This morning Steve Jobs took the stage at their Cupertino headquarters to address the world about the issues surrounding the iPhone 4. Near the end of the presentation, Steve Jobs confirmed that the second wave of iPhone 4 launches will take place on July 30th–which includes Canada!
iPhone 4 Coming to Canada on July 30th–Confirmed
As we confirmed this July 30th date (this reaffirms that wireless carriers and dealers are always the last to know release dates), Apple also confirmed the white iPhone 4 will be coming at the end of July as well.
The big question remains whether or not Canadians will receive the second batch of iPhone 4 units that will have a fix to this antenna issue (based on Apple’s history to quietly fix product flaws). Also, will Canada get a chance to pre-order the iPhone 4?
Here are some Q&A’s with Steve Jobs, as tweeted by Jason Snell from Macworld:
Q: Possible for hardware fix for this product? A: Right now, the state of affairs in this industry, nobody has solved this problem. We’d like to be the first. Maybe. We’ll see. But most of our customers aren’t experiencing, and the ones who are, many of those are in test mode, duplicating what they saw on the web.
Stokes from Ars Technica: Will the free case offer extend outside the US? Jobs: Yes, it’s international.
Fortune/CNBC: You’ve been communicating more via e-mail. Can you talk about whether you’ve shifted the way you communicate with Apple’s customers? Jobs: I get a lot of emails, and I always have on some occasions replied to some of them. I can’t reply to a lot of them, because I’ve got a day job. At some point people started posting on the web, which is a little rude, to be honest. And now the most recent phenomenon is, people are making them up. So don’t believe everything you read.
But in the meantime, Apple will be giving out free Bumper cases (or a choice of a third party case) to all new iPhone 4 owners (those who purchased one will get a refund) through till September 30th (Canada included). This is not a permanent fix and doesn’t do anything really to the early iPhone 4 adopters in the USA, but it’s a start.
More to come as this story develops…
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BOOO-YEAHH!!!!!
So Pumped
Plus we get a free bumper!
Damn right son! No push-backs! High FIVE
All I want to know now is the price. Hopefully under 700$
YAYS! (btw that was the fastest comment ever)
“We're going to send you a free case. We can't make enough bumpers. No way we can make enough in the quarter. So we're going to source some cases and give you a choice.”
So does case and bumper mean two different things?
Yea, $699
So release on the 30th, any ideas if/when we'll be able to order, or pre-order?
iPhone 4 for me bye bye 3GS anyone want a 3GS 11 days old
how do you know?
I thought it was $649/$749
“second batch of iPhone 4 units that will have a fix to this antenna issue.”
Where and who EVER said this? There has never been word of a “second batch”.
awesome july 30th! been waiting patiently for the iphone4…i wonder if canadians will be able to pre-order…??
I think the implication was that there would be a couple of choices of case for free, and not just the Apple bumpers…
Lmao, I try =)
Since Apple cannot make enough Bumpers to give to anyone, they will let you select whether you want a Bumper or some other case by an approved third party sold on the official site.
You say something about a second batch of “fixed” iPhones. This is false information.
I like that date … I held one ( Iphone 4 ) in Apple Walden Galleria yesterday , no probs … facetime is soo frickin cool ,, I want one …
Yes. You'll get a selection to choose from.
How did we know the release date? iPad plans? Telus/Bell iPhone plans?
We just know. Early documents show $699/$799
It's actually not a free bumper, Jobs said that it was impossible for them to make enough bumpers so customers will have a choice of cases at time of purchase. (from engadget)
Finally! JULY 30th! I hope I can get my hands on one that day! 2 WEEKS!
Is that with a plan ? Or without a 3 year plan ?
I REALLY hope there will be pre-orders… I'll be on vacation and I want to pre-order one to deliver at my house…
Without a plan.
Outright.
no i don't think we all get free bumpers; they said they can't make enough
they are gonna offer us a wide variety of cases (that are not bumpers)
I'll take a free bumper although I doubt I'll use it, I've always hated cases and prefer rocking the devices naked. I'm just going to not put my fingers over the antenna. Now when will Rogers announce if us 3G folk can upgrade without paying a penalty?
If that's the case (pun intended) I want the ELEMENTcase :D!
Speculation from: https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/iphone-news/apple-…
My take is that Apple will quietly address this along the assembly line. These “free Bumpers” are more of a distraction that will give them more time to fix this.
Roots Tuffskin 🙂
I tried one out at an AT&T store in Seattle. Very nice device, but it suffered from the “spot”.
So it's $799.99 for the 32GB?
Will the white iPhone 4's be available on launch day, as well?
Is there a video that I can watch on the presentation that Apple just given?
wondering will the white iphone be also out in canada at july 30
I can confirm that Telus outlets will NOT be doing pre-orders. I've asked several in my area, and they all have a first-come-first-serve-only policy.
It'll be online for viewing on Apple's website later tonight or
tomorrow. We'll be sure to post about it–stay tuned.
Yea, from what I read, he didn't mention a fix. They don't even consider it as a flaw.
Gary got a little too much carried away 🙂
White should be available. Especially since Apple mentioned it today too.
None of the carriers have pre orders.
i was wondering that too!! i dont know if i want to wait in line for one…
What third party case options will be available?
But will Apple.ca have a pre=order ???? like in the US or theiPad ??
But will Apple.ca have a pre=order ???? like in the US or theiPad ??
I don't know if this applies to Canadians yet. I believe it's only for existing iPhone 4 owners.
Doubtful. They would have stated that at the press conference.
We havnt received any word of preorder. However, if there is one, it will likely begin this Monday.
I just called Rogers and they won't be taking pre-orders either. Apparently shipping time if you buy over the phone is 5-7 business days 🙁
Not necessarily
Ex… it's a free case to every owner…. of iPhone 4… til september 30…. SO you buy one, you have a free case 🙂
side note off topic, I work for Rogers Call Centre in Ottawa, and we just started our up training for the IPHONE 4 speculation through the call centre, is that with the new iphone 4, there will not be the early upgrade we seen last year from the 3g to the 3gs, according to the business manager and my trainer all signals point to the standard 24 months into your contract before you can upgrade with new customer pricing, I in no way am guaranteeing this, but last year at this time with the 3GS , it was known during our up training for the 3GS that apple wanted and option for people who had recently got a 3G, apple was willing to subsidize this transition, as of this point until we at the contact centre are told differently we are to tell customers that standard upgrade policy is in effect
That's correct.
There have been no early upgrade communications yet.
So why not go in store? Or to a local Apple Store?