smithereensblog.blogspot.com — "Yesterday, while the American giant slept, the Canadian telecom industry was a-buzz with information, albeit all of it internal and very hush-hush. Here are the juicy tidbits I have managed to glean from my source within Rogers (And I'll let you draw your own conclusions)..."
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Closed AccountJul 6, 2008
How can a shipment that was meant for Canada be diverted? Wouldn't handsets at this point be locked for Rogers/Fido? The only way around this I can see is if Rogers has to take each handset and flash it with a special firmware to get it to lock to their SIMs, which I highly doubt.I'd love for Apple to stick it Rogers, but I'm calling bulls**t on this one.
anarchy99Jul 6, 2008
with in store activation all it would take is a firmware flash which may happen to the device during the process anywaythis is very possiblenot sure how likely it is
imcquillJul 6, 2008
huh.. I'm not a lawyer, but can't Apple simply choose to not ship somewhere? It seems like that would be their privilege. It's their product. They aren't shipping to a whole lot of countries.
brendanryderJul 7, 2008
of course :D
chubbybubbaJul 7, 2008
Apple supports rogers high priced data plans. Just like at&t they get a cut of every service plan sold.
pradaaddictJul 7, 2008
No they dont actually. That was a two year arrangement with AT&T alone as part of the exclusive agreement. Every penny will go into Rogers coffers, even the system access fee.
happyscrappyJul 7, 2008
It just sounds to me (as mentioned above I believe) that Apple has limited supply and sees that Rogers will hav elower sales than expected due to boycotts and crappy plans in general and thus allocated those units elsewhere.
canuckJul 7, 2008
I would have to agree on the BS part. If the boxes are already assembled and ready for shipment it would mean that they have a North American power plug in them. These plugs would not work in Europe. There is always a chance that they box up everything last minute (not done yet) before shipping them, but that would also mean that they would have all the excess European equipment ready to be put in the boxes. I can't see Apple keeping that much extra stock on hand.
canuckJul 7, 2008
Rogers will turn this into a positive. "iPhone sold out in the first weekend of sales"
jirvJul 7, 2008
at&t plans suck as well.....69.99 starting....no texts?!?!?
phdudeJul 7, 2008
f**k Rogers!
stickittorogersJul 8, 2008
@smithereensblog The only way you'll get screwed by Rogers is if you go out to one of their stores on July 11, plunk down $199 for an 8GB or $299 for a 16GB iPhone, and sign up for a 3 year contract with any of their current plans.I have a little game to propose to you guys. Let's call it How Long 'til Rogers Caves.The rules are simple:1) Reply to my post and let everyone know at which date and hour (on the hour) Rogers will issue a press release announcing a change to their iPhone plans, along with an unlimited data plan.2) Sit at home and wait it out. Don't go to a Rogers of Fido store until we have a winner.The prize? A better deal for Canadians for your iPhone and for wireless data services in general in Canada.Stop step right up and post your guess!Good luck to all Digg members and,,,StickItToRogers