any chance an Apple gift card would be valid at one of the Big 3's retail outlets, instead of having to go to an apple store?

are offering anything for current iphone users like roger or fido??? like a upgrade?

Telus online is showing iPhone4 32 GB OOS

When did they offer you 1GB for $60? And second, have you considered Bell as well?

And now i'm waiting in the damn lineup at the ferry terminal to go from Victoria to Vancouver.. Might not make it for the 7am sailing even though i was here at 6. Hope there's still phones at 10:30 which is when I'll get there if I miss the 7 (9:30 if i make the 7)… any thoughts? Gary thought my chances were good, but I'm not so sure about that if there's already 300 people in line outside Pacific Centre.. Hope I'm not wasting my money on the ferry

good luck hope you get one for the efforts..i am going to wait a few more months for the white version and hopefully miss all this madness today.

If you have unlimited talk and text what do you need my5 for?

Long distance. Most of my calls are to my my5 people anyway and I travel a lot

How is Virgin's service? Do they share a network with Bell/Telus?

or Fido, i know its similar to rogers, but the per second billing really comes in handy. Plus they aren’t complete asses when it comes to customer service. they actually hate being part of rogers.

i am also wondering if Telus will be offering 6gb for $30 – if not i'm switching !

There's a disclaimer at the bottom of the iPhone 4 32GB product page:

“‡ Available until August 3, 2010, for clients who activate or renew on a 3 year term with a Voice and Data rate plan of $50 or greater. TELUS reserves the right to modify eligible rate plans with this offer at any time without advance notice.”

Seems to be the same idea as Rogers' 6GB deal but I can't find where it denotes to……

Line at Ottawa's Rideau Centre is around the corner, past Sears, up to the parking garage, down the ramp and to the street….

Just avoid Telus at all costs.. They're the worst carrier right now out of Rogers/Bell/Fido. The worst by far.

Yes, it's Bell's network. I've heard they're very inflexible when it comes to retention plans, however.

Just thought I would mention, regardless of when you signed your last 3 yr contract, the new 3 yr discounted contract price only applies to current Iphone users.
I have an Iphone 2g unlock and the cost for me with a new 3 yr contract (because mine expired in Jan10) is $649! Guess I'll have to wait a while before I can get the discounted price.

Not with Rogers! I have a blackberry and my contract expired in 2008! I would have to pay 649. The 159 deal is only for existing Iphone users.

Yeah I fully agree with you Bell has amazing reception and I really like that but Rogers has the MUCH better deals. I wish I went with them to begin with, looks like it's going to be a yearly ting with them allowing people to upgrade early, I am definitely switching to Rogers as soon as I can. Bell pushed this customer away.

I haven't been with the others, but I was with Telus on a dumb phone and they screwed me over whenever they could. After my “minutes expired” (ughh), I just said screw this and stopped buying any more minutes. They sent me messages for months, but I was too sick of them. Every little thing has a fee, an additional charge, a small hidden payment… I was sick of dealing with crooks, and I told them so.

The rogers in st-laurent at Ottawa was having issues where anyone who was 159/269 eligible was only eligible for 399/499. Anyone who was eligible for 399/499 pricing was only eligible for 649/779. They say “sales centre” (there upgrade tool?) is having issues. I was there at 6 A.M and was 3rd in line. I was told that the problem is going to be rectified by 12 P.M and I can go there on my lunch break to pick it up… So skeptical about this whole thing. Customer service has gone down so much, the only thing a representative cares about is how much commision is in it for them… Very dissapointed in my carrier…

same

With the bad plans Telus offers, no wonder nobody got there.

(Current Telus customer no-contract, only found Telus iPhone today at FS-BB-Telus, did not take it, waiting for serious offers for plans).

Did you get the 16GB? The rumour is that none of the Telus stores will have the 32GB today.

Virgin Mobile.

i love it how i went to a telus store, and they didnt have any phones….in the entire city i live in

Just picked it up. The $65 voice and data plan which used to come with 1GB now comes 6GB.

