Comments on: Third time the charm?

By: Tawcan

Tawcan — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:17:36 +0000

@John… yup I definitely see that happen. Less data for the same amount of monthly cost, eventhough it costs the carriers WAY less money per data now they’ve upgraded the network to HSPA .

By: Allen Pike

Allen Pike — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:08:35 +0000

During the Keynote, Steve said Canada would be in the July cohort.

By: John

John — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:08:22 +0000

I don’t necessarily see the data plan costs coming down…I just see the same plan come with less data for new contracts with many of us clutching onto our 6gb plans as we start actually consuming a considerable chunk of it.

By: Lloyd Budd

Lloyd Budd — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:08:08 +0000

Thanks Tawcan for the info!

By: Tawcan

Tawcan — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:04:28 +0000

Am I the only one still using a non-smart phone dated circa 2005? :p

I’m really annoyed at the Canadian carriers as well. Hopefully they’ll release more info on how much the phones will cost and the different data plan structures. For some reason I don’t see the price of the data plan coming down.

@Lloyd – Roger, Fido, and Telus all have HSPA network. However iPhone4 is only HSPA, 7.2 Mbps down, 5.2 Mbps up capable so your speed is capped by the iPhone hardware. HSPA network does mean there will be more resources out there to allocate end users.

By: Lloyd Budd

Lloyd Budd — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:52:33 +0000

Oh, Rogers/Fido network is due for an improvement? Is the iPhone 4 necessary to take advantage of it?

When are apps not updating frequently ;-) (Makes me buggy when they change the icon, and I can no longer find the app.)

By: John

John — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:48:26 +0000

The processor was considerably faster between the two so I’d disagree with you on that point, Tyler. It was a big jump in performance.

Don’t forget, multitasking support has to be built into the app (so a lot of updates will be happening) otherwise the multitasking functions more like alt-tab as an app switcher.

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:45:34 +0000

I’ll be upgrading to the new one (if Rogers lets me). Being on a 3G iPhone, the multitask ability of the new iOS won’t work for me. Wonder how much resources it uses, I didn’t think the specs between the 3G and 3Gs were that much different.

By: John

John — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:41:18 +0000

Too early to say about HD over 3G (or 3 1/2G or whatever they are calling the ‘newer’ system). Considering we have tethering free in Canada but AT&T is charging $20/month for it in the US, we may even get 3G FaceTime (not in love with that name) before them…we likely have the network capacity to support it to, unlike AT&T.

By: Lloyd Budd

Lloyd Budd — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:38:04 +0000

I’m also eagerly awaiting the upgrade details!

Do you expect people to do HD over 3G? Video download is already pretty mediocre over 3G.