iPhone 4 Supply Levels in Canada: Sold Out Coast to Coast

By Gary Ng on August 8th, 2010 162

It looks like waiting in line on iPhone 4 launch day (and even camping out overnight) has been paying dividends for early iPhone 4 adopters. As for everyone else, right now it looks like the iPhone 4 is sold out coast to coast.

People have been waiting in line outside Apple Stores in Vancouver for the iPhone 4. Even with no info about iPhone 4 units being in stock, people are still waiting in line! Even when told by Apple Store employees to “go home” people refuse to leave and go home to their families! What has Apple done to us?!

Anyways, here some tips off the top of my head to find an iPhone 4 in your area:

  • Use the power of the social networks. Search on twitter and ask if anyone in your area has found an iPhone 4 in stock. Follow @iphoneincanada for the latest news
  • Call your local Rogers, Fido, Telus, and Bell carrier or dealer location. They have been bombarded by calls, but calling before visiting will save you time.
  • Camp outside your local Apple Store daily and hope for the best (this method works better for those who are not working)
  • Think outside the box and call a dealer that is “off the grid”. Such stores include the wireless dealers inside Costco locations, convenience stores, or locations that are far, far away from urban centres. It’s worth a shot.
  • Check the iPhone 4 stock level threads over at the iPhoneinCanada.ca Forums. Find a thread for your area or start one. Work together with others.
  • Order an unlocked iPhone 4 online via Apple.ca. You’ll have to wait 2-3 weeks for it to ship, but you’ll be guaranteed one.
  • Just wait it out. Supply levels will come back but it will take time. Pretend your iPhone 2G/3G/3GS is an iPhone 4. Done.
  • Check your local Craigslist, eBay, etc (thx for the reminder @remy9070!).

Rogers Confuses Customers with their Redboard iPhone 4 Update

We posted about how Rogers posted an iPhone 4 update on their Redboard. Well, it turns out their “update” was incorrect and it has confused both customers and Rogers dealers. Customers calling in have been alerted by Rogers staff that they have “no idea” what the Redboard is, and some CSR’s went as far to say the Redboard had been “hacked”.

According to @RogersKeith on twitter, he mentions that “Monday may be a better bet at many locations” since inventory is arriving at different times. Let’s see what happens next week, shall we?

What tips have worked for you to acquire an iPhone 4?

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  • London iPhone 4

    London Ontario – Finally got an iPhone 4. Called about 10 stores on Friday Aug 12 at 3 PM – 2 stores had one each. One tied to Telus, and the other might have been Rogers. 16gb versions. They had commented that they are getting a few units each week but they sell out fast.

    I ended up at Costco and they had a 32 gb version which I grabbed – it was their last one. While the paperwork was being done, 2 other people tried to buy it…

    Good luck

  • Kolt

    Hahahaha I feel bad for all you people. I was the first one in Toronto Ont. to get my iPhone 4 hahaha… It really is amazing =D

    At first people laughed and said that I was an idoit who waited 19 hours for a phone, but on the other hand you people have been waiting 2-3 weeks for an iPhone 4 with no end in sight…

    Look who the idiots are now =P

  • Zarthia

    Still you i’m afraid… I only waisted 10 hours in line and got one the day it came out anyway.

  • HH

    Agree with Zarthia…………. Kolt- don’t RUB it in people’s faces that you go the phone then call them idiots! Geesh! Besides, waiting in line for 19 hours is pretty silly. Yes, it’s a very cool phone- especially when you only had to wait an hour and a half on launch day like I DID (and I only started lining up at 1:30pm). Who’s laughing now? :p

  • HeavyMetalLew

    i have been calling fido kiosks and retailers since the 15th (the date i was finally eligable for an upgrade) and still no luck. they are completely sold out coast to coast was what one representative told me today. and he picked up the phone with “mobileit fido retailer, we dont have any iphone 4′s, how may i help you?” i thanked him for answering my question before i had asked it and he said that they would probably be getting a shipment in on friday. Im gonna call back and see if he can put me on a waiting list or something this is rediculous. and the fact that they are sending only a couple dozen at a time to rogers/fido stores when apple stores recieve 40-50 a day is fucked. especially the fact that they are sending more 32gb than 16′s. a complete and utter marketing ploy. i am really pissed but cant wait to get the iphone 4. whenever that may be…

  • JJ

    Just walked by the Fairview apple store and saw a line up of ~100 people. Still? More than 2 weeks after launch??? This is ridiculous!

  • Scottdennie

    I think it is absolutely sickening that they did not have the supply of new iPhones to match the demand in Canada!!!! I signed up for the update for existing iPhones buyers on the Rogers web page and was suppose to get an email informing me of the launch date in Canada— nothing. Then I get in line at the Cobourg Rogers store and too my surprise they only had 10 iPhones and I was 17th in line!!!! They don’t allow pre- ordering lol!! And have not got a clue on next shipment date!! Pretty damn sad for sure! I would at least of expected that existing owners would of been given pre-order options!!

  • Terry

    I think I’m just better off keep my dying 3G and upgrade when the iphone 5 come out

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  • waleed

    Futureshop young and dundas had it one yesterday but still call in before you go. goodluck

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