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iphone - will be here?

i'm sure it'll get here eventually

I don't see the appeal to drinking the Apple Kool-aid myself, but to each their own

reply to macedon
Rogers doesn't want to lower their data rates, so until that happens we will not see it.

So, right before the spectrum auction...

Thanks.

Maybe by then the price will be lower
(the iphone that is)

Interesting that it would take so long for Rogers to get a deal. Rogers is the type of company who seeks out such partnerships because it doesn't want its own brand to be so prominent.

Remember that Apple gets a big chunk of the monthly revenu generated from iphone customers, so Rogers may not be willing to part with that much money every month.

And there is also the question of whether Fido will be able to sell the iphone too.

Remember that in the grand scheme of things, Rogers is small potatoes. Indian networks activate more new customers in one month than Rogers has in its installed base.

Rogers would also need to decide what features to cripple in the Iphone since Rogers'crippling policies may be different from AT&T's. And Apple may be reluctant to allow Rogers to cripple phones more than AT&T cripples them. (remember that locking phones isn't the only thing networks do, they also customoze software/menus to remove/add options.

reply to macedon
As long as Apple isn't willing to budge, unlikely.

Rogers has a GSM monopoly here.

Any reason why the HTC Touch from Bell wouldn't cut it for you?
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i was told it was crippled (feature wise)
have i been misinformed?

reply to macedon
My take: Canada won't have the iPhone unless there was another GSM provider in Canada. Rogers isn't losing anything since Telus or Bell can't bring in the iPhone.
Fido won't because it's a Rogers company.

So we'll have to wait for Vidéotron to get into the GSM business.

how do you know this?

reply to macedon
We at Rogers are getting the Iphone but there is no release date yet.

Few other new toys coming out too.

thats great if it is true

i feel sorry for my friend; he just purchased his iphone from US and had to pay duty (somehow they caught his package)

reply to macedon
The iPhone will be released 3 weeks before the spectrum auction in May...my best guess to lock customers into 3 year contracts.

Although it's going to take about 1-2 years for the new companies to be able to fully function.
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reply to macedon
thank you all for the replies.
can we expect unlimited plan (i.e. web browsing), and what overall price plan are we looking at?

cheers,

reply to JayMan26
>We at Rogers are getting the Iphone but there is no release >date yet.

Rogers wouldn't be able to announce it would offer the 3G version of the Iphone until Apple lets the cat out of the bag (this tuesday ?)

It wouldn't be smart for Rogers to start to carry the old version when everyone knows Apple is to start to offer a 3G version.

Of course, this will be an interesting challenge for Apple:

For 2.5G:

850, 900, 1800 1900mhz.

For 3G:
2100 in the world. 850-1900 for canada/USA.

So to add 3G, they'll have to add 3 new "frequencies".

hmmmmm interesting thanks for sharing

currently i am reading this thread:

»www.howardforums.com/showthread.···=1271071

reply to macedon
Everything about the iPhone coming to Canada is speculation.

reply to macedon
taken from howardforums:

reply to macedon
BryceS some of us work for Rogers so not 100% speculation.

yeah that talk of Telus going GSM is interesting.

Should make for some interesting price changes and you will see Rogers get the Iphone damn fast if it becomes true that Telus is going GSM.

reply to macedon
Here's the deal with the iphone,

Rogers is going to release the Iphone. What they are doing though is waiting for the 3G version of the Iphone. I have heard rumors that they might have it testing...

They decided not to release it on the current generation EDGE network...As holding off would / will give you the customer a better user experiance not to mention much better bang for your buck when the data plans get re-done again for the 3G Network. If they roll out the plans I am hearing in the rumor mill it will be well worth the wait... 1 gig for $65 is going to look like a rip off...

It's just a matter of time...

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