We’ve got phones, cell phones, mobile phones, smartphones, feature phones, smartbooks, netbooks and the list goes on and on. The latest item on that list is “Enhanced Multimedia Phone” which will see its first member on September 8th – the Samsung Rogue. Unfortunately this phones usher in a new era of forced service change described by PhoneArena:

If you want to purchase the Rogue, it can only be activated on a Nationwide Plan (which is nothing new), but if that happens to be a Nationwide Basic or Select Plan, you will be required to also purchase one of two monthly data plans: 25MB for $9.99/month or 75MB for $19.99/month. This means the current $15 VCast Pack will no longer include Unlimited Data like it has. (We’re hearing that VCast will be lowered to $10/month). However, if you activate the Rogue on a Nationwide Connect or Premium Plan, then you will not be forced to buy a data plan, since unlimited data is already included.

We always opt for the unlimited data plan packages of the Connect/Premium packages anyways… but if that’s the case will you really be getting the Rogue to begin with? Decisions, decisions.