Oh Canada: iPhone not coming anytime soon

firstly people, let's not forget that it is ONLY A PHONE.

All the speculation in the world will not change when it arrive, who the carrier will be, the cost involved etc.

Remember all those iphone 'commercials' and mock-ups that hit the web starting almost two years ago?

A few other things to keep in mind.

While GSM, the sim card is internal, you cannot pop n go with your existing, unlocked or not.

Apple takes a cut of the monthly plan for every active iphone account. Meaning, they call the shots, not Rogers, or bell or whomever the carrier is. Let's not forget that cingular had to revamp their entire system to accomadate a new fangled invention call Visual Voicemail as a condition of partnership.

that being said, if/when it does arrive here, plans will be more affordable as high plans will limit access to viable customers, which means less $$$$ in Papa Jobs' pocket.

Steve no likey...

So tha's some good news. Cheap data for everyone probably, iphone user or not.


I too am an apple whore, but will not be camping out for purchase (aka having a life), let the foolish americans flood the help lines, and support sites and wear their fingers out with finger controting reset acrobatics.

I'm with Andrew, I'll wait for version 2.

I have been listening for, and reading up on iPhone coming to Canada. There are several problems with buying a DOT 1 iPhone. First, you need iTunes to activate it. And it only lists AT&T as a carrier. Another is that you HAVE to have a Data plan for these bad boys. And Rogers has the worst Data plans in Canada, compared to TELUS, Bell, and Fido.
I have heard about this beautiful device for years, and drooled when I saw them on eBay for sale.
Only if we had another GSM provider in Canada that didn;t lick balls, we wouldn;t have a problem with getting it before Eurpoe gets theirs (only speculation, not solid fact. More people, bigger markets. Who wouldn;t jump for the bigger fish...)

I gotta agree with the comment that Canadians are waiting for the dot 2 version of iPhone. Maybe all the gooks going south for their iPhones will create enough of a vacuum to lower cellular pricing up here.

Other than pure unadulterated technolust I cannot see why any seasoned Mac user would buy a first generation anything from Apple let alone a product with so many technological firsts in it.

I'm a bonified gadget freak but I won't be buying a first gen iPhone even if it was offered. Besides a PDA (which iPhone is no matter how you slice it) is not complete without a spreadsheet.

Smoke another spliff.

I am dying for an iPhone. I have waited years for this, and now I can't even buy one. I think you ned a two year minimum contract in order to buy it, so I couldn't even buy it, and not use the phone part of it.

Here is hoping that the second revision is out by the time that the iPhone is available in Canada.
Cause that is the only way I will be able to wait and not get the rev.A version.

We all know that Rev.B will be cheaper and have more features!!!

I am really looking for a silver lining here.

I completely forgot the fact that in Belgium it's illegal to sell a mobile phone "locked" with a provider contract. So if they're ever going to sell this in europe they'll have to make it unlocked!

Awe man!!! That's it! I'm moving state-side!

S.

Well, it could be worse, you know? Instead of waiting for the iPhone in Canada, you could be waiting for it in Brazil. We don't even have iTMS around here. And the US$149 iPod Nano sets you back US$420 (!!!) after local taxes. See? Things can always get worse.

Yeah, the good old iPhone & provider limitations...

Good of you to let us know the intent of the entire nation, Steve Buchan. Although if they're waiting for a phone from Apple with a MicroSD slot they might be waiting for a while. Just because the rest of the mobile-phone world does things a certain way doesn't mean Apple Inc. will.