iPhone on Telus Canada Come November 5
Telus looks to be launching the iPhone along with their new GSM/HSPA network on November 5, 2009, with BGR reporting pricing that’s pretty much spot on standard:
same as it is for Rogers (and Bell, for that matter) with the 3G going for $99.99/$599.99 and the 16 and 32GB 3GS going for $199.99/$699.99 and $299.99/$799.99.
And Telus has dropped their presser to make it all nice and official like.
So, any Canadians been waiting for their iPhone on Telus?
[via BGR, and congrats on the new site look!]
October 26th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
2nd
October 26th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
^ I see school is out early today.
October 26th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Good for you guys Canada!!
So which one has more 3G coverage? Which service plan will be cheaper?
October 26th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
5th! Haha, I will soon be able to see the words “Telus” on the list of Carriers instead of 902880 or whatever it is
October 26th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
On Rogers when the 3G tower gets saturated I get bumped to Edge. What will happen on Telus?
October 26th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Can I use iPhone from Rogers on Bell, if I change the SIM card. Is it that simple? or is the device locked to Rogers only?
October 26th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
^^ Pretty sure if you change the SIM card to a Bell SIM card it will work normally. The iPhone itself is only hardware.
October 26th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
“”Jon Says:
October 26th, 2009 at 2:37 pm On Rogers when the 3G tower gets saturated I get bumped to Edge. What will happen on Telus?”"
One would think you would need to be capable of having EDGE and 3G in order to run a GSM Network to withstand the onslaught of GSM devices to come. I don’t think they are just going to come out with 3G only devices, I am sure they will long EDGE based phones…
October 26th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
@Apples:
Changing sim card is NOT usually sufficient.
Most iPhones sold in North America are carrier locked, and not merely via a sim.
October 26th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
@Hardev:
Wrong. The Bellus networks simply have a HSPA overlay, it is not a conversion to GSM. Therefore, there will be no EDGE backdrop in the event of a weak 3G signal.
October 26th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
@ VTP
So on Bell and Telus, it’s either 3G or bust? If that’s the case then why would anyone want to go with Bell or Telus for the iPhone instead of Rogers?
October 26th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Can’t wait for this!
October 26th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
@ Andrew P:
Bellus are claiming a better 3G network in terms of coverage, so dropping 3G signal shouldn’t happen. But we will only know for sure when the networks roll out. People also might choose Bellus aside from the network, for customer service, pricing. Etc.
October 26th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
^ To my mind it’s a network saturation issue, not necessarily a coverage issue. I would not feel comfortable relying solely on a 3G network (if Rogers is any indication of their stability, anyway).
I think the TIPB guys actually brought this up in one of the live podcasts as well.
October 26th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Would love to tweet this, where’s Echophon support!?!?
October 26th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Oh Canada, It’s better late than never.
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