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Canada iPhone 6 thread!

Just wondering, I'm noticing a lot of Fido users here. Is there a general consensus as to which carrier offers the best support/plans for iPhone?

Assuming an unlocked phone and no grandfathered plan. I'm getting out of a contract with Bell in October, and I'm not a huge fan of my current plan.

Any suggestions?
 
Rideherhard said:
I'm coming from an iphone 4 so I need a new nano sim so I'm going to pick that up tomorrow, all I do is put that in my new iphone and it's all good right?
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I'm in the same situation and am curious about this too. I take it the nano sim doesn't come with the phone, I bought it unlocked? My plan is to see if I can bargain with a couple of the carriers to see which will give me a better plan.
 
Any Canadians manage to get a tracking number? Looks like a lot of the Americans got to track with their phone numbers as reference on UPS. I've tried with UPS and FedEx Canada, but no luck.

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Rideherhard said:
I'm coming from an iphone 4 so I need a new nano sim so I'm going to pick that up tomorrow, all I do is put that in my new iphone and it's all good right?
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You will have to activate the new SIM first. On Rogers you can go online, enter your old SIM number and then the new one to change service over to it.
 
Kiju said:
Just wondering, I'm noticing a lot of Fido users here. Is there a general consensus as to which carrier offers the best support/plans for iPhone?

Assuming an unlocked phone and no grandfathered plan. I'm getting out of a contract with Bell in October, and I'm not a huge fan of my current plan.

Any suggestions?
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There's a Koodo plan that's supposed to only be for MB/SK but you can get it still. There's a post on Howard Forums on how to get the plan if you live outside those 2 provinces. $55, unlimited canadian calling, 5GB data.. etc.. And if you bring your own device I think you save 10%.
 
3GEE said:
I'm in the same situation and am curious about this too. I take it the nano sim doesn't come with the phone, I bought it unlocked? My plan is to see if I can bargain with a couple of the carriers to see which will give me a better plan.
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Who are you with right now? They usually don't give out the better deals to new customers but to current ones they may lose.
 
jhuynh said:
There's a Koodo plan that's supposed to only be for MB/SK but you can get it still. There's a post on Howard Forums on how to get the plan if you live outside those 2 provinces. $55, unlimited canadian calling, 5GB data.. etc.. And if you bring your own device I think you save 10%.
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OMG WHERE????? Howard Forum? what it that??
 
cfedu said:
That make absolutely no sense whatsoever? Hope you are being sarcastic.
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Partly sarcastic, partly truthful.

Shortening contracts by a year did mean that the carriers lost out on a year of profits.

However that doesn't excuse the price hikes that they have put in place. I could see a difference of maybe $10, not $60.

houssein31 said:
OMG WHERE????? Howard Forum? what it that??
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www.howardforums.com
 
I was able to order at 3:20 EST but no tracking yet. Still preparing for shipment since Saturday.

hNicolas said:
Any Canadians manage to get a tracking number? Looks like a lot of the Americans got to track with their phone numbers as reference on UPS. I've tried with UPS and FedEx Canada, but no luck.

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You will have to activate the new SIM first. On Rogers you can go online, enter your old SIM number and then the new one to change service over to it.
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hNicolas said:
Any Canadians manage to get a tracking number? Looks like a lot of the Americans got to track with their phone numbers as reference on UPS. I've tried with UPS and FedEx Canada, but no luck.
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Our phones are currently in transit from the U.S. warehouse to be imported and distributed by UPS in Canada. Since they are boxed in bulk we do not get tracking for this.

Once they are unboxed and sorted at the UPS shipping facility, we will get our individual tracking numbers most definitely by Thursday.
 
That koodo deal is amazing... Why don't they offer that plan throughout Canada? Their plans in Alberta aren't anywhere near that good.
 
I had my order in for a silver iPhone 6 128 G via the Apple Store App around 315 am and had my confirmation. On Friday, I decided to see if any reservations were available for in store pick up and yes indeed there were. So now I'm gong to pick my iPhone up at the Apple Store, I've been given a time of 9-10 am on Sept 19 and I've cancelled my online order.
 
Kiju said:
Just wondering, I'm noticing a lot of Fido users here. Is there a general consensus as to which carrier offers the best support/plans for iPhone?

Assuming an unlocked phone and no grandfathered plan. I'm getting out of a contract with Bell in October, and I'm not a huge fan of my current plan.

Any suggestions?
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Right now Wind seems to be the best in that department and this offer ends on September 30!

$35

Up to $150 in Bring/Buy Your Own Phone Credits or WINDtab
Unlimited Canada-wide Calling
Unlimited Canada-wide Texting
Unlimited Canada/US wide Picture/Video Messaging
Unlimited Data (Fair Usage Policy Applies)
Call Control (Caller ID, Missed Call Alerts, Conference Calling, Call Forwarding, Call Waiting)
No Hidden Fees, System Access Fees or Activation Fees
Use your features anywhere on Wind network


PAY AFTER BONUS:

Voicemail+
Unlimited Global Texting
Low International Calling Rates Starting at 1¢/min


The downside of going with Wind is no iMessage/FaceTime but who cares since you get unlimited texting :D and spotty reception depending where you are located

As for Fido what they offer now

$39
Canada-wide anytime minutes
Unlimited evenings and weekends from 7 a.m - 5 p.m. Canada-wide
Unlimited international text, picture and video messages
Call Display and Voicemail
250 MB Data (pathetic.. if you ask me)
 
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I'm switching to koodo next year, tried of buying phones with specific bands aka AWS UMT bands...also, both my iphone 6 show preparing for shipment.
 
Benito said:
I had my order in for a silver iPhone 6 128 G via the Apple Store App around 315 am and had my confirmation. On Friday, I decided to see if any reservations were available for in store pick up and yes indeed there were. So now I'm gong to pick my iPhone up at the Apple Store, I've been given a time of 9-10 am on Sept 19 and I've cancelled my online order.
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How did you find the reservations - what the URL from the apple.ca/store?

I'd rather have gone that route than via UPS.
 
If you go to ups.ca and choose 'track by reference' and put in your order # minus the last two numbers the tracking should work now :)

Leave the country blank and leave the type as 'package'.
 
kerrikins said:
If you go to ups.ca and choose 'track by reference' and put in your order # minus the last two numbers the tracking should work now :)

Leave the country blank and leave the type as 'package'.
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Not working for me. May be it will be up by tomorrow.
 
firoban said:
No and order status still says preparing to ship.
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Interesting. If I put in my phone number (format 0000000000) and postal code (format A1A1A1) and select "mail innovations," it shows that there is a shipment but I can't see anything else. Selecting package doesn't show anything for me yet.

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