IPhone Availability in Canada -- When?

Is there any possibility of the iPhone FINALLY coming to Canada? I'm rather disappointed in Apple for not having brought it to Canada yet. Apple is usually so good about this, what's the hold up here?

It depends upon what you mean by the phrase, "Apple hasn't tried to strike deals with any dealer in Canada".
On January 16, 2007 (just after the Apple Inc. iPhone announcement) a Rogers Wireless Customer Service Representative returned email to my inquiry of, "When will Rogers be selling the iPhone?" The email was quite clear on the Rogers position:
On Tuesday, January 9, 2007, Apple announced the unveiling of their new
iPhone, a combination mobile phone/digital music player/camera
Availability
- The iPhone will first be introduced in North America
- Cingular is the only wireless carrier to launch the iPhone in the
United States
- Rogers is actively working with Apple to launch the iPhone in Canada
as soon as possible and will be the exclusive provider of the iPhone in Canada
- Apple is planning to introduce the iPhone in Europe (Q4 2007) and Asia
(2008)
- Please be advised that Rogers will be offering the iPhone exclusively
in Canada. Unfortunately, the launch date and pricing for Canada are not
yet available
- Other Canadian wireless carriers will not launch the iPhone, Rogers
will be the only Canadian wireless carrier to offer the iPhone
Obviously, Rogers was pretty convinced that Apple was talking with them. Just as obviously, the dealing fell through.
Who's fault is it? Do we really need to blame someone?
If we really need to blame someone, given the success of the iPhone, I would tend towards Rogers being the ones who "left the table".
Well, OK. It was probably Apple that walked away, technically, since Apple seems to have been the ones making the physical trip for negotiations. Apple went to a Rogers-owned table in a Rogers-owned building. Rogers said something to the effect of, "We don't like your deal, Apple, because you're asking us to lower our data rates from $5/KB to a flat fee. We're the only GSM player in Canada. Wha'cha gonna do now, Apple?" Apple left Rogers table since Rogers was unwilling to budge from that position and that's a horrible way to market the iPhone.

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