An Apple press release made it official today about the availability of the iPhone on Rogers on July 11th. Now Rogers themselves have issued a press release with their handset pricing. However no data plan pricing has been announced.

$199 for the 8gb model (on 3 year contract)
$299 for the 16gb model (on a 3 year contract)

The new iPhone 3G is coming to Rogers on July 11th along with the rest of Apple’s launch partners. This was announced in the following press release by Apple.

As predicted, it’s coming with HSDPA fast mobile data service as well as GPS. Pricing was not announced.

Update: Gizmodo did a great article on what was not upgraded in the iPhone 3G. Here is their list:

• A 32GB model
• A better camera
• More RAM
• MMS
• A2DP Bluetooth for stereo streaming
• A camera on the front for videoconferencing
• Video capabilities
• Turn-by-turn navigation (will come with a 3rd party app, I’m sure)
• The ability to copy and paste

This Monday Apple is making an announcement at the 2008 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Many people are expecting Apple to launch the newest version of the iPhone at the conference – one that includes a 3G antenna that would bring broadband level speeds to a mobile device. 3G phones have been with us for a while, but none with a browser that is as powerful as the webkit-based Safari browser on the iPhone.

In Canada, Rogers has had 3G service available in the Greater Toronto Area for some time. My old phone, and HTC Cavalier, was capable of using the 3G access (specifically HSDPA) to get speeds of over 1 Mbit/s when using the browser. With the April 29 announcement by Ted Rogers that the iPhone was coming to Rogers this year, many believe that Rogers is going to be bringing in the 3G iPhone and announcing service plans for the phone.

Is this going to happen? We have to wait until Monday for Apple to announce the iPhone 3G and then see what Rogers does. Rogers is not known for competitive pricing on handsets or data service plans, so if you want a legit iPhone in Canada, be ready to pay a lot.