You didn't explain why Rogers is the only carrier who won't commit to the launch date.
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You didn't explain why Rogers is the only carrier who won't commit to the launch date.
Virgin Mobile still haven't confirm they will have it on the 30th. I tried to ask the guy who's running VM Facebook and Twitter a couple times and even today he told me : Imma let you know as soon as I know anything.
Yay!
Oh yeah, I keep forgetting Virgin is getting it. Sorry. I should ask my Rogers is the only major carrier not announcing the release date (Fido and Rogers are one in my book - I am with Fido BTW), especially since they were the sole provider for the first two launches.
True, but neither has Fido (which i guess is a given..) and Virgin. I'm not sure of the exact reasoning behind it, and it doesn't seem as obvious as the other points I made, but if I had to guess, i'd say it's simply due to arrogance. Rogers probably assumes that all it's customers are smart enough to know that they will carry the i4 on launch day, since they are the best network blah blah blah and were the first network to bring it canada etc etc. Or they could just release the date later today, it really makes no difference.
Can you picture a market, as vital as the current cell phone one in Canada currently is, where you're a big player and have a blockbuster phone due for release which is guaranteed to be a hit, and you neglect to release it on launch day? I just can't see that happening.
The 3 networks are either still arguing prices, which I doubt Apple is going to budge on, or they're gonna wait till the last minute to announce plans because they don't want to announce identical plans with a week to go. It'll seem like collusion, which is what it probably will be.
Well so i should be able to unlock it running 5.13.04 and 3.1.3 right?
Well i listed it at 375$ and the girl is interested and wants to pick it up tonight
Now my worry is rogers and what their prices/plans will be.. as id hate to sell the phone and then be looked at like a 500$ price for a ip4 with a crazy $$$ plan from rogers.
Well so i should be able to unlock it running 5.13.04 and 3.1.3 right?
Well i listed it at 375$ and the girl is interested and wants to pick it up tonight
Now my worry is rogers and what their prices/plans will be.. as id hate to sell the phone and then be looked at like a 500$ price for a ip4 with a crazy $$$ plan from rogers.
I'm not sure how you'd have that baseband with 3.1.3 unless you went up to 4.0 and then back down again to 3.1.3??
I'm not sure if there is unlock for 5.13.04......Draz, I could use a little help here! lol
I agree completely. I cannot imagine them screwing up such an important launch. It would just be bad business. But then so is leaving your subscribers hanging, fearing you won't have it on THE DAY. I agree they are likely doing it on purpose. I hope they realize it pisses customers off and that they know I will remember this next summer when my contract is up.
Yah i was at 4.0 before but then went back due to the terrible performance of 4.
Damn.. with my luck that girl thats interested will probably need the phone unlocked and i wont be able to now due to the firmware..
I'm not concerned about pricing in terms of plans, I'm not changing mine unless they offered something that improves on the 6GB/$30 plan. I just want to know something officially on how they are going to run the HUP this year. I doubt we'll hear anything about plans until the night before, if at all before launch but I really hope they announce upgrade information. Hardware pricing, I don't see it being different from carrier to carrier, it seems pretty fixed at $199/299/649/749, etc. so I'd be surprised there are variances between carriers.
Yup i can do it, I just checked. Gotta use ultrasn0w and not blacksnow to unlock.
No issues in unlocking apparently. Should have searched beforehand.
But they will lose the unlock if they ever upgrade the FW to whatever after i unlock it right?
Yes the girl would lose her unlock if she changed firmwares but, there should be another NEW unlock/JB coming in the near future.
You sell the 3GS to someone in Hamilton?
Everytime I go to that queenston rd location it feels annoying to deal with the guys there.. I think I might hit one of those stores. I'll be there 6:55am sharp. lol
Hey Profets!
Yup, sold it to some nice guy in the Hammer.
The Queenston location opens up at 8am through the week (I'm 98% sure of it)
I'm either going there or like I said before Eastgate....or maybe even the one in Burlington near Walkers Line. Who ever opens the earliest and has the most stock and is closest to a Timmies! lol
For the people that were at the 3G/3GS launches, how early did you have to go to the Apple store to be able to reserve a good spot in line? Since they are most likely not going to do preorders for the iPhone 4, my girlfriend is offering to go to the store with her friend to pick up my iPhone and her friend's, so I'm wondering what a good time would be to secure a good spot.
I think it's official, Apple Canada won't have pre-oreders prior release date. I just called Apple to check out about this, and they told me they only thing I could do is go to nearest apple store or call them back on the 30th.
Should I consider this response as a confirmation?
Should I consider this response as a confirmation?
haha. not bad, i had tough time selling mine in hamilton and had a lot more hits in GTA.
I'm actually still not sure if I'm going to hit Rogers store or Apple store that morning. Nice to hear they're open at 8! I wonder what kind of stock dealer like the one on queenston will get. its pretty small and doesn't always look like it gets a lot of traffic..
$350 is great price considering you can get a new one for $350-$400 now days too.
You're right that store itself is small but, it's owned by a large dealer by the name of Complete Communications (the owner is a douche btw lol) he also owns the Limeridge, Burlington, Oakville location so I know he'll have a large number of devices to spread through out his stores.
has anyone been able to confirm any stock at all for friday at rogers locations? I haven't had any luck thus far. Looks like I am going to have to be making some calls on Thursday afternoon to figure out which rogers location to hit up Friday morning at 630am.
I believe this will be the first time that Apple Stores in Canada will be participating in a launch. That said, for the 3G I was about 6th in line at 5a.m for a 9a.m opening at a Rogers Plus. For the 3GS I was first and only one in line at 8a.m for a 10a.m opening...I was the only person picking up a 3GS until about noon thanks to Rogers' sales central going down.
Rogers seems to be quite different when it comes to receiving devices. I know for the 3G they did not get their stock until the night before, I have no idea how it was for the 3GS. I know places like Wireless Wave has their stock about two days prior to launch with the 3GS (although with the 3G they didn't until the night before, jut like Rogers). I wouldn't expect any store giving out stock information prior to opening on the 30th, most stores will say it's a security precaution.
Doing Fido chat to ask about the stacking of contracts. I'm number 23 in the queue. Oh boy...