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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  • lookingfor1phone4

    Like most of you I've been waiting to get my hands on the iphone 4. I'm with Rogers and personally hate the company but at the end of the day they have a pretty good network and unlike Bell their employees doesn't hang up on you.
    I also think this is just crazy as I can't get my hands on 1 iphone 4 in the Toronto area with Rogers nor can anyone tell me when they expect to get any. Seriously..what's the big secret? it's already launched and everyone is using it ..so far no negative responses to the actual phone so what's the hold up?
    The only reason they are doing this is because they know that we will purchase this phone no matter what nor how long we wait. It's like an addiction everyone have to have it (tech crack)..like it's some kind of necessity..these companys knew what kind of demand they will be dealing seeing people pre-registered and started waiting lists long before it launched…so what's the prob?
    As for me..I'll just wait untill I can get this phone without spending hrs calling/visiting stores etc…that's if I still want it.

  • Omar

    Typical Bell, I had a Blackberry through them, my sim apparently was defective so they told me to just wait it out a week so they could send me another one in the mail, as opposed to me taking a 10 minute trip to the store….they figured since it was a work number I could use my personal cell in the meantime, then they hung up on me.

    I would switch back to Rogers, I would definitely call them the lesser of 3 evils. Bell literally told me once to cancel and they they could care less. I told Rogers once I wanted to cancel a month to month line, they gave me a 50% discount on the plan and a free Blackberry curve on only a 1 yr term. And thats not me begging them for a better deal…they offered me the phone through the handset replacement program and the plan was simple retentions

  • Michael

    Just returned from Buffalo – iPhone available there with no issues…

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/ Ex

    Just stay. Dedication can be rewarded.

  • Calliope

    Stock is apparently so low, I can't even get my 8GB 3GS. Even THOSE are hard to find. (Rogers won't let me upgrade to the 4 and I can't pay full price. It's just too much money :( )

  • lester

    Any news for The Ottawa region?

  • remo

    Seriously? I was there at 9:45 am. I probably saw you. I was the disappointed bearded, Filipino guy limping about the store. Beat me to it.

  • Ogunquitbartender

    my wife looked all over Toronto today for a telus iphone4 .. nothing.
    Anyone know of any around ?

  • xbberry

    The Source at Masonville Mall in London had ONE 16gb (black I assume) on Virgin about an hour ago. They had had it for a while.

  • Mike

    I went to Fairview Mall just outside Toronto at 6am this morning. I was the 4th in line. By 9am the line grew to 100 people. Thankfully they received a shipment. They got in 60 (57 of the 32 GB and only 3 of the 16GB)…The best bet is to line up at an Apple store early and hope they receive a iphone shipment. Luck was on my side today!

  • mbebe

    thanks man.. gonna try my luck! ;)

  • Paul

    I went to a local Rogers store here in Ottawa today and the representative there was branding incoming calls as “Thanks for calling Rogers store we do not have iPhone 4, how can I help you?” Incredibly insane wait!

  • mbebe

    Hey, can you tell where you found some??
    Just called 3 kiosks Fido and none reeived any!!
    Futureshop, Bestbuys of course don't have'em
    thanks

  • een

    Hey Mike,
    Headed there tomorrow with my wife.

    What time did the shipment come in?

    Thanks.

    een

  • een

    I hope so. :)

    een

  • Bawb

    I got lucky on mine. I took a little bit of time off work on release day to drive around (futureshop and 3 rogers stores in town) to get one. I wanted a rogers one due to the 6gb data plan offer, in addition to being with them already (even though I was on pay as you go). Futureshop sold out, all of the rogers stores (except one) sold out. The last store had 3 left but their systems were down for existing rogers customers. After a billion calls to them throughout the day, they ended up selling them out after my 10th call or so. Later that day I called literally every futureshop and rogers store within a 200km radius of my location, and all sold out except for one bell phone…and out of due principle I did not bother, as bell sucks big time.

    On Sunday morning, out of curiosity I called telus to see if they had started offering the 6gb bonus data plan…and apparently Telus started offering the same deal on that day (2 days after release)! My local telus store had one 16gb phone left and I got there 5 minutes after my call and scooped it.

  • xbberry

    Cellular centre in London, ON has 1 32gb and 1 16gb (black) iPhone 4 on Bell. One was supposed to be mine…family situation changed within the last 20 minutes. Happy pickings.

  • Mike

    It came around 10:30…They're definitely getting a shipment but whether there will be Iphones part of that shipment remains to be seen. Good luck!

  • een

    Thanks, Mike.

    I'll let you know tomorrow. :)

    een

  • Vincent

    it was downtown near McGill station

  • NoIphone4me

    Reports from varoius blogs online that people around the world that were a part of the original release and have had their I4's replaced due to varoius reasons are noticing that their replacements have a less shiny, almost matte, finish to the antenna then the original. They also report that “antennagate” has for the most part dissappeared. Is this silent recall by Apple the cause of stock levels or internet myth?? Would be very happy if it was the former.

  • Eren

    lmao wow fido is gay.

