Canadian iPhone User - iPhoneUser.ca

I'm starting to think that Rogers may have missed the boat on the iPhone. I'm thinking that may be true because so many people in Canada have one now. With over a million unlocked iPhones out there, my estimate is that there is 100,000 of them in Canada. They aren't really that hard to get. You can pay $400 dollars to get one yourself and then unlock it or you can pay $500 - $650 and get one that is unlocked already. Since unlocking has become so easy, I think more and more people are just getting one.

If Rogers were to release the iPhone tommorrow, sure it would be popular, but with all the iPhones already in use, they are losing out on tons of sales. I have seen everyone from teenagers to middle aged women with iPhones. I'm seeing more and more regularly. I see someone almost everyday with an iPhone. I've seen a couple times where people meeting at Starbucks to pick up their iPhone. Not quite like how you see Moto Razr's everywhere but it's getting there. Over the past couple months, I've seen about 40 different people using an iPhone.

I believe that everyone who wants one, has one. It isn't that expensive if you think about it. $400 is the going rate for phone without a contract. Fido sells the Razr and the Krzr for $350 - $400 without a contract. Like anyone would pay that though. Rogers won't sell the iPhone any cheaper than $400 with a 3 year contract, so what are you waiting for?

The only consolation Rogers has is the 3G iPhone. I'm sure current iPhone owners will upgrade. Probably not all current iPhone owners but quite a few. Most of us want to have the latest toy. I hope Fido also gets it if Rogers does. I also hope we get Visual Voicemail in Canada too. Are you going to upgrade once it is officially released in Canada?