I called Telus this morning, I have 14 months left on a 3 yr blackberry contract, trying to get an offer on an Iphone 4. I had had an offer for $300 off a 3GS about 4 months ago, so I figured I could at least get the same offer for the 4. They told me they are only dealing with new customers or people with less than 6 months left on their contract, they wouldn't eve put me through to the dept that deals with it, and told me to call back “in a few days”. Oh, and I only called this morning because I called last night after I guess the right department was closed, and they told me to try this morning. I think my next call will be to cancel my Telus contract, ETF or not.

Anyone try to drop a call yet or see the bars magicly vanish? I heard there is going to be no attena issues with the canadian shipments and that there was a internal fix with these. True or not dont know but I would love to hear from you guys how it works.

Got my iPhone this morning 4 of us waited and they had 9 phones in total. Rogers 4 , telus 5. When I left at 10:45 they had 4 telus16gb left. got the only 32gb from telus. Bestbuy Stoney creek.

I LOVE my iphone 4!! Got it from my Bell store…I was first in line. They weren't selling for hardware upgrades, they had some bogus waiting list. But luckily I talked to a nice guy yesterday who put one aside for me. I wanted to give a HUGE shout out to Gary and Ex for all of the awesome information. I survived my first iPhone launch thanks to you guys!

I'm in Windsor. Can't get through to Devonshire Mall location, so I have no idea if there's a line up or not. But, I did call a couple other locations and they only got SEVEN! Can you imagine? They're all sold out already!! There's going to be alot of pissed off line sitters!

If you are a corporate client and want an iphone 4 today don't bother. Telus has not got their sh*t together as usual and do not have corporate offers available at this time thus making it impossible to get an iphone 4. I called Telus corporate channel support and they do not have an idea as to when this may be fixed. Same thing as the original Telus iphone launch. Duh…You would think that Telus would value their corporate clients a little more than this.

They told me the same thing to tell me in the end that they would not offer 6GB for 30$ and that it will be there usual plans. I got this at Bell and cancelled with Telus today:

350 Minutes
Night & Week-end starting at 18hr
Unlimited Text, Call Display, Video Messages, Call Messages
Data 6GB

All for 85$ a month plus taxes, no special deals here, they should be able to offer it in any Bell store and also, I hand up saving more since Telus wouldn't give me a better price on the phone. Telus disappointed me far enough, not the first time they insult me as a customer.

Who would you guys go with for a plan ? The only thing I need is unlimited text messages, and something for 50-70 bucks. The extra date would be nice too. I was going to go with Telus but it doesn't sound too good right now from their party. Any suggestions on a plan would be appreciated guys!

Visual voicemail is available on all iPhone plans from telus.

So I talked to Telus a month ago and they said I can renew my contract early to get the discount on the iPhone 4.
They tokl me I could wait until today to do it.

Now they say I have to wait 4 – 6 weeks because I didn't take the offer that day.

Boo Telus, Boo.

I got the 32gb at the telus store i went too. got there at 830 and the store opened at 930. was the first to get one and they had 4 32's and 4 16's.

Sweet thanks!

FINALLY! I have my iphone 4. The only complaint is that they were not giving away the covers as stated, you have to pay $10 or order the free one from Apple. On the other hand with my FIDO $ and the extra 50 they gave me for re-signing this phone will only cost me $50. I also took advantage of the 6GB for $30 promotion they have on this week.

Thank you iphone for keeping me in the loop while all others were silent.

I have a question here. If i buy an unlocked iphone and sign a 3 yr contract, will it be all of a sudden locked?. Do i get some sort of 500$ credit if i sign a contract without getting an iphone?

Well, just got my iPone 4 from Telus. You have to pester them a bit, but this is what I managed to get from their loyalty and retention people.

For $65 my plan includes:
200 daytime mins
6 PM evening and weekends
Call ID
Voicemail 10
My 5 nation-wide
250 texts outgoing, unlimited incoming
And… wait for it… 6 GB of data.

