Today was the big day for Canadians and Apple’s iPhone. For over a year, we’ve waited for iPhones to be available, and, even though it’s still surrounded by a lot of controversy, the time has come.
The uproar was that Rogers Wireless, the largest Canadian service provider, and the only authorized Canadian carrier of the Apple iPhone, planned to charge exceedingly high rates, and lock buyers into long service contracts. Many people felt this was unfair, and protests and petitions were flying.
At the end, Rogers gave in somewhat, and the 3 year contract rates were dropped to $30/month, or less than a third of the original proposed pricing. This came as a relief to many,
but it may not have come soon enough for the tastes of consumers. With limited crowds of anxious shoppers lining the sidewalks, most locations had less than 100 people queued for the latest in techno-gadgets. But even those less than record-breaking numbers were enough to quickly exhaust the limited stocks available. Before noon, most stores had sold of their stock on hand, and were issuing numbered tickets to those who had stood in line only to have the products sell out.Only time will tell how the situation finally works out, but at least for now there are a lot of happy Canadian iPhone owners, and lot more happily awaiting the future delivery their newly purchased prize cell phones.
source: http://www.thetechnologyblog.net/
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