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9 things to expect from the new Rogers iphone announced today

by Phil Barrett

Today Rogers made the long awaited announcement that the iphone was indeed coming to Canada to a Rogers store near you – sometime this year. No other details were made available. 

This is not great news for blackberry.

Since the iphone was launched last year, Apple has grabbed 27% of the North American PDA market while being available only in the U.S. and through att&t. Blackberry currently has about 42% market share in North America.

The fact that no set timeline has been set likely means that Rogers is waiting for the anticipated release of the second generation iphone which industry insiders say should be available around July of this year. 

It’s worth the wait.

Here’s what to expect: 

  1. It will be a 3G phone – which means it will take advantage of third generation networks that are now widely available in Canada. This will be like going from the slow dial-up speeds we have today to near high speed. Think of it as broadband light. This will make browsing the mobile web a pleasant experience in Canada
  2. It will have true GPS
  3. It will look slightly different. I bit thicker to accommodate a bigger battery that is needed to support 3G and the back is rumored to be black instead of metallic – which should improve the range of the antenna
  4. The headphone jack will no longer be recessed – so you can use any set of headphones now. Woo hoo!
  5. New operating system that will come with new software. This will probably include new video editing / management software as well as GPS. 
  6. Expect to pay around $500 for the new phone
  7. No word on capacity – but it will be a minimum 16 gigs… although I wouldn’t be surprised if it comes with a 32 version too. 
  8. All you can eat data plan should be made available for about $20
  9. The iphone will be enterprise ready – which means many of the best features currently only available on blackberrys will be available for the iphone. The iphone will be secure enough and come with enough enterprise level management tools that there will be nothing preventing some corporations form switching from blackberry to iphones… or at least supporting both.

 

  • Not sure about trade-ins Michael - but i'm sure you wouldn't have a hard time selling your old one on craig's list or ebay if you wanted to upgrade.
  • michael womack
    will all iPhone users be able to upgrade for the new iphone or trade in my 8 g iPhone for the new iPhone this should be away for others who spent money on it to get a better deal and make apple customers have a little upgrade deal on this because I'm pretty sure some people like me would have waited to get the new version if they would had knew this in the first place
  • I can't speak to the keyboard for the Orbit 2, but it only took me about one day to get used to the apple one. It's actually very intuitive and i can now type as fast on my iphone as i can on my blackberry.

    I think i still prefer the feel of keys... but i can live with the trade off to have the larger screen.
  • You know what, although the iphone looks great, I would never consider buying one simply because it does not have a keyboard... I stopped using my XDA Orbit 2 because of this and have reverted back to using my old Samsung E900!
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