So I'm happy. No death grip issues so far (although I'm sure I have a really strong signal in downtown Vancouver). This phone is a beauty.

How many years/months did you have left on your contract, and what kind of phone did you have before?

I had 4 months left. Before the iPhone I had a crappy LG dumb-phone. I was playing $25 per month + SAF/911 charges before upgrading.

can anyone answer this?

if i buy my phone unlocked from apple and want to add a data plan with fido, do they even have and will they offer me this 6gb for $30 deal everyone is talking about?

excuse my ignorance: the $currency is canadian dollars? when they say no term ie iphone 4g 16gb at 649 means you have to unlock it to use it in another country?
rgb caracas

So, even though my local Telus store hasn’t received a single 32 unit, I do know that I’m eligible to upgrade early at the discounted price. Late in the day but my account on telusmobility.com finally updated my offers to include both iPhone 4 deals.

can't you do that with every company…?

Fuck telus man, Rogers = 200$ deposit, virgin = 250$ deposit, telus = 1000$ deposit. WHO THE FUCK IS GONNA PAY 1000$ DEPOSIT? especially to go to the ONLY company that isnt doing the 30$ 6gig plan. morons.

you must have really bad credit….. my deposit at telus was 200$

Thanks for the reply Telus. One more, sorry, 659 CAN$ to US$ would be about….?

I always buy my phones from the same Telus dealer. Trying to stay loyal but it's hard when they don't even get the stock on launch day. What was the point to being first on the wait list?! Oh well, plus side, my Telus guy will call me as soon as it comes in.

Go to an Apple store for an unlocked iPhone 4. CAD $659 = approx. USD $641 as of today.

Called telus last night, i've got less than 11 months left on my contract. They told me a few months ago (and in store yesterday) that i'd be able to get it for a huge discount, and most likely at the $269 price if I called in the morning. Called them, and they just said no, there is no possibility of getting you a deal blah blah. Only would give me the $300 iphone deal thingy, which is still around $500 signing for 3 years.

Went to buy it unlocked from Pacific Center, the lineup didnt move for two hours, and was pretty far from the entrance – then got word that they sold out.

So I want to get out of telus, that'll cost me $200. Where should I go?

Preferably a $50-ish plan that includes unlimited text. Never had a smart phone so I have no idea how much data i'll need – but my budget is strict at the $50 area.

I want to stick to the Bellus network, since it's been reliable for me. So that leaves Bell and Virgin? But neither have the $50 plan like telus with unlimited text.

How much worse is the Rogers network? I need suggestions

anyone know when the second batch should arrive?

what are you talking about? maybe the fido you went to

why would you do a thousand dollar deposit? that's so stupid of them.

im 20 years old and never owned a credit card or nothing, the only bills i pay are my motorcycle insurance and my cellphone bill, both of which are paid on time every month. its pretty rediculous. I even said to the girl, WHY the fuck would Ipay 1000$ + the cost of the phone when i can get nearly 2 iphone4s for that

They never said, I'm assuming so though… My contract was up for renewal though… I basically cut to the chase with them on the phone and said I wanted 6gb for $30 and to keep my unlimited incoming calls or I was leaving. It was very easy and no problem at all.

i agree, fido’s the best…well at lest if your near a major city in ON or QC…im not sure how good they r on the west side.

Yes, but say I buy that phone contract-free from Telus, I won't be able to use that with the same freedom that I can with an unlocked phone from Apple, will I?

Thanks for the swift response, though!

Anyone know what the pricing is going to be on the Team Web Store?

Just picked one up from Bell in vancouver, standard $50 plan though. They wouldn't give me anything in store, just the standard deals. Makes sense, since i'm a brand new customer.

What should I do to try and get some more onto it? I have the standard iphone $50 plan, all I want is unlimited text on top of it.

