Last year they eventually relaxed those same rules from one year to 3 months – as long as you’ve been a customer for a period of time (1 year, 3 months, etc) you are eligible to get the upgrade at the ‘new customer’ rate. It may not be on June 19th but it will be shortly after the initial wave of phones go out. Unless of course they want another PR disaster like last year’s data plan debacle where they came out with the 6gb/$30 plan at the last minute.

You would hope they learned their lesson and post the upgrade plans in a more timely fashion.

Tyler: My Rogers account says I can upgrade July 11th of this year so that’s only 1 year for a hardware upgrade….which is what it’s always been. They announced a change earlier this year that changed that time frame to 2 years but I think that’s only for new customers after that announcement was made. You can log into your Rogers account and see what your eligibility is by clicking on the ‘Upgrade my Phone’ link and it will either give you a list of phones or say that you’re not eligible until X date.

Kevin: Yes, I remember us talking about the potential of TomTom last year….fortunately (or unfortunately) as I mentioned in the post, I’m upgrading regardless since my 3G was stolen. How Rogers handles the upgrade path for people like me (launch day buyers) is what I’m interested in. A number of new features of the new phone are not available to the 3G iPhone because of hardware constraints (like the video, camera, compass, etc) so I think it will boil down to personal preference. Even if my 3G wasn’t stolen, I’d be upgrading for those features alone. But the 3.0 firmware is still a sweet upgrade for current 3G users.

Don’t really see a compelling reason to upgrade to the 3GS though, at least not for me. I think I’ll wait another year and see what comes next. That is, of course, unless my wife decides she wants my ‘old’ iPhone… :)

The one thing that has kind of disappointed me with the camera of the 3G is that the camera quality isnt great. John, yes your photos with it are pretty cool, but I’ve had mix feelings about mine phone when I take photos. The auto focus of the new one seems kind of cool though, as will the macro mode.

Though, you have to wait a year for your contract to renew for a new phone eh? I dont see Rogers/Fido budging on this too much though. Who knows, perhaps they will allow people with 3G phones to upgrade within the 1 yr of their new contract to get a 3Gs but at a price? *shrug*