Rogers iPhone D-Day Has Arrived–FINALLY!

By Gary Ng on July 11th, 2008 75

Holy toledo! Can you believe how fast the weeks have gone by? Tomorrow morning at 8am across Canada eager Canucks will be waiting in line for their iPhone 3G (including yours truly) at Rogers Plus locations. Don’t forget Fido stores, Rogers kiosks and other authorized dealers too.

It started off with Rogers just lambasting Canadians with their atrocious iPhone 3G voice/data plans. The media got involved and as well as major internet revolts, all protesting the high prices. Then Rogers decides to drop the 6GB for $30 data plan on us all. This plan is equivalent to an unlimited data plan, and I know it has convinced many people to go against their judgment and plunk down cash for an iPhone 3G (with a 3 year contract of course). Others have displayed strong will power–kudos to you!

As you may have noticed, iPhoneinCanada.ca has undergone a small blog redesign! Navigation should be a lot easier, but there are still a few tweaks to go. Big thanks to Nate and his team from Unique Blog Designs for their stellar work! You almost might have noticed our amazing header image! That was created by freelancer Pierre from ptabbiner design + illustration (he does some awesome work).


How to Buy your Rogers iPhone 3G while Being Informed…Read up!

Are you going to buy iPhone 3G? New customer ready to sign away for 3 long years? Let’s clarify a few things first. To qualify for promo pricing as a NEW customer:

1. Monthly Service Fee (MSF = data + voice plan) must be greater than $30.01.
EG: You select $35 Mega Time plan plus add on 6GB data for $30 = $65
2. With MSF > $30.01, you will qualify for promo pricing of $199 for 8GB and $299 for 16GB iPhone 3G.
a) If you opt for no data plan, and your VOICE plan is greater than $30.01, you still qualify.
EG: You only select the $35 Mega Time plan (price is greater than $30.01)–you qualify for promo pricing.
What about Existing Customers?
Existing customers whom are upgrading are based on how long you’ve been with Rogers and time since your last upgrade. If you’re currently an existing customer and you qualify for a HUP (hardware upgrade), then do it and get your iPhone 3G for discount. If you haven’t completed 12 months, you are in a tough pickle. Call Rogers CSR and see what they can do for you.
Rogers iPhone 3G Flyers – Sneak Preview
We’ve managed to get our grubby little hands on some Rogers iPhone 3G flyers. Check out these flyers that you will see soon in stores. Too lazy to visit? Check em out here…

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By the time you’ve finished reading this, iPhone Fan is either sleeping and waking up early to line up, or I already have my iPhone 3G. Stay tuned to hear my full account of iPhone 3G D-Day!!! :)

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  • Manduh

    nice layout, dang it’s hot! very web 2.0 feel. I guess you wanted to “dress up” for today’s special event lol.

  • Amanda/MANDUH

    nice layout, dang it’s hot! very web 2.0 feel. I guess you wanted to “dress up” for today’s special event lol.

  • gunfus

    Nicely done Stephen F. Enjoy the phone is a awesome.. which plan did you ended up with?

  • gunfus

    Nicely done Stephen F. Enjoy the phone is a awesome.. which plan did you ended up with?

  • Guillaume C

    Is somebody able to unbrick their iPhone? Itunes server is down and Rogers staff told us to activate from home, but nothing is working!

  • Guillaume C

    Is somebody able to unbrick their iPhone? Itunes server is down and Rogers staff told us to activate from home, but nothing is working!

  • http://tannock.net/ Stv.

    Anyone know an official (or at least tested & proven) status on updating unlocked (old) iPhones to the 2.0 software in Canada? will they just work now? or will it be bricked?

  • http://tannock.net Stv.

    Anyone know an official (or at least tested & proven) status on updating unlocked (old) iPhones to the 2.0 software in Canada? will they just work now? or will it be bricked?