If I were you, I would take advantage of your iPhone 4 and go with the 6GB plan. Just go with the $30 or $35 voice/talk plan and then add on the $30 6GB data plan making your bill $60 instead of $50. For $10 more you will get the closest thing to unlimited data in Canada. If you don't care for data though stick with your $50 combo plan and add on the iPhone 20 bundle($20/month) Gets you call display, message center, visual voicemail and unlimited sent and recieved texts.

Called Rogers today and asked about an upgrade to iPhone 4. I was told that Rogers has sold out of that phone and offered to upgrade me to the iPhone 3GS as it only had subtle differences.
Well, beside the extra battery life, I would say that the ability to use “N” on the network and not force ones home router to 'G” would be a big plus. If you don't care about Facetime, well not now, but who knows in the future, then perhaps the 3GS is the way to go – other than that, I think Apple and Rogers are simply taking this opportunity to push buyers into the older technology.

Then you have NO credit rating, as these payments would not show on a Credit report. You may be wise to review some website which discuss building a credit rating, before you really need it. A good credit rating will do more than lower cellphone deposits. It will positively affect everything from mortgage rates offered you to job opportunities. I suggest you look into it rather than swearing at the poor girl at the cell phone kiosk.

DAvid

The improvement to the camera for stills and high-def video is a big selling point for me. It's actually the main reason I've decided to bite the iPhone bullet.

Virgin offers a $50 plan with unlimited text and picture messaging, which includes 200 minutes and 500MB of data (perhaps 6GB with the promo, but I haven't been able to confirm this).

OK here it goes, I just got off of the phone with Telus Loyalty and Retention.

My situation: I have 2 years left on contract with Telus, would cost me 400.00 to buy out my contract if I chose to.

I asked the rep if I could get the 6gb for 30.00 for the remainder of my two years with my current phone plan (200 mins, fave 5) also have voice 3 and 250 outgoing unlimited incoming texts.

Since I am currently on a combo plan, to get the 6gb I would have to break the plan. I was paying 50.00 for my 500mb data plus the phone portion.

What I ended up with was: Not having to upgrade to 3 years even though the 30.00 6 gb is associated with a 3 year contract on Bell ( I believe?), I have my 200 mins, fave 5, and same text plan with the 30.00 gb data plan for a total of 78.40 (taxes included). Since it was only about 20.00 more per month, I can accept that, considering what they are selling the reg combo data/phone for. An upgrade of 6gb from 500mb is pretty good.

They are not offering it as a promo currently, but if you talk to Loyalty and Retentions they will offer it for existing customers.

Here is the catch haha, since i don't HAVE an iPhone 4 in my hands he has made a note in my file of this and when I purchase the phone, they will activate it.

Here's hoping it all pans out. Mind you he and I were chatting for about 45 mins about phones in general so I figure he won't dick me around.

What is nice is that I can still get the unlocked phone, get the data deal, and do the hardware switch online, saving 10.00. I still have to buy the 13.00 sim card but overall I am satisfied with this.

“WHY the fuck would Ipay 1000$”….lol….u wouldnt…this is Telus's way of saying… REJECTED!!sorry join with rogers.

Despite obvious and acknowledged (by Apple) signal reception issues caused by the bad design of the antenna, people are still going ga-ga over the iPhone 4. I say this being an Apple fan (I have a Macbook Pro, iPod Touch and iPhone 3G and going to get the new iMac) but I think there's a limit of what I will accept and an obvious imperfectly-designed phone is definitely pushing it. Plus, 3-year agreement with Rogers should be a good enough reason to deter anyone from jumping into getting the overrated phone. @Apple, giving out the bumpers is just a pseudo-sloution to a serious flaw on the iPhone 4. So unless you provide a permanent solution to the problem, I will be glad to upgrade to a Blackberry.

I just got iPhone 4, 3GS looks like sh1t next to the iPhone. The retina display is soooooo good, it makes the experience so much more enjoyable.

That's right… I don't want to look at my iPhone 3GS ever again.

Cool story bro. Enjoy your blackberry.

Hello, I've a question. If I get an factory unlocked IPhone 4 (contract free of course), will I be able to add a data plan whenever I wish? I mean I might need to get data plan for some months in a year but not for the whole year.

