I'm probably going with iPhone for a variety of reasons but have not fully decided yet. My current plan of $50/month plus taxes gets me 500mb data, unlimited Canada wide 5pm to 8am, 500 daytime minutes plus VM, caller ID etc. It's decent. I only use 100-200mb data and I never use up my daytime minutes so was considering going to Fido or Koodo who offer data in smaller chunks. Once I add all the bits together though, it's a similar price for less data/minutes than I have now. I hate cellphone plan shopping. My husband can add me on his Telus share plan but it's $60/month for me so makes no sense except I have to factor in some credits they are offering to bring me over. More math to do...gah!
In terms of phone memory, I want 32 or 64mb due to photo storage mainly. Need to look into this more.
Ok, look instead at prepaid plans... and take a hard look at how many calling minutes you really need. Use the Wifi ap for calls when you are at home...etc.
We have Koodo, PREPAID, and it is by far the cheapest around.. for reception in our area of BC. Basic plan starts at $15/month plus top up for data. e.g., if you use 250 mb of data and 16 minutes of talk per month, you are at
$18.50/month in costs. 250mb data, 30minutes of talking and 100 texts is still only $33/month etc. I think we average about $25 per month for my husband's phone, and the kids are closer to $16 per month each (I don't have a phone).
If you use a lot of data, then Chatr is great, the lowest plan price is $35/month, for 500mb, but if you use 750mb of data, you only jump to $40 per month, if you buy the data package, which is nice. Very nice.