A common question people tend to have is if I buy an iPhone now and then Rogers comes out with it, should I lock it back to Rogers?
Well there isn't a correct answer but here are my thoughts on that situation. First of all, if Rogers ever does come out with the iPhone, this won't be such a bad problem to have. There will be a few questions to answer though right off the bat.
The first is, can I use a 'Rogers iPhone Plan' on my unlocked iPhone? The simple answer is probably no. Rogers seems to like to control these types of things and will probably want everyone to buy a new iPhone from them.
The next question is should I lock it back to Rogers?
My response is, why would you want to? Unlocked phones rule! I love having an unlocked phone that I can use any sim with. I have a t-mobile sim for when I'm in the Statess.
I have an idea about how you would lock it back to Rogers. The Canadian version of iTunes will probably be updated and will want to activate your iPhone to Rogers instead of AT&T.
This brings up another important question/scenario. Say you restore your unlocked iPhone in iTunes and then it wants to activate on Rogers. The first message that will come up will be "You are using an unauthorized sim". You will basically have to get a 'Rogers iPhone sim card'. Where would I get one? No idea since they wouldn't be widely available like 1 million AT&T iPhone sims that aren't in use.
What will I do? Good question.
There are 3 situations that will make me buy a new iPhone from Rogers/Fido. The first situation is if once they finally release it, it is a 3G model. I will definitley be lined up to get the 3G model.
The second situation is if Rogers has Visual Voicemail that only works on locked Rogers iPhones. Visual Voicemail is awesome and I want it ASAP.
The third situation would be if they don't let me use the 'Rogers iPhone' plan on my unlocked iPhone. However, if they do come out with the iPhone, I'm sure data rates will be much more reasonable and they are in the USA no matter what phone you are using.

Saturday, March 22, 2008
Should I lock it back to Rogers?
iPhone Canada
Posted by ruffdeezy at 12:47 AM
Labels: Favorite Posts, iPhone Canada, iPhone Fido, iPhone Rogers, Thoughts
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