Rumor: iPhone coming to Canada on December 7th?
According to a Boy Genius Report that shows an alleged leaked advertisement, Rogers could be launching the iPhone on its network on December 7th. You're gonna need to take this with a big grain of salt though: the depicted iPhone doesn't show the Rogers logo on the actual iPhone, a red bow effect awkwardly cuts through text on the iPhone, and some comments point out that the Rogers logo is drawn incorrectly. We're leaning towards Photoshop job at this point -- what happened to the trademark dispute? -- but if it's true, Canadians could be looking at paying $499.99 of their dollars plus signing up to a three year contract in order to pick up their own iPhone. Is the border really that far?
[Thanks, Rich]
[Thanks, Rich]
























Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Doug Tondro @ Oct 28th 2007 11:02AM
If that is an official Rogers release poster, I would like to offer my Graphic Design services to Rogers Wireless...
Seriously, the margins on almost every element are tiny or forced, the font sizes change for no reason, the price is crowded up on the bow, and the 99 cents thing looks horrible, and the legal statement is over sized. I've never seen a Rogers Wireless advert before but that has some seriously bad design elements going on. Yuk!
What does it say in that tiny font underneath the PR in PREORDER?
F-A-K-E
DTx @ Oct 28th 2007 11:40AM
Thats one of the worst fake ads I've seen. I could have made a better one on Paint.
huh @ Oct 28th 2007 12:49PM
You know what irks me? I'm a Fido subscriber. I signed up before they joined with Rogers, because they had an unlimited GPRS plan. I'm still with Fido, and have accumulated "Fido Points" which are supposed to be a big perk of Fido. But.. because Rogers and Fido are the same company, and they've apparently decided that Rogers is more the business/advanced side, and Fido is more the consumer/fluffy side, I won't get access to the advanced handsets and probably reasonable data plan with Fido. So, like, "thanks" for your customer dedicated guys with this pointless consumer unfriendly merger. Another sign of the fake competition up here.
John @ Oct 28th 2007 1:58PM
Obvious fake.
The dead giveaway? The fact that the word "Apple" has a (copyright symbol) instead of an (registered symbol). Copyrights are for creative or intellectual works. Registered trademarks are for identifying legal business entities, such as Apple, Inc. Any corporate copywriter would know the difference between and , but I guess the Canadian iPhone fanboy who mocked up this ad didn't.