Bell slashes plan costs for Pre (again), can be had $35 a month 28
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:56 pm EDT 
If you’re in Canada and you’ve been waiting for the most ridiculous deal ever before you’d jump on the webOS bandwagon, Bell is doing their best to ensure that you run out of excuses. Previously Bell had implemented a discount that brought the price of monthly service for a Palm Pre down to a starting rate of $50 a month. Now they’re throwing an additional unadvertised $15 a month on top of that, cutting the minimum monthly commitment to a paltry $35 a month on a three-year contract.
That’s a paltry $1.15 a day for 200 talk minutes and 500MB of data, with an additional option of doubling those minutes, having unlimited texting, unlimited calls and texts with five preselected numbers (your Unlimited Five), or free nights starting at 5 PM. A good deal, no? Oh, and the Palm Pre is free on Bell. Still.
Source: Bell.ca; Via: RedFlagDeals.com; Thanks to Rob for the tip!
28 Comments
This has been going on for months already... look at the thread date.
I even posted this in the forums 3 months ago:
http://forums.precentral.net/cdma-north-america/248969-bell-upping-month...
Desperate measures for desperate times they're doing everything to sell these old unwanted phones... Palm you need to bring out something new nobody wants last year tech.
the phone's are good ..its just the empty promises palm have been makling...its putting ppl off..where is my flash bastards!!!! and skype etc etc
Yeah, I was going to say this has been on for a while, I got my friend to get in on the deal.
Don't forget that you also get $100 worth of free merch from Bell. He got a bluetooth headset, and something else... Not bad for $0 down, and $35/mo?
Yup good deal, I got this back in June when they lowered it. I did the math and it was cheaper by about $400 in the long run to buy out of my current contract and get start a new one at this rate. Plus got a free Touchstone...double touchstone ouuu!
Any ideas how those of us stuck in the old $50mth contract can get this deal - short of buying out the existing contract?
While this, in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil... Nooooooooooooooothing!!! :o(
Best Regards...
CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME?....
Does Bell service all of Canada? My mom lives in Vancouver. I'd love to get her a Pre!
How would 'unlimited texting' affect the $35/month plan?
Thanks
I think you can get unlimited texting for $5 extra.
I know on my plan with 500MBs, 200 Minutes, free evening and weekends starting at 6pm, unlimited texts, voice mail and call display I'm paying $52 a month all in. On the other plan I was paying about $70-$75
I pay $60 but my eves start at 5 and i have 500 daytime minutes, and I live in Vancouver. Texts are unlimited in all plans discussed here I believe.
http://support.bell.ca/en-on/Mobility/Network_coverage/What_is_the_Bell_...
Select EV-DO coverage, Pre is a CDMA device.
Unlimited texting is one of the options you can choose. Mind you Bell does charge for incoming text if you don't have a text plan.
Nailed this deal. With Bells bundle discount, I only pay $30/month!!!
Dereck, its Rob, the one who sent in this post.
This deal has been on for 3 months as the people above have mentioned, although Bell did just add the Bonus Minutes/Fave 5/Unlimited Texting offer.
What I was talking about was the Fab 10 Student Deal that can be used in conjunction with the Palm Pre offer.
With both offers combined you get even more features, but you have to be a Student.
Look closer at these links please, and edit the post. Thanks
http://www.bell.ca/shopping/PrsShpWls_fab10.page +
http://www.bell.ca/shopping/en_CA_ON.PalmPre/68346.details
http://forums.redflagdeals.com/bell-palm-pre-0-3yr-35-mth-unlimited-mobi...
You will notice you get even more additional features for $35 a month for being a student with the Blackberry and Palm Student promotion combined WITH the Palm Pre promotion.
Again, you must be a student.
