Ever since the announcement of the 3G iPhone in Canada, I’ve been trying to decide whether or not I can fit it into my decidedly student-sized budget. When I first found out about it and that it was CAD$199 I had all but decided that I was going to get one. Then Rogers came out with astronomically high pricing plans that included, very few calling minutes, very little data and no caller ID. At that point I pretty much decided I was not destined to own an iPhone.
Then a thought occured to me: Skype. If Skype managed to pull together a native iPhone app for the App Store, it could prove to be the straw that broke the camel’s back in terms of working an iPhone into my budget. I did a little research and found out that Skype offers a subscription based unlimited calling plan under which you can call anybody in Canada and the USA for under two euros, or just a little over three Canadian Dollars. In other words, anywhere I have access to Wi-Fi, I could make calls for very little money, thus saving me precious anytime minutes on Rogers’ iPhone “high-value plan.”
As it stands now, I still haven’t decided whether to get it or not, but if I do get an iPhone, it certainly won’t be on the release date (July 11). I’ll be waiting to see whether or not there’s a native skype application first.
