Let’s get this out of the way first, it’s available on June 19th at Rogers. Unfortunately Rogers has not updated their website with any description and they did not lower the price of the old 3G to $99 like AT&T did.
Although the outside isn’t much different, inside there are many changes both in hardware and software. A better processor and memory are suspected, but not confirmed by Apple at the WWDC today. Instead they focused on showing off the new functionality of the iPhone and iPhone OS including:
- Faster applications (new CPU and memory?)
- Records video
- 3MP camera with autofocus, autoexposure and white balance control
- Voice Control (including voice dialing)
- Compass
- Cut, Copy & Paste
- MMS
- Search
- Tethering
- Voice Recorder
- Nike+
See the guided tour at the Apple website for a very lengthy tour of the new phone.
Tags: 3G, 3g s, Bell, HSDPA, iPhone, iphone 3.0, Rogers, Telus
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Hey Jason. I’m with the communications team at Rogers. Hope this is some of what you’re looking for:
Starting June 19, Rogers and Fido pricing for the iPhone will be as follows, on a three-year voice and data plan:
* iPhone 3G – Price drop to $99
* iPhone 3GS 16 GB – $199
* iPhone 3GS 32 GB – $299
Starting tomorrow and for a limited time, we’re also excited to reintroduce the 6 GB/ $30 monthly data plan for iPhone users. Other Rogers and Fido data plans will remain the same, including the only national standalone data plan at $25 per month for 500 MB. This is the right plan for most Canadians – 93 per cent of current iPhone customers on a data plan use less than 500 MB of data per month.
thanks keith, it’s good to see rogers using blogs and twitter to get the word out.
i just noticed that the rogers site was updated with the latest info:
http://www.rogers.com/web/content/wireless-products/iphone_faqs