When Will iPhone be Available in Canada?
Posted by Jon Lee in Offtopic, Personal, tags: Apple, canada, contest, garylee, iPhone
The iPhone is estimated to be available in Canada in late 2007 to early 2008 and will only be available in a GSM version (from Rogers Wireless). This means CDMA Bell and Telus users won’t have access to it. And judging by what has happened in the past with Canadian phone releases, Canadians can expect this $600 dollar device to debut at at least $700-800 even after it’s been out on the market for a while.
Now although I’m not a big Apple fan and instead prefer my PC and watching movies on my Windows Mobile Smartphone, I must admit the iPhone is a very nice piece of eye candy. Not wanting to wait over 6 months to get my hands on one, my internet marketing friend Gary Lee is giving me a free iPhone. Well he’s not giving it to me, but I have a good feeling about winning his contest since I always tend to win useless things.
This is not to say the iPhone is useless but in Canada where data plans are outrageously expensive ($50 a month for a measly 5 megabytes or $100 a month for the “unlimited” plan where unlimited = 25 megabytes), having an iPhone would be just like carrying any other PocketPC that can play music. Here’s hoping Canadian telecommunication companies will pick up its act and offer true unlimited plans at the US rate of around $20 a month!
I must applaud Gary Lee’s generosity though and wish him the best of luck on his new golf equipment community project. If your girlfriend or wife gets mad at you for spending too much time with your iPhone, simply browse over to MsDanielle’s deals site and find some free online coupons to buy them something nice!
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