  • Hondarob07

    Just got my iPhone 4- 16gig from bell store in Milton, I put down a $50 deposit 3 days ago and was put on a waiting list. I got the call this morning that it was ready for pickup! SOOOO SWEET!
    Good luck on your mission to hunt down the ip4 :)

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  • Terry

    If you are buying from the Apple Store in Pacific Centre, my advice would be to go there at around lunch time as most people leave the line because the iPhone 4 will be “out of” stock according to Apple. At around 4:30 – 5:00pm, they will start selling iPhones again but limited amount. That happened 4 times in a row when I went to the Apple Store in Pacific Centre, as when I bought the iPhone, they told every customer that they only had the 16GB available and were out of 32GB. So I told them I wanted the 16GB, but when it gets to me to buy the iPhone 4, they accidentally sold me the 32GB iPhone 4 without noticing. So my conclusion is they have iPhone 4 in Stock all time at the Apple Store, but they only sell a limited amount and wants the hype of the line-ups for advertisment.

    Still an Apple fan :)

  • Hopefullyasoontobeiphoneowner

    Alright guys, back at oakridge center at 5:30am today. I am 75'th in line with around 120+phones being bought before me. There are around 30 people lined up after me at this time (6:23). Lots of commotion going on, we'll see what happens.

  • jdinner

    Two days in a row I have been waiting in line at the Sherway Gardens Apple store. No phone deliveries.

  • Hopefullyasoontobeiphoneowner

    Still sitting in line, I don't like the sounds of that!

  • iloveapple

    I called them and they told me there were none at oakridge.

    is this true?

  • Needani4

    Any in the Hamilton area?!

  • Steve

    They’re no deliberately making people wait. Apple has to deal with a supply chain like any business. There isn’t some magical and unlimited supply of phone parts that apple has at the ready for the millions of users demanding an iphone on opening day. They have to build these things from parts supplied from many other businesses.

  • Calliope

    A week ago. I checked twice (store and over the phone) and I don't qualify for the 4 unless I want to get the unlocked one from Apple. :( So I got this one instead. Rogers is out of the 8GB 3GS right now but when they're restocked I have one on order.

  • Danbmore

    hey, someone knows about the orders on apple ca website, is it really going to take 3 weeks to send the iphone ??
    I ordered mine on July 30, but want it know!!!

  • Mickyluck

    hi guys, just picked up an iphone 4 at the Rogers store rideau center in Ottawa there are some both 16 and 32GB

  • http://twitter.com/ilovehue Mathieu Marano

    The Fido Store on Ste-Catherine (Montreal) had iPhone4 yesterday. THey soldout around noon.

  • Jimmy

    Does anyone know if there are any iphone 4's in the kitchener waterloo area?

  • Jim jim

    Does anyone know if there are any ip4's available in the kitchener/waterloo area?

  • een

    Got to Fairview at 0745, 25th in line.
    At 1000 they said “no iPhones” and there won't be any.
    Only about a third of the people believed them.
    Hung around to 1130 then said, “f*ck it” and left.
    Ordered two off the Apple website.
    Yeah. Won't get them until Labour day but I'll be damned if I let Jobs show the hype up my ass.
    Once is enough, Steve.
    Fool me once….blah, blah, blah.

    heh.

    een

  • WheresMyiPhone4at?

    I called and they said they were sold out too.

  • http://twitter.com/dimplemoga parminder70

    Any body know when they gona have iphone4 in Vancouver or surrey

  • http://twitter.com/dimplemoga parminder70

    Any body know when iPhone 4 I can get because I'm tierd to phoning around for Roger I'm in Vancouver b.c

  • CLouD9®

    Bell is nice cause all you have to do is put $50 deposit down and you get the phone within 7 days or so

  • Marcula

    Then explain why American stores are full of IPhones 4 (I know, i checked myself during my vacation) and we can’t get any in Canada?

  • Marcula

    Then explain why American stores are full of IPhones 4 (I know, i checked myself during my vacation) and we can’t get any in Canada?

  • xbberry

    7 days? Yea right. When I put a deposit on mine at Bell, they said it would be 3-4 weeks because I'm on the list for the second restock, not the first. I don't really get that though, they're not getting 50-60 per day like Apple stores, they're only getting 10 or less.

  • Murvin

    Iphone 4's have arrived in Ottawa today at all Rogers locations. I know several people that have picked one up this morning. Not sure if there will be any stock by the end of the day. Most stores only got 10 units.

  • een

    Hey all,
    Had a nice surprise this afternoon after the crushing disappointment that was Fairview yesterday morning.

    Local Bell store (Cobourg, Ontario) called and my 32GB iP4 was in. WOOT!

    Picked it up right away and I have to say….
    I.
    Am.
    LOVING IT!!!!

    Unfortunately Bell won't budge on my wife's HUP so it's an unlocked for her. Which will be mine, of course. :)

    Keep hunting people, Bell people.
    The iP4 is out there.
    There just trickling in right now which kinda sucks but things will change soon.

    een

  • Gost

    Unacceptable – poor marketing all round

  • is3al

    Best Buy Mobile at Eaton Centre (i think) had one last evening.

  • jakeupnorth

    I was in at my local Rogers outlet today. They told me that Apple had allocated only 20 iPhone 4′s for Northern British Columbia (Prince George and everything North from there; an area with a population of about 350,000). The iPhone “shortage” is, without doubt, a marketing scheme.

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