The Boy Genius is calling iPhone for Christmas in Canada from Rogers with a $499 price point on a three year contract. Frankly, if true, it's offensive. The same phone is $120 less from AT&T on a two year contract. In today's climate, with the Canuck buck at par with the US dollar and members of parliament publicly accusing retailers of gouging Canadians, it's hard to believe that Rogers would launch at that price point.
Given that Apple still hasn't settled the Canadian iPhone trademark dispute with Comwave, it's a whole lot more likely that the ad that the Boy Genius is showing is a fake.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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There is no way that the ad is real. Rogers NEVER separates the mobius and the Rogers text, the font is ridiculously bad, Apple is a registered trademark (R), not a (C).
- Jason
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