I know there is a lot of people with Telus and Bell or even Verizon and Sprint that want to get their hands on the iPhone. The main thing holding them back is the early cancellation fee or special retention plans or other plans that are keep them tied or loyal to their current carriers. I wasn't afraid of being charged the ECF and I got lucky in my situation but to pay anywhere from $100-700 plus tax just to switch carriers seems unacceptable.
The answer is probably no. There will never be a CDMA iPhone. One reason is that it is just not enough of a popular technology to make it worthwhile. CDMA holds about 50% of North American market share but less than 1% worldwide. That probably just isn't good enough according to Apple standards. The other reason that we wont see a CDMA iPhone is that Apple signed a 5 year exclusive deal with AT&T for the iPhone in the USA. Apple is not going to make a CDMA version just for Telus or Bell. The agreement prevents them for making one for the only viable carriers of Verizon or Sprint.
I know you guys on Telus and Bell want to join us in iPhone-land. My recommendation is to jump ship once your contract expires, and if you really can't wait, pay your ECF and jump ship once the iPhone is released here in Canada by Rogers. At this point, it probably wouldn't be a good idea to switch until Rogers does have the iPhone.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Will there ever be a CDMA iPhone?
Posted by ruffdeezy at 12:15 AM
Labels: iPhone Canada, Thoughts
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This kind of sucks since Telus has a better data plan and a lot of people just don't like Rogers. Maybe Rogers will have a friendlier data plan at the time of launch. For me the real draw of the iphone is Safari, I really want to be able to read all my favourite sites on the way to work, but not if I have to pay through the teeth!
One thing I find curious about this CDMA iPhone topic. Verizon is CDMA and Apple approached them to carry the iPhone. Doesn't it seem likely Apple had a CDMA model when they were talking to Verizon?
Verizon didn't want to be a part of revenue sharing with Apple. Maybe they have some kind of prototype or something.
Ian,
Yeah it is kind of sad actually. Telus did have poor data plans too before. I want to use my iPhone to surf mainly on the way to work and on breaks and stuff but I haven't been able to do that now in a couple months. Hopefully our wait is not much longer.
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