numbers expired and was replaced by a double daytime minutes promotion.
• The $45 Mega Value Combo lost minutes.
• The $15 Smartphone Value Pack became $20, with unlimited messaging in place of the old limits.
• New contracts got one month of unlimited local minutes instead of three.
• Plans with a data bonus now gave two months of unlimited data instead of three.

Why this still helps

The structure shows how to compare any plan: minutes, data, messaging, when free time starts, bundled extras and what taxes and fees add. Current plans differ, so read a carrier’s present terms.