  • June Le

    with those data plans i cant see myself using wifi more often, i love wifi! i couldnt find anything on separate voice or data contract plans…and it totally sucks there arent any cheaper plans…lol $30 dollars still seems alot to me!!! and whats up with the ‘unlimited’ rogers hotspot access crap…gahh so much confusion = gotta wait a teeny bit more. the csr’s are a lil vague i say

    sorry for rant,
    juuuuuuuunnneeeee lelelelelelele

  • June Le

    with those data plans i cant see myself using wifi more often, i love wifi! i couldnt find anything on separate voice or data contract plans…and it totally sucks there arent any cheaper plans…lol $30 dollars still seems alot to me!!! and whats up with the ‘unlimited’ rogers hotspot access crap…gahh so much confusion = gotta wait a teeny bit more. the csr’s are a lil vague i say

    sorry for rant,
    juuuuuuuunnneeeee lelelelelelele

  • Andrew

    I like the new layout, but the frickin’ ad you have embedded at the top of EVERY post makes it hard to figure out what each post is about! How about ditching the in-post ad and putting it elsewhere??

    Still disappointed in Rogers… guess I’ll save my pennies and look at an Instinct instead.

  • Andrew

    I like the new layout, but the frickin’ ad you have embedded at the top of EVERY post makes it hard to figure out what each post is about! How about ditching the in-post ad and putting it elsewhere??

    Still disappointed in Rogers… guess I’ll save my pennies and look at an Instinct instead.

  • Andrew Clarke

    About 45 minutes or an hour after leaving the WirelessWave kiosk where I bought my iPhone, it automagically started working. I still can’t access iTunes and sync up my phone, but I can make/receive calls (actually haven’t tried yet) but have downloaded AIM, used that, used the GPS, etc.

    Also, I looked at the paperwork that they had at the kiosk where I bought my phone. It clearly showed the $15 iPhone value-pack (or whatever it’s called) listed beside the $30/6GB plan as an iPhone add-on that included callerID, VVM, and the text messages. I actually had to point this out to the guy selling me the phone as he thought VVM came with the $30 data package.

  • Andrew Clarke

    About 45 minutes or an hour after leaving the WirelessWave kiosk where I bought my iPhone, it automagically started working. I still can’t access iTunes and sync up my phone, but I can make/receive calls (actually haven’t tried yet) but have downloaded AIM, used that, used the GPS, etc.

    Also, I looked at the paperwork that they had at the kiosk where I bought my phone. It clearly showed the $15 iPhone value-pack (or whatever it’s called) listed beside the $30/6GB plan as an iPhone add-on that included callerID, VVM, and the text messages. I actually had to point this out to the guy selling me the phone as he thought VVM came with the $30 data package.

  • eric

    i was first in line…got in…i have a white 16GB iphone reserved for me….just have to wait for the system to go up again…hopefully that’ll be sometime today

  • eric

    i was first in line…got in…i have a white 16GB iphone reserved for me….just have to wait for the system to go up again…hopefully that’ll be sometime today

  • Darryl

    I have a black 16GB iPhone reserved for me too, stupid activation servers, someone post when they’re back up!

  • Darryl

    I have a black 16GB iPhone reserved for me too, stupid activation servers, someone post when they’re back up!

  • lady

    Any updates on the early upgrade possibility? The iphone CS line at rogers has a 2 hour hold time.

  • lady

    Any updates on the early upgrade possibility? The iphone CS line at rogers has a 2 hour hold time.

  • hockeymom

    Minimum voice plan for new customers to buy iPhone @ $199 or $299 is $35!!!! Not $30.01 as stated last night. This is before data and add-ons. They WON’T sell to business, you can’t have a shared plan etc. etc. So much wrong information last night – wish I’d gone to bed instead. Rogers still sucks.

  • hockeymom

    Minimum voice plan for new customers to buy iPhone @ $199 or $299 is $35!!!! Not $30.01 as stated last night. This is before data and add-ons. They WON’T sell to business, you can’t have a shared plan etc. etc. So much wrong information last night – wish I’d gone to bed instead. Rogers still sucks.

  • msq

    Well I was able to order an iphone keeping my old plan which is only 20$ plus ofcourse system fee….I only added the 30$DATA plan definitely to use the Iphone features…Though I have to pay 249 instead of 199, doesnt matter I have my fido dollars so to get some $$ off the price. I cant wait to have my Iphone and seeeeee!

  • msq

    Well I was able to order an iphone keeping my old plan which is only 20$ plus ofcourse system fee….I only added the 30$DATA plan definitely to use the Iphone features…Though I have to pay 249 instead of 199, doesnt matter I have my fido dollars so to get some $$ off the price. I cant wait to have my Iphone and seeeeee!

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