I still don't feel like this is a very good deal, considering the age of the phone, and that this offer is only valid on 3-year terms. Right now the phone can be had for free on a 2-year term, which for a smartphone is practically unheard of in Canada. The phone can also be had for the tiny sum of $100 on a 1-year term. Having spent $200 to get the phone on a 3-year at this time last year, I can't even believe how much I could have saved in the long run, since I'm sure I'll end up paying out at least some of the phone's contract in a year or so, unless Bell has some incredible offers available which persuade me to renew. Who the hell wants to have the same smartphone for 3 years at the rate the tech is improving?
Ahh, the price of early adoption. Wait a year from now and when todays new androids are free (and finally running stably) and all the people buying now will have their turn to bitch. Personally, I think it is a good time to pick up a pre. the price is right, apps are churning out, the software is continuing to get better. I have hooked up 3 friends in the last month. If only Bell would let my upgrade to a plus!
Human-cannonball:
If you look into your contract with Bell, you will notice that every year with the device, you are allowed some credit to upgrade to a new device...so after every year of your contact, you get a certian amount to spend on a new device.
So, look at it this way... with the $15 you save every month, and with the discount you get after every year, you could put towards buying a Palm Pre 3 when it comes out in September of 2011.
If they are going to carry it that is... from what I heard Bell is very unhappy with the Pre and their agents are pulling a Verizon on it.
Bell = No Pre = No me.
I don't give a shit about any carrier. Just the phone.
Toni, who did you hear this from? My roommate works for Bell at their main offices in Toronto, and my other buddies father also works there.
Both of them have stated that Bell HQ were disappointed with the sales of the Pre, but that was because of the lack of marketing created by Palm. They still really like the device and have a good relationship with Palm, and would carry a new device if it was available on their new HSPA network.
I have purchased Three Palm Pre's through Bell for various people. Each Bell employee was very excited that we were getting a Pre, and would go on and on about how awesome of a device it was. The store manager in Sarnia for Bell World owns a Pre as his device and was raving about it. This was 2 weeks ago.
dude bell can s my d.. for cereal
Now I understand.... There's no way I was at only 20 Mb with like 10 videos downloaded and lots of browsing...
the best thing about the Pre on bell is their data tracking is screwed up. I stream audiio and video all day, dl lots of apps, on facebook all day, uploading and downloading. i really don't know how I could use more data. this month they say I have used 11 megs (out of 500 available. Really this makes it an unlimited data plan.
It's crazy that they don't bill it correctly, but I love that 'feature' too. I check netstat an I'm constantly over a gig of data every month. End result: 11-25mb a month
OMG, thanks for letting this out in the open. I've wondered many times about this myself. I have unlimited data on my plan, and it will tell me I've used 10 MB for the month or something. I've even phoned in an asked their reps, and they have no idea. With the amount of web browsing, audio streaming, video, etc. I do, I've always wondered how much I'm actually using.
I think all that they really track are web browsing, (port 80)... My Pre's Bell app says I'm at 1gb. lol. I have a 500mb plan.
Yes, that $15 monthly discount offer has been on the market since May. I've sold a ton of them because of it. At $0 on a contract it's been my favourite seller
Andre
Moncton,NB
I bought mine in july just cause of that. 35$/month for 200 min, 500 mb, and unlimited texting + national calls with 10 people is awesome.
The pre is awesome too, i really love webOS, but the phone is quite old.
I work at a bell store and actualy here is the best deal for new client:
50$ - 15$ rebate for 3 years on the student plan (tell the guy the phone is for your son and find yourself a student card, if the seller ain't an idiot he's gonna do it for you)
student plan: 200min, unlimited text, unlimited calls to 10 person long distance included, night and w/e 18h-7h unlimited.
If you have any other service with bell, put it on the same bill and get and extra 5$ credit so final = 30$/month
+
75$ of accessories (so you can get a touchstone, a case and a car charger)
the phone is 0$ on 3 years contract
That's the best deal i'v ever saw.
valid up to september 30 and have been valid all june and all august long. The 75$ of accessories was not valid in july. Sorry for my english, i'm a french canadian.