Canada, you may finally be getting Apple’s iPhone, you can now rejoice!
Rogers Communications Inc, the only Canadian carrier with a GSM network, was hoping to include the iPhone in a touch screen phone campaign they were planning to launch around May or July. Now, neither side is talking and there hasn’t been any official statements yet, but a source has mentioned that Rogers and Apple are close to signing an agreement. As for the history, Rogers initially said it would have the iPhone, but never made any actual deal. The most likely reason for this is the fact that Rogers doesn’t like unlimited data plans and typically has higher charges for their data plans.
So is this just another rumor to boost you hope again, or do you think Rogers will actually release the iPhone at the above mentioned time? I personally hope this rumor is in fact true because I would love to see my Canadian friends and all of their friends able to get the iPhone. They have waited long enough and Apple is missing out on quite a few customers up there.
Via [TheStar]
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Apparently Rogers now has an unlimited mobile internet plan, but charges extra for 3rd party apps that would run on the device.
As well I have heard form a reliable source that Rogers has “something better” planned for this summer roll out. They may not even offer the Iphone as they are convinced that whatever it is they are going to offer is better. Obviously they don’t understand what we want. They’re probably just going to add a couple no-name touch screens along with a new crackberry and call it a day.
My source is sniffing around for the day, I’ll post another comment later.
on April 28, 2008 at 03:54 PM - LINKThanks for doing an outside investigation, I look forward to seeing with what he comes up with!
on April 28, 2008 at 04:14 PM - LINK