Apple to Limit iPhones to Canada?

July 8, 2008 on 6:49 pm | In Front Page, Personal | By QBasicer |

Written on another blog is news that Apple, king of the new mobile market, and creator of the iPhone, has bitchslapped Rogers, Canada’s only real GSM carrier across the face.

Rumour has it that Apple, who is dissatisfied with Roger’s data plans, is limited shipments of iPhones. Numbers have not been mentioned, but apparently the numbers have been “significantly reduced,” and apparently it’s been confirmed that the extra units are going to Europe. There are some other interesting tidbits, and I encourage you to RTFA.

In other similarly related news, Bell and Telus are supposed to start charging users for incoming text messages if they’re not on a texting plan $0.15 per text. Users that go over their current plan, or do not have a plan, already get charged $0.15 per text. There are several facebook groups dedicated to the issue, and a petition at the New Democratic Party (NDP) of Canada. Bell and Telus have released new texting plans, as follows:

  • $5/mo, 250 outgoing, unlimited incoming
  • $10/mo, 2500 outgoing, unlimited incoming
  • $15/mo, unlimited outgoing, unlimited incoming

There’s an internal PDF document with steps on how to deal with the matter here

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  1. I am turning into my dad - I want to move into a cabin in the woods and bid the world farewell.

    Comment by Kim — July 8, 2008 #

  2. This is ridiculous - charging for incoming text messages would be like charging for incoming emails or snail mail - it’s totally unfair. Europe is looking better and better all the time …

    Comment by Arcturus — July 9, 2008 #

  3. I think the whole “Apple punishing Rogers” rumor is pretty silly… Apple must have known damn well what Rogers’ rates were going to look like when they made the agreement. And an iPhone sold is an iPhone sold. The idea here is to sell phones in Canada, they will sell even fewer if they arent any to be sold. Doesn’t sound like smart business to me…

    I guess what Apple might not have known was how customers would react to such terrible plans. Thankfully Rogers has fixed their plans at least somewhat… 6GB of data /month for 30$, it’s a lot better but still not “Unlimited”. But it can be added to a current plan, so I guess it’s good enough…

    Comment by jason — July 9, 2008 #

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