Globalive leaked phone plans… AKA was Alex right about blurry cam conspiracies
A poster over at Howard Forums, one of the biggest message boards for all things mobile phones, has leaked a number of stills, plus the planned rates for emerging new Canadian wireless carrier Globalive, who bought up a lot of spectrum in the Canadian airwaves auctions not to long ago. The poster claims that he’s doing this because he was let go from the company, but I’ll get to that in a paragraph..
Among the details? Globalive will be carrying some high end fare, such as the HTC G1 and HTC Magic Android phones, Sony’s Experia WinMo phone and the new grown up Sidekick LX 2009. Their voice and data plans are real competition to the the current big carriers Rogers, Telus and Bell as well, and they’ll be rocking the 7.2Mbps HSDPA network.
What makes this more interesting is the timing, as it was less than two weeks ago that Rogers announced that it was bringing Android to Canada with the HTC G1. Although I don’t doubt the information posted at Howard Forums, the user who posted the information only registered to post the details which smells much more like a deliberate leak from the company as opposed to a disgruntled employee.
This ties nicely into Alex’s discussion of ‘blurry cam conspiracies’ from episode 15 of rgbFilter.
Full details after the break…
14 Handsets
- Sony Ericsson TM506
- 7.2Mbps HSDPA clamshell. $29.99 on 24-month, $99.99 on 12-month and $199.99 monthly / pre-paid. Available in green, silver and red.
- Nokia 5330 XpressMusic
- 384Kbps UMTS candybar. $59.99 on 24-month, $109.99 on 12-month and $207.79 monthly / pre-paid. Available in black and red.
- Nokia 5730 XpressMusic.
- 3.6Mbps HSDPA candybar. $49.99 on 24-month, $99.99 on 12-month and $179.99 monthly / pre-paid. Available in black, pink, blue and red.
- Nokia 6070 Classic
- 10Mbps HSDPA candybar with 5 megapixel camera. Pricing is unknown. Available in silver and black.
- Sidekick LX 2009
- Radio information is unknown, though we’d wager 3.6Mbps HSDPA. Pricing is unknown and you can have it in any color you like so long as it’s black.
- Sony Ericsson Xperia X1
- 7.2Mbps HSDPA Window Mobile 6.1-powered slider to be billed as the flagship device of globalWireless. $149.99 on 24-month, $249.99 on 12-month and $449.99 monthly / pre-paid. Look for it in black.
- Global (HTC) G1
- Same thing as the HTC Dream and the T-Mobile G1 including the 7.2Mbps HSDPA radio. $129.9 on 24-month, $229.99 on 12-month and $429.99 monthly / pre-paid. Black only.
- Global (HTC) M1
- Same thing as the HTC Magic aka T-Mobile G2. Pricing is unknown, though we do know it feature 7.2Mbps HSDPA and will be offered in white only.
Airtime Rates
- $29.99 – 350 minutes, unlimited e/w, unlimited incoming
- $39.99 – 650 minutes, unlimited e/w, unlimited incoming
- $59.99 – Unlimited minutes and incoming.
Voice Add-Ons
- $5 – Unlimited nights at 5PM
- $8 – Unlimited mornings until 9am
- $15 – Unlimited calls to the US
Included Services for Monthly Plans
- Unlimited SMS (Canada and USA), Voice Mail, Caller ID, Name Display, MissedCall, Call Waiting, Call Conferencing and Call Forwarding
Optional Services
- $4 – 500 international SMS
- $7 – Unlimited international SMS
- $5 – Video Mail
International Calling
- $5 – 100 minutes to Asia
- $10 – 250 minutes to Asia
- $5 – 100 minutes to Philippines
- $10 – 300 minutes to Philippines
- $5 – 200 minutes to Eastern Europe
- $10 – 350 minutes to Eastern Europe
US Roaming (T-Mobile)
- $0.19 per minute without plan
- $0.05 per SMS without plan
- $0.40 per MB of data without plan
US Roaming Plans (T-Mobile)
- $15 – 75 minutes
- $25 – 200 minutes
- $40 – 650 minutes
- $10 – 250 SMS
- $19.99 – 50MB of data
- $29.99 – 250MB of data
- $59.99 – 1.5GB of data
Data Access Rates
- $10 – Unlimited email (20MB in reality), IM and “communities” (social media sites?)
- $23 – 2.5GB data and unlimited email
- $40 – Unlimited, plain and simple
Data Add-Ons
- $8 – Unlimited browsing
- $5 – Enables tethering
- $10 – “100MB of global remote mobile storage”
SIM Cards
- $0 on 12 and 24-month plan
- $19.99 on 1-month contract
- $29.99 outright
- Will only work on a globalWireless handset
Text of breakdown via [BGR]
I was on the fence until that line in the CEO’s blog post rebuttal: “That being said, what do you think about the plans being discussed on Howardforums”.
http://wirelesssoapbox.com/ideas/14254
LAME
I think it was obvious before the ‘official rebuttal’. Beyond that, I took a look at the pricing, and although it’s decent, it’s not mind blowing. Promising 10Mb HSDPA is nice though.
no the plans aren’t mind blowing cheaper than Rogers et al, but they are better for sure and over a 12 month period they will put money in your pocket – perfect for jailbroken unlocked iphone users to switch to
Unshackling one’s phone is always a good thing. 😀
~perfect for jailbroken unlocked iphone users to switch to~
Sadly, if you’re on Rogers and own an iPhone 3G, then you still have 2 years left on your 3 year contract…so no GlobalLive for you. By which I mean me.
from what i read on the forums you cant use unlocked phones on their service anyways
There’s always a workaround for the unlocking community.
true
anywhoo its a non starter for me for obvious reasons
they have to get a roaming deal in quebec because to have a service that is a deadzone in the nations second largest market is a problem
this grabbed my attention
“Unlimited SMS (Canada and USA)”
i think thats a first for canada… i could be wrong
the best deal fido offers is “250 Intl & U.S Text Messaging 10.00 ”
i hope this makes the other carriers get their shit together
I think you’re right. For heavy TXTrs, that’s not a bad deal compared to the old boys.
bah no service in quebec… videotron cockblocked them im sure
so you cant use unlocked phones?
no ROAMING in quebec even
obviously im a bit underwhelmed now