I've been told by Bell Mobility after I place my preorder for 2 IPHONE 4S that the greatest feature of the IPHONE 4S called SIRI is not available in Canada for Canadian Apple Customers. Can anyone confirm this? Or did us Canadians get the American Corporate shaft again?
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NO SIRI in Canada - BELL MOBILITY telling CANADIANS, SIRI not available
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Yes and no. Siri will be available, but it won't be tailored for Canada yet. So it won't understand our aboots and our ehs.
Seriously, it won't have integration of things like -where can I have lunch downtown. It'll probably pull up stuff from the nearest American city. But you will still be able to ask it the meaning of life and send a message to your wife etc...
Seriously, it won't have integration of things like -where can I have lunch downtown. It'll probably pull up stuff from the nearest American city. But you will still be able to ask it the meaning of life and send a message to your wife etc...
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/05/siri-are-you-coming-to-canada
There was also another source that i can no longer find that says he was at the iPhone keynote and asked apple in person and they said siri will work in canada but just won't be localized.
So we should get it but we will have to choose US-English/French etc.
There was also another source that i can no longer find that says he was at the iPhone keynote and asked apple in person and they said siri will work in canada but just won't be localized.
So we should get it but we will have to choose US-English/French etc.
This doesn't really make sense since it's possible to view a list of "restaurants near me" already. I imagine Siri is calling the same resources, so this shouldn't be a big deal...
If that's the case, then I would be upset. Oh yeah, Canadians can get the Canadian corporate shaft too!
I like Nickelback, so they are not part of the trade to Canada.
So I've recently found this post regarding the issue fyi, http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/iphone...-canada-yes-but-youll-have-to-use-us-english/
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Does it seem like I am listening to them or believing them since I am asking here about it? "In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established" is a motto I live by to some degree, in other wards I like to make sure what someone is telling me is true or not.
Something tells me a google search could have answered that in the first place since that link is a week old.
It's the fact that you asked that you believed them at least long enough to write the post... Why ask in the first place when YOU should know call centre reps have NO info on this matter.
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Called up Apple customer services, they said Siri will not be available in Canada.
Also been hearing that Siri might be available in Canada, but won't be able to do any location based tasks. Is this true?
Can anyone who has access to an iPhone 4S in Canada confirm or deny this?
Also been hearing that Siri might be available in Canada, but won't be able to do any location based tasks. Is this true?
Can anyone who has access to an iPhone 4S in Canada confirm or deny this?
Called up Apple customer services, they said Siri will not be available in Canada.
Also been hearing that Siri might be available in Canada, but won't be able to do any location based tasks. Is this true?
Can anyone who has access to an iPhone 4S in Canada confirm or deny this?
wait until tomorrow. It will be the first thing i check, and i may return it. If they give us a timeline and say by December we'll have siri it wouldn't be bad..but i don't want to wait a year for the functionality.
Called up local Apple store too, looks like Siri isn't coming to Canada! And it's not coming to Japan either from the looks of it.
Very disappointing.
Very disappointing.
Apple Canada Press Release
http://www.apple.com/ca/pr/library/2011/10/04Apple-Launches-iPhone-4S-iOS-5-iCloud.html
MARKHAM, OntarioOctober 4, 2011Apple today announced iPhone 4S, the most amazing iPhone yet, packed with incredible new features including Apples dual-core A5 chip for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics; an all new camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD resolution video recording; and Siri, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking.
http://www.apple.com/ca/pr/library/2011/10/04Apple-Launches-iPhone-4S-iOS-5-iCloud.html
MARKHAM, OntarioOctober 4, 2011Apple today announced iPhone 4S, the most amazing iPhone yet, packed with incredible new features including Apples dual-core A5 chip for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics; an all new camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD resolution video recording; and Siri, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking.
Looks like location-based services will be unavailable for Canada..
http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/10/04/siri-is-coming-to-canada/
Still, very disappointing. I'd figure that if Canada was apart of the initial launch then they would've had this figured out.
http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/10/04/siri-is-coming-to-canada/
Still, very disappointing. I'd figure that if Canada was apart of the initial launch then they would've had this figured out.
