SAN FRANCISCO and TORONTO – The highly anticipated iPhone 3G will be for sale in Canada on July 11 announced Rogers Communications and Apple today.
“iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast as the first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs the hundreds of third party applications already built with the recently released iPhone SDK,” reads the press release.
"We’re excited to be working with Rogers to bring iPhone 3G to Canada," said Tim Cook, Apple’s COO (the iPhone is a GSM device and Rogers is the lone GSM network in Canada). "We can’t wait to get this revolutionary phone in the hands of even more people around the world."
iPhone 3G will operate on Rogers’ High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) wireless network, which is nationally available in the top Canadian urban centers from Vancouver to Halifax, covering more than 60% of the population. iPhone 3G will also operate on Roger’s coast-to-coast GSM/EDGE network.
Starting July 11, iPhone 3G will sell for $199 for the 8Gb model and $299 for the 16Gb model, on a three-year plan. More details on price plans and retail availability will be available soon.
