Comments on: You can’t help yourself, you will get an iPhone

By: kashif

kashif — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:48:06 +0000

If I had to buy a cell, I would get an iPhone. Too bad my work already provides me with a blackberry.

$100 a month/$1200 a year is too much for a cell phone. For that price I could save up for a slick home theatre system. A cell phone around $30 to $60 a month is more in my comfort zone. $80-$100 is way too much for a single device that only makes calls, plays music, and has a fancy GUI.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:59:14 +0000

I want to know why you think a new entrant will not be live in that time frame. Regardless of what new spectrum has been purchased, it has already been outlined by Jim Prentice and Industry Canada that new entrants will be able to piggyback on existing infrastructure for free WHILE they are actively building their own network. So we could see a new entrant in the works as early as 1Q 2009 in some areas.

By: kashif

kashif — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:48:06 +0000

If I had to buy a cell, I would get an iPhone. Too bad my work already provides me with a blackberry.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:59:14 +0000

By: Grandy

Grandy — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:26:51 +0000

Same here… I have iMac, macbook, airport extreme, iPod. From just after the US launch, I told my wife that I would be getting an iPhone as soon as I could get one on a “proper” plan (one that allowed me to fully enjoy the iPhone). I wasn't prepared to use an “unlocked” version (that many of my coworkers were doing). I told my wife it might get expensive. So, even though the iPhone will be available, it doesn't fit my definition of a “proper” plan. I'm not as stupid as I look.

By: Amber

Amber — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:59:28 +0000

Honestly, I can avoid buying it, no matter how sexy and flirtatious the iPhone is. I can afford to buy it, and pay the outrageous monthly prices Rogers is 'offering', but I will not do it. It's like ripping up your money and burning it. You CAN do it, but you bloody well shouldn't.

Deep down, I hope that most people boycott/choose common sense over flash and Rogers has to develop a better pricing structure – because at that very moment I WILL buy one. But I won't let myself until that point, even if it never happens.

By: digitatodd

digitatodd — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:59:07 +0000

I agree, people will be lined up at the Rogers outlets ready to get their iPhones regardless of the price. It would be really nice if those 30,000 people followed through and didn't sign up. I for one would love to see the look on the Rogers corporate faces when there were no people lined up in the stores.

By: Jevon

Jevon — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:56:47 +0000

Meh, I think I'll leave it. I wrote the post yesterday.

By: Sharp

Sharp — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:44:14 +0000

I think the chart must be updated as the Rogers' shares gained > 3% today..

By: acurrie

acurrie — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:08:07 +0000

Or at the very least hold off until Monday the 14th, if for no other reason than to give 'em a scare :->