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- seastobble, on 07/05/2008, -5/+135really, if you don't think the price is worth your money, then don't buy it.
- nolz, on 07/05/2008, -3/+109Simple economics baby. Lower the demand, lower the prices.
- IggyPop, on 07/05/2008, -7/+81***** Rogers.
- stev, on 07/05/2008, -24/+86People are ***** idiots. This thing will sell like crazy when it's released here.
- ColinCampbell, on 07/05/2008, -0/+42I'm willing to give credit where credit is due, the iPhone is great, but there's no way I'm entering into a 3-year contract with Rogers for a phone with insanely expensive plans. It's supposed to be a rich experience, with internet browsing. Their data plans make it almost useless. I was ready and willing to pay the ETF on my current phone to sign the dotted line, but not so much anymore. ***** you Rogers. Lower your prices or you won't have my money.
- Turbojugend27, on 07/05/2008, -10/+42HAHAHAA, I laugh when people start petitions. Rogers really will take time to view that as well.
- bonlebon, on 07/05/2008, -12/+41Dugg cause this way to "think different"
- rootsm3, on 07/05/2008, -16/+41Didn't want the iPhone before, still don't want it.
I hate iPhones because people whip them out and get social boners. - wacomwacoff, on 07/05/2008, -5/+28Steve Jobs has nothing to do with this. The Canadian iPhone provider - Rogers - has crap terms and contracts that make it really unappealing, and that's a real shame, because the iPhone's the best data device on the market.
- sstephenson, on 07/05/2008, -0/+22US Exclusivity
- skellener, on 07/05/2008, -0/+20People fail to realize the DO hold power over large corporations. Don't buy their products and they will cave. It's the only thing corporations understand. If the Canadians really did band together and boycott Rogers and the iPhone, you'd see prices drop very, very fast. It would be wonderful to see it happen. I don't know if it WILL happen, but I'd love to see the rebels strike back at the empire!
- Kitchenfire, on 07/05/2008, -3/+20It's not about the price of the iPhone. It's about the outrageous pricing Rogers is charging with impunity because they have a monopoly over this product.
- knighter, on 07/05/2008, -4/+21All the complaining and petitions won't change anything. People will still line up like sheep to buy one from Rogers regardless of the price. Just because you won't do it doesn't mean that your neighbor, and thousands of other people like him who don't pay attention to this stuff won't be there with cash in hand.
- sambapati87, on 07/05/2008, -10/+24Thank you... I am tired of people complaining about the prices of things like they are being forced to buy it somehow.
- SupaDawg, on 07/05/2008, -0/+13I honestly pain at the fact that I was ever a dealer for these *****. They have absolutly no clue about what the consumer wants. They got lucky that the iPhone is GSM only.
That said, Rogers is ***** if either Bell or Telus wins GSM band in the spectrum auction. The GSM monopoly in Canada will come to an end. - phogasmic, on 07/05/2008, -0/+13I love the IPhone, but its worthless without a unlimited data plan. Rogers is stupid for not implementing one and it makes them look greedy. They will cave.
- DarkDx, on 07/05/2008, -0/+13I hope the iphone flops in canada, ***** rogers...
- badqat, on 07/05/2008, -2/+14Exclusive in the United States has what to do with the rest of the world?
- jks15, on 07/05/2008, -2/+14Dugg for the fact that the article is from The Vancouver Sun. Lower Mainland [sorry, Metro Vancouver] FTW = )
- KayinAngel, on 07/05/2008, -0/+12uh, but doesn't matter what device we want to use, we (canadians) don't have any real options for decent data plans, which is where it matters most i'd think. hell i'd pay 500 for an iphone, if i knew the data plan here wasn't ridiculous. *****, i pay a crap load just for my stupid cell phone data rate (which is like 2 megs), so in reality I suppose if im paying the same for more with an iphone, its better. But there's still a monopoly up here on this *****... phone, cell, high speed internet, digital/sat tv.... there's pretty much only two options that i know of for any of those (Bell or Rogers) and both kinda suck in every department possible....
.. well, Bell sucks a bit more because they tend to send you a collections notice before they send you the actual bill. - LNahid2000, on 07/05/2008, -1/+13Go down to E1 in the article you linked to. If we decrease demand (which would create excess supply) as shown in that diagram, prices will have a tendency to fall.
- AndrewWiggin, on 07/05/2008, -1/+12I'm sick of people talking about the iPhone as a device to show off like that's any reason at all to buy one. I may get dugg down for saying it, but it's pretty much the most user friendly and fun device I've every used and THAT'S why I bought one. I've never once approached someone to show it off.
- kd420, on 07/05/2008, -4/+14I still know all the rich and stupid ***** are going to buy it so they can show off, and thus keep the price where it is. Hopefully everyone just laughs at their stupidity.
- PinkChicken, on 07/05/2008, -0/+10If I was a betting man, I'd say you're right.
- JonGalt, on 07/05/2008, -19/+28And then do not buy it. What moron would pay 115.00$ a month for 2gb of data? Im pretty sure this rogers guy thinks all canandians are mentally handicapped.
