Comments on: Another Year Until iPhone 3G S for Existing Canadian Customers http://foolswisdom.com/3gs-for-existing-canadian-iphone-owners/ A fool and his blog are soon parted. Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:05:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-20304 By: Trent http://foolswisdom.com/3gs-for-existing-canadian-iphone-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-226933 Trent Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:25:55 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1902#comment-226933 Never say never, but I don't think I will be going for this iPhone upgrade. 3.0 software will be good enough for myself. I also agree that this one isn't that tempting other than the video camera. I would imagine that I will be waiting for my current iPhone to die or 4G, whatever comes first. Never say never, but I don’t think I will be going for this iPhone upgrade. 3.0 software will be good enough for myself. I also agree that this one isn’t that tempting other than the video camera.

I would imagine that I will be waiting for my current iPhone to die or 4G, whatever comes first.

]]> By: Mark Jaquith http://foolswisdom.com/3gs-for-existing-canadian-iphone-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-226882 Mark Jaquith Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:31:30 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1902#comment-226882 <blockquote>why is it that Rogers wants us to sign up for a 3 year contract, yet in the US it is 2 years? Greed…</blockquote> Because Canada's population density is 1/10 that of the United States, and there's no real competition. You effectively have an oligopoly. Instead of strong-arming the big 3, the Canadian government should lower regulatory barriers to entry. Allow regional carriers to spring up and put pressure on the big companies. The same greed that has them keeping prices high now will lead them to lower them when they start bleeding customers. Also, note that AT&T won't offer the regular subsidized price to American iPhone 3G owners until December at the earliest. So the fully-subsidized upgrade window is 18 months in the US vs 24 months in Canada. And take cheer... there will likely be a new iPhone model out by then. You can just skip the iPhone 3G S.

why is it that Rogers wants us to sign up for a 3 year contract, yet in the US it is 2 years? Greed…

Because Canada’s population density is 1/10 that of the United States, and there’s no real competition. You effectively have an oligopoly. Instead of strong-arming the big 3, the Canadian government should lower regulatory barriers to entry. Allow regional carriers to spring up and put pressure on the big companies. The same greed that has them keeping prices high now will lead them to lower them when they start bleeding customers.

Also, note that AT&T won’t offer the regular subsidized price to American iPhone 3G owners until December at the earliest. So the fully-subsidized upgrade window is 18 months in the US vs 24 months in Canada. And take cheer… there will likely be a new iPhone model out by then. You can just skip the iPhone 3G S.

]]> By: Kevin Haggerty http://foolswisdom.com/3gs-for-existing-canadian-iphone-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-226878 Kevin Haggerty Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:06:43 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1902#comment-226878 You've summed up my thoughts pretty well Lloyd! And as for a battery back for your iPhone 3G - I just picked up a mophie juice pack air last week (pretty pricey) and it extends the battery in the iPhone enough to make it usable. You’ve summed up my thoughts pretty well Lloyd! And as for a battery back for your iPhone 3G – I just picked up a mophie juice pack air last week (pretty pricey) and it extends the battery in the iPhone enough to make it usable.

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