The CANADIAN iPhone thread.....

[Peterg2]

Yes, Apple is to blame for high demand and the activation systems of their partner carriers going down. I'd be careful of attributing malice instead of incompetence.

I do know that Rogers was down but apparently Telus and Bell were OK.

The real issue I have is that the line did not move and the promise by one of the staff that they would take names and numbers and allow people to pick up the phone by close of business tomorrow was a lie. I checked the front of the line several times and if they took down more than 10 names and numbers in the space of 90 minutes I would be surprised.

Essentially, they wanted to keep the crowd that they had there. In my 90 minutes of queuing up only about 8 people lined up after me (this was lunchtime at the main Apple store). Someone who was roughly #100 in the line told me he had been lining up since 5:30 am. So in 6.5 hours 100 people roughly joined the line.

This was orchestrated.

 

[acfusion29]

i really want the white iPhone and I'm patient. i'm gonna wait until September 30, 2010.

i'm eligibile for $159/$269 pricing which expires on that day, so if the white one doesn't come out that day, then I'm gonna settle for black

 

[Cheezewhiz]

So i bought an unlocked 32gb at the apple store. I don't have a sim from another company at the moment, but is there any way to check to make sure it is in fact unlocked? I activated a Rogers sim card with it, so it wouldn't lock to Rogers would it?

 

[truestarz]

I was at TBooth today and I talked to the guy about the iPhone and he told me that apple sells the phones unlocked with their sim card but once you activate the it, the iPhone will automatically be locked to your carrier...
Can anyone confirm this?

 

[Peterg2]

6 pm here in Montreal. The local Global news just started and one of their headlines was people queuing up for the iPhone. I may be an idiot for going to the Apple store and lining up for 90 minutes without any movement (roughly 6-10 yards of progress in that time) but not a complete imbecile to realise that this morass was not due to pure demand and carrier system(s) being down.

 

[Prabz26]

Just off the phone with Square One. Their supply should last until mid day tomorrow and the wait right now is about 3-4 hours.

Oh well...I'll wait till late August or early September...the hype has worn off me + I'm not eligible till April 2011 Unlocked here I come!

what how do they still have supply :O

how many phones did they even get?!
and what is there a line up still

 

[draz]

Whoa Square One still has? No way.... that would be nice though

 

[Hydrocity]

Is Rogers still down?

Hope so, otherwise the Apple store will continue to sell HUP and sell out quicker

 

[modit]

what how do they still have supply :O

how many phones did they even get?!
and what is there a line up still

1000+ Phones that will sell out by tomorrow and wait time is the same.

Check Twitter for more info

 

[SkottDMD]

Is Rogers still down?

Hope so, otherwise the Apple store will continue to sell HUP and sell out quicker

Network or Sales Central? Neither is actually "down", but Sales Central is slow and glitchy. I still can't get my iPhone 4 to connect to Rogers but that's a SIM issue involved with the network.

 

[Wrathwitch]

OK here it goes, I just got off of the phone with Telus Loyalty and Retention.

My situation: I have 2 years left on contract with Telus, would cost me 400.00 to buy out my contract if I chose to.

I asked the rep if I could get the 6gb for 30.00 for the remainder of my two years with my current phone plan (200 mins, fave 5) also have voice 3 and 250 outgoing unlimited incoming texts.

Since I am currently on a combo plan, to get the 6gb I would have to break the plan. I was paying 50.00 for my 500mb data plus the phone portion.

What I ended up with was: Not having to upgrade to 3 years even though the 30.00 6 gb is associated with a 3 year contract on Bell ( I believe?), I have my 200 mins, fave 5, and same text plan with the 30.00 gb data plan for a total of 78.40 (taxes included). Since it was only about 20.00 more per month, I can accept that, considering what they are selling the reg combo data/phone for. An upgrade of 6gb from 500mb is pretty good.

They are not offering it as a promo currently, but if you talk to Loyalty and Retentions they will offer it for existing customers.

Here is the catch haha, since i don't HAVE an iPhone 4 in my hands he has made a note in my file of this and when I purchase the phone, they will activate it.

Here's hoping it all pans out. Mind you he and I were chatting for about 45 mins about phones in general so I figure he won't dick me around.

What is nice is that I can still get the unlocked phone, get the data deal, and do the hardware switch online, saving 10.00. I still have to buy the 13.00 sim card but overall I am satisfied with this.

WW

 

[Hydrocity]

Network or Sales Central? Neither is actually "down", but Sales Central is slow and glitchy. I still can't get my iPhone 4 to connect to Rogers but that's a SIM issue involved with the network.

The server that is needed to activate the iPhone in sotre. My local Apple Store stopped doing HUP with Rogers as it was taking to long. They said come back when it is fixed.

Also, has anybody on Rogers upgraded to the 6GB/30$ without the iPhone 4?

 

[vinzer]

Well....

5:45am I left my house and went to the Rogers Plus store in Chateauguay, QC
6:00am I was there and before me there were 3 guys. We sit down and talked until 8am
8:00am Two nice ladies who work at the store came and start to serve customers. There were only 16 phones availalble (5 - 32gb and 11 - 16gb)
8:40am - I signed everything and left store....... with no phone..... I was told that the phone can be picked up at 10am
10:05am I came back and picked my phone right away.

So overall everything went super smooth with no problems.
Sorry to hear that many people were stucked in long and not moving lines.

 

[allsops]

So, is there 6gb data available through Telus?

