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Sunday, July 1, 2007

iPhone in Canada? Yeah right...


Well with the launch of the iPhone in the US today, it leaves many of us wondering WTF? Most of us all live within 100 KM of the US border, so the question is what gives. Why aren't rogers offering the iphone here, why haven't they even announced it? The answer as usual is confusing and less than clear. While we can assume its a case of a combination of the following:
1. Licensing deals with Apple Canada/Rogers, trying to get it at a price point where they can gouge the Canadian consumers, and still make alot of money.
2. The fact that they only just released last years technology, and they dont want a newer better phone on the market to compete with that.
3. Probably some crappy govt rules about the device having to have FRENCH instructions included.
4. The CRTC has decided that they need to test the device for 3 months before they approve a license for it to be sold.

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