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Rogers to Bring iPhone to Canada
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Believe me, when you're paying the price of a new iPhone every year only for your data rate plans, you know it's luxury
I practically am, and I'm in the US. $20/month * 12 months = $240. Quite a hunk of change anyways.
That's cheap. Paying way more here in Canada.
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When will T-Mobile/USA be getting the iPhone??!! AT&T blows in my area...but T-Mob works well...
Ummm, AT&T and T-mobile use the same towers. Maybe you're in an 850Mhz area and the AT&T phone you looked at was only triband missing the 850? and your T-mobile phone has the 850Mhz needed in your area.
As for me, I'm getting an iPhone and unlocking it.
not good news at all
You can already get an (unlocked) iPhone and pay hundreds of dollars a month in data rates to Rogers. News that we can now get "official" iPhones from the same monopoly at the same exorbitant prices is hardly new or welcome.
It would have been better news for Apple to announce that it couldn't come to a deal at all and is offering the iPhone unlocked to all comers as it is rumoured to be doing in various other countries.
So far, this news only seems to imply that Canada will get screwed by Apple once again. First, we don't get the iPhone for a whole year after it's introduction despite being the USA's next door neighbour, and now just as the rest of the world is getting unlocked iPhones and cheaper iPhones, we appear to be set to buy into Rogers locked, "triple the regular fee" iPhone.
Yeah, Rogers doing a deal with Apple is actually the worst news we could get in regards bringing the iPhone to Canada.Believe me, when you're paying the price of a new iPhone every year only for your data rate plans, you know it's luxury
You can already get an (unlocked) iPhone and pay hundreds of dollars a month in data rates to Rogers. News that we can now get "official" iPhones from the same monopoly at the same exorbitant prices is hardly new or welcome.
It would have been better news for Apple to announce that it couldn't come to a deal at all and is offering the iPhone unlocked to all comers as it is rumoured to be doing in various other countries.
So far, this news only seems to imply that Canada will get screwed by Apple once again. First, we don't get the iPhone for a whole year after it's introduction despite being the USA's next door neighbour, and now just as the rest of the world is getting unlocked iPhones and cheaper iPhones, we appear to be set to buy into Rogers locked, "triple the regular fee" iPhone.
Agreed...that's peanuts.
The best data + voice plan I've found in Canada is Fido: $35 (unlim. eve + WE, 200 mins, unlimited inbound, by-the-second) + $10 Data (Unlimited internet & SMS, 5¢/KB for downloads) + $6 SAF + Taxes = $57.63.
Bell's data rate is lower, but the phone rates aren't as good. Rogers has you bent over a table, so don't even look there. No idea re. Telus.
When will T-Mobile/USA be getting the iPhone??!! AT&T blows in my area...but T-Mob works well...
DUDE do your research - AT&T have a 5 YEAR exclusiveness of the iPhone in the USA -
Its obvious why the announcement was made now. With the upcoming auction, Roger's wants its name associated with the iPhone. Competition is about to heat up and they want a leg up any way they can get it.
speakout wireless from 7/11, FTW!
speakout wireless from 7/11, FTW!
Quick question:
Will the iPhone on Rogers network work on a pay-as-you go plan? (without unlocking).
I'm kind of weary about this because you would need to add data plans and everything to the pay as you go plan right?
Will the iPhone on Rogers network work on a pay-as-you go plan? (without unlocking).
I'm kind of weary about this because you would need to add data plans and everything to the pay as you go plan right?
GREAT NEWS!!!! Shinny new 3G iPhone here I come!!
Well, dont be surprised if Rogers release iPhone 1 on Edge.. I mean, they released the TyTN I when AT&T went with the TyTN II (Tilt)
Unlocked or not you have to go with Rogers in Canada so what's the difference? In other countries there are multiple GSM carriers so unlocked actually has an advantage.
If you buy from Rogers then cancel your contract and go pre-paid, will that be better than unlocked? I mean, you'd at least have a warranty, no?
Speculation is fun!
FINALLY!!!!!!
I've been checking the front page of MR for soooo long waiting for this frigging Headline!!!
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've been checking the front page of MR for soooo long waiting for this frigging Headline!!!
W00000000000 H00000000000000
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, Rogers doing a deal with Apple is actually the worst news we could get in regards bringing the iPhone to Canada.
You can already get an (unlocked) iPhone and pay hundreds of dollars a month in data rates to Rogers. News that we can now get "official" iPhones from the same monopoly at the same exorbitant prices is hardly new or welcome.
It would have been better news for Apple to announce that it couldn't come to a deal at all and is offering the iPhone unlocked to all comers as it is rumoured to be doing in various other countries.