And anyways...doesn't ATT have an exsclusive contract to sell the Iphone? Or did this change and I missed it? - BoneStamp, on 07/05/2008, -2/+11Nope. You get a better job and/or wait/save... otherwise every teenager would have a BMW in their parents driveway.
- TheRedNewt, on 07/05/2008, -2/+11It's too bad that Apple didn't have the ability to negotiate for better terms for their customers when choosing an exclusive carrier then...
- heartsblood, on 07/05/2008, -3/+12I think you're a little confused. you see my blackberry has been done that for the last 5 years. And I don't have to pay $100/m to use it.
- BlueLeader, on 07/05/2008, -0/+8Don't buy it Canada! Wait the bastards out. When they don't make any money on their "privileged" position you'll have them by the short hairs.
- blacklilyninja, on 07/05/2008, -0/+8buying an iphone with a mandatory contract for it to even work is not "buying" anything. You are renting a service at criminally high rates that if you stop paying for stops working. In effect taking that 200-600 dollar device and making it a pretty paper weight.
but hey if you stop paying you are defaulted to pay them the balance of the contract.
your 200 dollar iphone now just cost you a lot more
DON'T GIVE ROGERS YOUR MONEY - ZimbuTheMonkey, on 07/05/2008, -1/+9Because the iPhone is the only good phone in the market. Yup.
- mmilton, on 07/05/2008, -0/+8You don't need a data plan if you have access to WIFI. The solution is to get rid of two networks, one for mobile phones and one for the Internet. Everything should be Internet-based where we all pay a flat rate with no usage charges for voice calls, no usage charges for messages, etc. We should quickly implement Internet-based wireless infrastructure everywhere, perhaps both Wifi and Wimax. This will change the phone companies as we know them. They'll be providing dumb pipes only and be irrelevant
- inactive, on 07/05/2008, -2/+10Buy a blackberry bold instead, you get 3g, stereo blue tooth, un restricted blue tooth, modem tethering , MMS, micro sd slot, Instant Messaging, plays youtube videos, fast processor etc, the list goes on. Take your current iphone, update to the new 2.0 firmware (in a few weeks) unlock it, and put it on ebay.
- nicko68, on 07/05/2008, -4/+12Online petitions don't do anything. Seriously, if people just refuse to buy them, Rogers will have to do something (either on their own, or prompted by Apple).
It just means the Apple fanboys will have to exercise some self-restraint. - dansgil, on 07/05/2008, -0/+8There really is no excuse why Rogers can't offer unlimited data. Both of their competitors, Bell and Telus, offer unlimited data for $30/month. If Rogers doesn't do the same, the iPhone will be a flop. I really would love to have an iPhone, but I if can get unlimited data on another smartphone, for less money, why would I get an iPhone?
- Comprox, on 07/05/2008, -2/+9People are complaining due to 2 reasons:
1. There is a baseline of what the price should/could be.
2. The product is fairly unique. Yes, there are a few knock offs now, but nothing comes close.
If the product was new, then people would have little reason to complain about prices, but they know how much it should cost. And since there is no exact knock off to buy instead, they have a full right to whine all they want. This is price gouging at it's finest. - Gutterpunk, on 07/05/2008, -0/+7@TheRedNewt : Unless you can point us to a CDMA iPhone, Apple didn't have a choice. Rogers is the only GSM provider in Canada (beside the odd third party reseller, but they are using Rogers' network anyway)
- flynnfx, on 07/05/2008, -5/+12Repeat after me :
I WILL NOT BUY AN IPHONE FROM ROGERS WITH THESE CURRENT HIGHWAY ROBBERY RATE PLANS!
And Don't. - nogami, on 07/05/2008, -0/+7People who buy the iPhone at Rogers' prices are just gonna get laughed at in their social circles.
If anyone I know is stupid enough to buy one at those prices, I'm gonna be making fun of them for quite some time... The duration of a 3 year contract most likely. - trollick, on 07/05/2008, -2/+9What if I like the price but I don't have enough money, do I still buy it?
- ATLien74, on 07/05/2008, -0/+7I'm a mac user, and I will NOT get an iPhone untill it's available on multiple carriers. I have looked at other wannabe iPhones and they all suck. I guess I'm pretty much just waiting on an Android phone at this point.
- stelth, on 07/05/2008, -1/+7At this point, only fools will be buying this device. Anyone with any kind of tech knowledge will easily scoff at this.
- phogasmic, on 07/05/2008, -5/+11This is not Steve Jobs fault. Its greedy Rogers Wireless.
- SupaDawg, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6Telus and Bell are both bidding on pieces of the GSM band in the current wireless auction. So it may not be too long.
- 9ball, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6> why they didn't follow suit in the US?
They do have unlimited data in the US.
Back to geography class for you: US != Canada. ;) - Frost9999, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6Think different and buy an Openmoko.
- inactive, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6he was talking about the demand CURVE, not quantity demanded. if you shift the demand curve left (which is what he meant by "lower the demand"), the prices are lowered for all quantities.
- franklymister, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5It is unlimited data in the United States.
- Evicted, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5Canada's domestic douchebag population is on par per capita with that of the united states
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