 

[nidserz]

Oh, I forgot to add to my story. I was waiting for about 1hr+ in store to get my HUP. There was a nice Rogers rep who gave me a $25 network reward for waiting so long. Basically its a coupon that gives me $25 off my bill next month. I guess that saves me on the activation fee.


I am sitll exhausted. Haven't even opened my iP4 yet because I want to figure out how to change between my BB and iP4 without a micro-sim adapter LOL.

 

[taran420]

1000+ Phones that will sell out by tomorrow and wait time is the same.

Check Twitter for more info

Can you give the link to twitter that says square one will have inventory tomorrow aswell. I mean it's 45 mins drive for me and I'm willing to do it if they will have some in stock

 

[acfusion29]

Oh, I forgot to add to my story. I was waiting for about 1hr+ in store to get my HUP. There was a nice Rogers rep who gave me a $25 network reward for waiting so long. Basically its a coupon that gives me $25 off my bill next month. I guess that saves me on the activation fee.


I am sitll exhausted. Haven't even opened my iP4 yet because I want to figure out how to change between my BB and iP4 without a micro-sim adapter LOL.

if you have an account on Rogers.com, you can change between sim cards.

i think the only downside is you gotta enter the SIM # every single time you want to do this.

 

[King Luis]

so, for the ones who didn't get an iphone 4. anyone here know when carriers are getting their next shipment? called a bunch of fido stores, they have no idea. called fido (with an issue with my 3g data not working) and asked them about shipments and they said the stores know when the next one is coming.

 

[nidserz]

if you have an account on Rogers.com, you can change between sim cards.

i think the only downside is you gotta enter the SIM # every single time you want to do this.

Thanks. I saw this the other day. I hope it works and doesn't void my old sim. Will test it out tonight after I do an unboxing
I heard Rogers had major lag activating the new SIM.

 

[MacModMachine]

Thanks. I saw this the other day. I hope it works and doesn't void my old sim. Will test it out tonight after I do an unboxing
I heard Rogers had major lag activating the new SIM.

thats putting it mildly...took me 2 hours to get my phone activated....haha

 

[etceteraism]

Well, after 12hrs waiting and a 4hr nap at home...I can officially say I've got my iPhone4! It did take a couple of hours to activate, but once I turned the phone on/off it was activated.

I was in like at the Apple store in Pacific Centre at midnight and finally left the store with phone in hand at 11:45pm. Carrier activations were DEADLY slow-the line actually cheered every time an activation was called through. With Fido, mine kept getting an error message and they finally had to call to put it through manually. My boyfriend went in before me, but was still waiting to get through to Rogers manually when I left the store.

I still think the Apple store was the best bet. When the systems went down they kept trying and trying to push it through, while as carrier stores just gave up trying. I would have been so upset if I had waited in line all that time and not gotten through.

Haven't had a chance to play with it yet since I passed out cold as soon as I got home. Woke up feeling like a truck hit me....only slept an hour in line last night. It was brutal. I'm so glad we went earlier and not at 2-3AM like we were thinking.

I heard on Twitter the people who were there at 530AM are still in line as of 430PM and expect another few hours before they get their phones.

 

[maus]

What would happen if I HUP on Rogers to the iPhone, then cancel my voice and (new) data plans after a month? I'm currently on a grandfathered plan from 2006 that's still under the old $200 ECF, not the new $400 fee.

Does this mean that I can get the 16GB for $159 + $200 ECF + $100 DECF + $50 1st month's service = $509? This is a heck of a lot cheaper than the $649 no term price Rogers is charging.

 

[DARKiLLUSiON]

I'm just gonna try my luck tomorrow and see what happens

I suggest you save your time tomorrow...I just got back
here's my story(frustrated>tired>sorta happy+pissed mixed lol)

Got to Fairview around 8:15am and the line up looks massive...I say roughly 400 at least
I think they're really trying their best to keep us inform but Robbers system went down and slow down the whole process. By 6:45pm I was ask for my name and given a voucher(guranteed iPhone 4 16GB*locked or unlocked* untill Tuesday) ...first they said 32GB is sold out by 10:30am then they told us they have low inventory around 4ish.
As for anyone who wants 32GB they ask for your name and we'll call you to pick it up.

By 6:45pm we're told to go home and go back because it doesn't look like they'll get to us before the store closes at 9pm...I hope this system error goes smooth tomorrow when I go pick it up after 4pm.


By the way they'll only sell you the iPhone only if they give you a voucher

 

[creepymonster]

hehe, I went to Wireless Wave in Vancouver at 2pm and went out with my brand new iPhone 20 minutes later.. No other people in the store. But i also got the last one. Lucky!

No reception problems here so far. The signal drops to 2 bars if i really squeeze the phone for a while. It's on Virgin.

 

[modit]

Can you give the link to twitter that says square one will have inventory tomorrow aswell. I mean it's 45 mins drive for me and I'm willing to do it if they will have some in stock

Here's a guy who was Square One today...most recent at top.

ZeeshanGauba @andrees They are turning away about 150 people. Said they have inventory for tomorrow - let's hope :-s
about 1 hour ago*in reply to andrees

ZeeshanGauba First attempt at getting the #iphone4 unsuccessful. Too many people, not enough time for them to process. Attempt 2 tomorrow #fb
about 1 hour ago

ZeeshanGauba @crick8r At Square One. Yeah I don't want to extend my contract dis you get one?
about 1 hour ago*in reply to crick8r

ZeeshanGauba Square One Apple employees just came around to count outright purchasers cause activation with the carriers is taking an hour!
about 2 hours ago

ZeeshanGauba Such bad line management by rent-a-cop security outside the Apple store in Square One... They actually moved us back - yes, BACK!