Gozit

Was it a Koodo shop/booth or a third-party shop? If the latter, that's Canada for you.


- Just in case it wasn't implied, Google Play shop is online. No actual brick and mortar stores - they sell nexus phones and the Google Play editions of some android phones. (GPE is basically the phone but with vanilla android rather than the respective company's flavour of it)

With the iPhone 6 coming out (pre orders start 12 September, general release 19 September) they'll probably offer the 5s at about $500 off contract and the 5c at about $400 off contract. The plain 5 is no longer sold but the 5c is identical except for the cheesy plastic back.

I'm 15 so my opinions may be a bit biased, but I almost never call. I hate it when people call me for nefarious reasons that could have been done over text. I have unlimited calls and never use it. I had 300 mins before and that was more than enough.

Calling doesn't "cost" per se, it comes off your minute allotment (or booster in case of Koodo prepaid) , but if you don't have a minute allotment, it does cost something absurd like 30-50c a min

SchnookoLoly

Nexus 5 comes unlocked. Great for when I go back to the UK and pop in my o2 SIM!

IPhone 5 will come down in price, yes. You should be able to buy it outright unlocked from Apple.

I'd say people mostly text, I only make calls when i need something quick. I haven't worried about giving out my number, and 500 mins lasts about 4 or 5 months.

My husband stayed on prepaid as well but switched to pay monthly after he realized he was topping up all the time, so that ended up being a better deal for him!

prairiechicken

It was a third party shop. I am no longer surprised - I have been misinformed at several stores now. I have stopped trusting anything anyone tells me at any of them and will rely on my own smarts.

I realised instantly that the Google Play store was online, but thanks. I only found the Nexus on there though, when I looked.

I'm really only interested in buying an iPhone 5s/c if I buy it direct from Apple, unlocked. Any idea if their prices are likely to come down in the apple store?

I am an unspecified age, but older than you I also hate being called for things that could be done by text. But then I generally prefer not to be interrupted unnecessarily, and to answer people in my own time, so text is a far happier medium for me, a lot of the time.

And as far as I'm concerned, receiving calls does cost. You buy the minutes (either in the form of a monthly plan, or in the form of a booster add on, or whatever, but you're not getting free minutes, especially not in Canada). They cost money to buy, so if you use them up by receiving calls, then receiving calls costs money. Presumably if you don't answer, you don't get charged though?

Gozit

Great! That's what I thought but figured i'd confirm.

Yep. 5s or 5c though. The 5 has been out of sales since Sept. 2013

Same here.


Yep. Good policy to follow with Canadian shops, especially technology related ones, and do watch out for the Internet/TV/home phone providers as they WILL try to rip you off.

OK good , and yeah I think they've stopped selling the HTC One M8 Google Play edition, which as of a couple weeks ago was the only Google Play Edition phone they were selling other than the Nexus 5, which is a Google phone to begin with.
You will be able to buy from Apple Store, but I can't say on the prices at this exact minute as the news that the 6 is coming out was literally just released today. But given previous years, like I said in my other posts, the 5s will likely be around $500 and the 5c around $400. Both unlocked from the apple store.


Yep same here.


That is true I guess... I do love that I can chat on the phone infinitely if the call is received, when I am in Europe. Yes, if you don't answer, it doesn't cost.