Hi everyone,
I need some help here. I'm with Rogers since march 2006. Me and My wife have a joint account and we have voice plan (no data plan). My Plan icludes:
200 Wkday/Unltd. Eve starting @ 8 pm / Unltd Wkends for $20.00/month
I also got:
Rogers to Rogers Calling (not sure but i think like 1000 min over 1 month)
I also get 125 Sent/Unlim Received Text, voice mail and caller ID through a value pack and that coast me 12.00 extra. I end up paying around 85.00 per month ( I hardly use extra minutes or extra txt for me or my wife).
My contract expired in march 2009 and since I had my contract in 2006 (believe it or not) i'm still on my motorolla razr and my wife had an iphone 2G as a gift (that means I never had an upgrade from rogers and actually never asked them for any thing). The reality is i'm satisfied with rogers service and never had a problem with them.
Now, I want the iphone 4 for me. I also want to upgrade my wife's phone but I dont want a data plan for her. Not sure what data plan is good for me but I dont think I'm gonna use it a lot (probably check e-mails and facebook and do little surfing on the web). Having said that, there are a lot of Apps ( but not games) that I'm really interested in and not sure how much of download will use. The only thing that i miss really is long distance call esp. with my wife as she travel a lot.
So what advice that you can give me? and how I can get the best offer from rogers and how (who to call)? do i switch to another company?
Also, do I get the 16 or the 32 g?
P. S. technically. i'm still a student (post graduate one), meaning is there any plans for students that will fit me??
Thanks a lot.

Did you have to pay up front for the phone or could they charge it and have it appear on your next invoice??? Any idea if they had any left???

Looking for a 32GB and was gonna head to best buy in white rock but didnt, sh!t.

1 year left on my Telus share plan contract. 2 weeks ago I tried to get a 3gs from them and they flat out said No. I would need to cancel my plan and pay the penalty for both phones on the plan even though they were on shared ($200 each). I got my one year offer and orders for a discounted smart phone yesterday. Called to upgrade and they said they only had 8gb models left. I told them it was unacceptable to offer me something they don't have and they agreed to split my account, change mine to a data plan and give me a iphone4 for the new subscriber price (159). Unfortunately they could only put it on my account until stock came in. It took 1.5 hours on the phone but , be nice, be patient and they will help…

u HAVE 2 get a data plan to get the iphone with any carrier…but they told me u can cancel the data after 3mnths….atleast thats rogers/fido

they dont have the iphone though..do they!

I'm in Toronto and with Fido. I got unlimited local calls, unlimited international text, 3GB data, voicemail, call display, callwaiting for $65 plus HST. Fido and Rogers are going back to unlimited packages to compete with likes of Wind mobile.

I just talked with Telus and we had a shouting match. She still wouldnt give me the $30 6GB/month but insisted I should pay $80 for 5GB…seriously what is Telus on? I'm looking to switch to other carriers right now.

not to defend them but seriously your upset that they require you to put down a deposit when you messed up your credit… now if you were saying something like those asses aren'tt matching prices or plans or are screwing me over because I signed a deal last week … then i'd be on board…. but what your saying is plain nonsense… you made your bed now lie in it

I also talked to Telus today after I saw the 5GB/$60/3 yr promotion on their page but they were not able to give it to me because the code was not available for them to use. They told me to call back during the week. Maybe try calling back in a few days.

Hi TEAM
I have this offer -completed 24 months-
from TELUS, kindly advise if I have to accept or not:
6 GIG Data
450 minutes
100 Min long distance
Voice mail, call waiting,
Weekends and night 9:00 PM
250 TXT
That for $75+TX ie 84.66

I have 4 years with them
Do I have to go to another company?
Which

I need help on my offer

Same. They wouldn’t budge. It’s like their new customers are more important than the ones they have. Telus is lame.

Hello i am lookin tot buy an 32gb iphone…are they any good…never had cell phone but i wudd like to try the iphone…