I went into a magazine shop yesterday and one of the magazines I flipped through discussed the design behind the Helio Ocean. Seemed like a neat phone so I decided to look at the site. Seems like a good device.
And then I remembered that Helio was a company geared towards people who want a lot out of their cell phones. This is shown (to me) by the fact that they have Google Maps with GPS support so that it shows you exactly where you are.
So I decided to have a peek at their pricing. Holy crap is it better then anybody else I have looked at! They have an All-In plan that included free mobile-to-mobile, nights, and weekend along with 500 daytime for $65/month. The kicker is that it has unlimited messaging (of any kind), web browsing, downloads, and use of the GPS!
For a quick price comparison, T-Mobile charges $50 to add unlimited Internet access to any other plan. That is an additional cost to the $40 to get 600 minutes. And of course either plans trounces what I could get in Canada.
Might have to seriously think about moving over to Helio when I move back to the States. Hopefully I can take my pre-paid cell phone number with me. I will also have to lose my current phone since it is a GSM phone and Helio uses TDMA over Sprint or Verizon. But since I am not due back in the States for a couple of years that shouldn't be a problem.
3 comments:
Looks good! Not only do I like the GPS interface (because I get lost a lot!), but I like the unlimited data use. I once had a data package on my phone in the U.S. but it was so slow, so annoying to navigate, and so easy to go over the data allotment.
Hey don't you think they are a bit vague about long distance calling? Most services state "free long distance". Perhaps that would be why they have reasonable prices, they nail you for charges you don't know about yet. It just seems to good a price for all those things to be unlimited and not have to pay for it one way or another. If it is all true then I'll convince Whitney we should sign-up.
They have free long distance too. I got my ocean shipped to me from hellohelio.net after plying with it in a store. That website had a better price than the store could offer me. But I love the ocean and I ended up with the unmilited everything (minutes and internet) for around $120 a month. Great service too!
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