So far, this news only seems to imply that Canada will get screwed by Apple once again. First, we don't get the iPhone for a whole year after it's introduction despite being the USA's next door neighbour, and now just as the rest of the world is getting unlocked iPhones and cheaper iPhones, we appear to be set to buy into Rogers locked, "triple the regular fee" iPhone.
Considering that Rogers is the only GSM network in Canada, you had to know it was going to be Rogers or nothing. So now you can be in the same boat as all the people in the USA who keep groaning "I want iPhone on Verizon/Sprint". Even getting it unlocked would require that you get it on Rogers, just at a much higher hardware cost due to the lack of revenue sharing in the monthly fee.
Cant see Apple doing that! There far too vain. I am sure we will see the newest iphones here or Apple would not bother with us.
Ugh... ::shakes head::You Americans? Every American personally made sure that the iPhone came to Canada over a year late? Umm... thanks?mainstreetmark said:
Not every American is this full of themselves, I promise...
I don't know why people keep saying this as it's totally not true.
Cell antenna wise, Rogers owns most of the hardware, but not all of it by any means. Service-wise, there are a lot of choices out there. I currently use Virgin.
If the current iPhone was unlocked, there would be a whole variety of people offering up different service plans and thus Rogers would have to compete. If the iPhone "2.0" operates on different hardware (likely), then there will be even more choices.
The point is that without the iPhone being unlocked, you have no choice and the service will likely be very very expensive indeed. If unlocking them only gives you a *possibility* of a slightly cheaper service, that alone would be a good thing.
What if the iPhone arrives in a month or two locked into a five year agreement with Rogers similar to the AT&T exclusivity contract? That would be a nightmare! It would basically mean that the average middle-class person in Canada would not be able to afford an iPhone for five years!
Knowing Rogers, and based on the weasel-ly wording of their announcement, I continue to hope that Apple has not made such an exclusive arrangement with these guys, but it's by no means for sure that this is the case.
Exclusive Rogers contract for iPhone == bad deal for Canada and Canadians.
I don't really care if Rogers sucks
I don't really care if we are going to get beat down with extra charges.
I DID care that we were one of the last countries with an iTunes store that still didn't have the iPhone
I DID care that if I wanted to use this revolutionary device, i had to hack it and hope for the best
this is great news for Canadians.
I don't really care if we are going to get beat down with extra charges.
I DID care that we were one of the last countries with an iTunes store that still didn't have the iPhone
I DID care that if I wanted to use this revolutionary device, i had to hack it and hope for the best
this is great news for Canadians.
Cant see Apple doing that! There far to vain. I am sure we will see the newest iphones here or Apple would not bother with us.
I think that is going to happen is they would just release the G3 (current) iphone as the new one should be backward compatible with edge networks. So we would probably have a G3 phone on an 2.5G network.
I'm just waiting to see how much of a rip-off Rogers' plans will be.
Hopefully Apple put the screws to them to offer something a bit more reasonable than the current plans...
Hopefully Apple put the screws to them to offer something a bit more reasonable than the current plans...
In a following announcement Steve Jobs was quoted as saying...
"Oh, they said that they had a deal with us....before I announced it..."
Mr. Jobs then turns to two men in black suits who promptly disappeared behind the Apple Curtain.
20 minutes later every iPhone in Canada exploded with the wraith of Jobs coming down on the premature announcement, his maniacal laughter heard across all 3 cities in Canada vowing eternal iPhone Blacklisting for Canada.
......
Couldn't resist.
The Mock Turtleneck
"Oh, they said that they had a deal with us....before I announced it..."
Mr. Jobs then turns to two men in black suits who promptly disappeared behind the Apple Curtain.
20 minutes later every iPhone in Canada exploded with the wraith of Jobs coming down on the premature announcement, his maniacal laughter heard across all 3 cities in Canada vowing eternal iPhone Blacklisting for Canada.
......
Couldn't resist.
The Mock Turtleneck
Finally! Some sorta, good news! Good news on a timeframe on iPhone to Canada. Bad news it's gonna be on Rogers' network.
Why doesn't Apple do what they did in Europe and simply offer an unlocked iPhone out the gate? I'm sure they have their reasons but I'm still puzzled just the same
Why doesn't Apple do what they did in Europe and simply offer an unlocked iPhone out the gate? I'm sure they have their reasons but I'm still puzzled just the same
No more whining Canadians, huzzah!
Agreed! Now we can finally go back to our regular Brits whining about UK pricing threads.
Long live the Commonwealth!
I kid, I kid.