Called over to the local Best Buy and they still aren’t able to sell them due to “an email received on the weekend.” The guy I talked to indicated they did still have them. When I asked the best way to find out when they were going to be able to sell the iPhone 4, his response was to “just keep calling.”
An update: I spoke with a Best Buy associate this evening, and it turns out they no longer have the iPhone 4 in stock; they have been recalled. No one seems to know why, or when they’ll be back. I don’t care who gets the iPhone, be it Telus or Sasktel, I just want to know when I can get one!
Very frustrating. And I’m sure the associates at Best Buy are equally frustrated. Rogers can’t get any iPhones to sell and Telus can’t figure out how to sell the ones they have. Meanwhile, Sasktel is still negotiating to secure the iPhone.
I visited our local Best Buy and chatted with a helpful salesperson there who said that Telus was launching the iPhone 4 on Monday (August 23rd) in Saskatchewan. It seems like Telus could be the answer to my iPhone 4 woes I’ve been occupying your time with.
Benefits/Drawbacks/Neutral Thoughts
Neutral: Same hardware pricing as everywhere, data & voice plans are the same as far as I can tell so far, possibly better roaming agreements in the states/overseas but not really sure.
Benefits: Shared network agreement with Sasktel, visual voicemail is apparently included in their data plan (Rogers tacks on $8/month for it), better national coverage than Rogers.
Drawbacks: I feel like there should be more because I’ve just always had it in my head that it went, in Saskatchewan anyway, Sasktel, Rogers then Telus/Virgin/the rest.
Another little birdie (an earlier one sent a screenshot of an iPhone connected to the Sasktel network) that works somewhere in the advertising machine for Sasktel emailed me to say that Sasktel doesn’t have anything in the pipeline on the advertising side related to the iPhone 4.
And that’s probably all Sasktel is going to do for now. Why bother dealing with trying to get Apple’s permission to sell the iPhone, which Sasktel won’t make much money on anyways, when you can take people’s money for the data they use on your network.
Sure, it’s a great feather in their cap to be able to say they offer the iPhone (like just about every other cellular network in the freakin world) but money from data plans can help soothe Sasktel’s pride at the next cellular network company get together.
Telus Launches 3G+ Network in Saskatchewan
Telus’ website is now offering the iPhone 4 for Saskatchewan:
Called over to the local Best Buy and they still aren’t able to sell them due to “an email received on the weekend.” The guy I talked to indicated they did still have them. When I asked the best way to find out when they were going to be able to sell the iPhone 4, his response was to “just keep calling.”