Someone please provide knowledge to this child

[BeatBot]

Hi,

I know the heading does not really give out much but bear with me here and read two more sentences.

I have a friend who during a chat said to me it costs more to make a phone call from and Iphone then it does from a blackberry . I was not a prick about it so I went on to listen, she (and apparently a whole community of her friends) are convinced that because you pay so much for the phone you also pay way more to make calls on these devices .

Anyway so I plan on sending her a link to this post... provided it doesn't cost too much airtime on phone to open it, LOL.

Can someone please help me to provide some convincing knowledge to a friend.

 

[CL-West]

The phone as got nothing to do with it, it depends on which network you are on!

 

[Ninja'd]

Can someone please help me to provide some convincing knowledge to a friend.

Besides a slap in the face?

 

[Azbubu]

I dono. My calls cost more on my iphone than the blackberry. I'm with your friend on this.

 

[BeatBot]

I dono. My calls cost more on my iphone than the blackberry. I'm with your friend on this.

:wtf:

 

[IzZzy]

Sounds about right.

 

[Ninja'd]

I dono. My calls cost more on my iphone than the blackberry. I'm with your friend on this.

Apple were always a greedy bunch.

 

[CL-West]

I dono. My calls cost more on my iphone than the blackberry. I'm with your friend on this.

Is it with the same service provider and billing settings?

 

[BeatBot]

Please explain your point logically. How then would apple be able to manually set their own charges? lets say for instance you are on prepaid like I am, using Vodacom how much extra will I pay? And if I did pay extra how come it is not made apparent to me? When I check the standard call rates on the Vodacom website there is nothing about iphone costs being different... Just as a heads up that it does not exist.

For example, check these rates provided here.

 

[BeatBot]

Is it with the same service provider and billing settings?

I highly doubt, it could be the same provider but different price plans. But same of everything is not even remotely possible.

 

[CL-West]

because you pay so much for the phone you also pay way more to make calls on these devices.

Even if it were to be true, the reasoning behind it is not!

 

[Beachless]

Apples royalties are more expensive than Blackberry.


I heard people arguing that if you crash your car your bank settlement will be more even if you repaired your car.

 

[ISP cash cow]

Please explain your point logically. How then would apple be able to manually set their own charges? lets say for instance you are on prepaid like I am, using Vodacom how much extra will I pay? And if I did pay extra how come it is not made apparent to me? When I check the standard call rates on the Vodacom website there is nothing about iphone costs being different... Just as a heads up that it does not exist.

For example, check these rates provided here.

LOL you are being trolled bud

 

[Azbubu]

Is it with the same service provider and billing settings?

Identical. I was also concerned initially but then discussed it with a few people who have the same. It's also apparently in the Apple t's & c's but no one really reads that so i'm not sure.

 

[Ninja'd]

HOLY **** I just tried it out now. A call on my Nokia is cheaper than on my Samsung Galaxy. How the hell did no one ever notice?

 

[BeatBot]

Even if it were to be true, the reasoning behind it is not!

The first and fundamental question I have is where is the extra money accumulated due to the higher cost going to? Apple? And if this is even possible how stupid will other manufacturers be not to also utilize this? Even in an ad campaign. Just to provide competitive advantage.

I am not a marketing or business guru, but I have common sense. And my common sense says if my competitor is exploiting customers in a certain way I shall make it apparent and use it to my advantage. After all we a all fighting for the same space in the market.

 

[BeatBot]

HOLY **** I just tried it out now. A call on my Nokia is cheaper than on my Samsung Galaxy. How the hell did no one ever notice?

Are they on the same network? Same price plan?

 

[Azbubu]

Are they on the same network? Same price plan?

Have you tried it yourself before starting this thread? You're making fun of people without even testing their claims.

 

[Unhappy1]

Why do you think the 3310 is the best phone (besides it being indestructible), phone calls are practically free.

 

[BeatBot]

Have you tried it yourself before starting this thread? You'e making fun of people without even testing their claims.

Unfortunately not tried it, but I did investigate it to a serious extent.

Better yet, I will call customer care and if I am told this is true I will come post back and swallow my words. But I really do not believe this. Not a single bit.

I am not making fun, after I did my part in trying to find out I did go back and have a chat with her again and she was adamant that expense phone leads to expensive phone calls.

Guys let us make 100% sure that it is the phone call that is expensive. Switch off data and everything make sure that you are not using airtime for things like data, then phone call alone be more expensive on a high end device than a low end? Same network, same price plan?