AppleInsider | Spat with Rogers leaves Canadian Apple stores without iPhones

according to AppleInsider | Spat with Rogers leaves Canadian Apple stores without iPhones:

Apple, disgusted with Rogers Wireless for dumping egregious service plans on would-be iPhone 3G buyers, has decided that its Canadian retail stores will have no part in helping the carrier market the new handset to customers, AppleInsider has learned.

Of course, I have no personal knowledge, so I’m just passing on this quote, but I hope it is true. I’ve been with Fido for 3 years (one year without a contract), and I think I’m just going to use my fido $ to pay off my bill, and then cancel my contract. I may consider getting a cell again with a contract, but I’m switching to pay per use and have the phone around for emergencies. My mom pays $120 a year, she says, for her pay per use contract and keeps all her minutes.

Some people think it is ok to pay $600-1200 (or more) a year or more for a cellphone. That’s the price of being connected. Then again, they may be the same people who waste money on cars and commuting when they don’t need to. Some people need cars and cellphones due to special needs and responsibilities, and that’s of course necessary. But if it is a lifestyle choice, I wonder why people would make such an expensive lifestyle choice. Money == time, so the more you spend on what you don’t really need, couldn’t someone make the argument that life itself is what is being wasted?

Anyway, no cell for me, soon enough.