http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/ Engadget Comments for iPhone coming to Canadian retailer Holt Renfrew? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/at least the rest of the world likes us, and it hates *you* and your government :)]]>Oct 4th 2007 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/
799$!!! and what is the point of selling it in Canada when there is no carrier interested in it.

]]>Oct 4th 2007 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/
Gives whole new definition to "ZOMG iPhone ripoff!"

Why does Canada get screwed so bad with prices... It's not like shipping to Canada is difficult. ]]>Oct 4th 2007 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/I don't know about where you come from, and I'm not one to go around making assumptions, but you said was hateful, ignorant and wrong. Its people like you that makes people all over the world think that Americans brought terrorism like 9/11 upon themselves. So keep it up. As we all know, you'll get yours and there's nothing your cowardly military or police can do about it. You should also no that not all Canadians are as me. In fact many wouldn't have let you finish that sentence without knocking your under-educated (American standard)head off. Give three good reasons to hate Canada, or get off the internet and never open your stupid mouth again.

To all other readers, dismiss this entire conversation. Its talk like this that promotes the divide conquer acting in global society to keep you scared of 'other' and keep you spending and supporting stupid wars.
Love.]]>Dec 4th 2007 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Obviously this is a rumor and I doubt the phone is going to be 800 dollars. $500 maybe, but not $800.]]>Oct 4th 2007 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/
@cc
Sure, those wallets might last for 30+ years, but would Holt's customers even consider using the wallet after next season's styles have been released? Perhaps, just don't pull it out in front of anyone that will notice your apparent poverty, being too poor to buy the newest design.
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one question: is it unlocked?

all signs point to no, meaning it's implausable that this will happen, due to the fact that no canadian in their right might is "aboot" to walk into a dept. store and pick up an $800 (usd or can, cause it acctually matters now) phone they can't even use without an ungodly high roaming cost...

this will happen the same day the titanic rises from the deep and sails into new york harbor (too soon?)
]]>Oct 4th 2007 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/
I can't see how or why Holt Renfrew would get the iPhone before Apple or Rogers would be carrying the phone in Canada, unless they've got some kind of back-room deal where Apple is letting them sell unlocked phones. Again, highly unlikely.

Holt Renfrew is a high-end fashion store. They have no experience selling consumer electronics at all. My guess is that their buyers are mistaking the LG Prada or Samsung Armani phone with the iPhone, or are just blindly calling all three "iPhones".]]>Oct 4th 2007 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/
I'm going out for lunch today so I could consult with a sales manager, but I doubt they'd be loose-lipped about such an item.

If Holts is going to indeed sell the iPhone there would have to be some as of yet unknown designer spin added to it to boost the price to $800. Otherwise, lulz no.]]>Oct 4th 2007 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/The local will be available in November. The new store will not open until next summer. Probably late in the summer.

But yes, it is at that time that we will get the iPhone. And it is a good thing. Will probably be the version 2 iPhone. With, I hope, a gps and many more feature.]]>Oct 4th 2007 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 5th 2007 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/
There's an Apple Store just minutes away from the three Holt's locations I know of. An Apple Store in the Eaton Centre in downtown Toronto just down Yonge Street from Holt's on Bloor. An Apple Store in Yorkdale Shopping Centre just down a hallway and around the corner from the Holt's, and yet another one in Sherway Gardens Shopping Centre.

It doesn't really make any sense for them to be carrying the iPhone. The Prada or Armani phones perhaps, yes.

Given the absolutely garbage service plans from Rogers, an iPhone at $100 would still kill the pocket book in the long run. There are already a few thousand iPhones being used locally with and without data plans - unlocked of course.
]]>Oct 4th 2007 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/ us dollar (1 CND = 1.0021 USD)! reduce the prices!]]>Oct 4th 2007 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/firstly, why the hell would i pay $800 for a phone i can drive an hour to get for $400.
Second, Holts doesn't even have the Prada phone, they wouldn't carry Apple first.
Third, Rogers is the only carrier that the phone would work with. They would have to supply it in store first.
Fourth, I hope that even Holt's customers aren't stupid enough to spend $800 on a &400 phone.

If this were true at least it would be a step in the right direction - Apple bringing the phone to Canada so that i dont have to hack it and i can have full functionality.]]>Oct 4th 2007 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/
Get smarter people, read, think.]]>Oct 4th 2007 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/
And second, even in the US, Apple sells the iPhone out of AT&T stores, so you'd expect them at the very least to be sold out of Rogers' outlets, not Holt Renfrew.]]>Oct 4th 2007 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Apparently Ted Rogers told apple to siooma, he'd rather sell blackberries with a $60/month 25meg data plan than offer something with unlimited data. Ted also killed the sidekick in canada when Rogers bought out Fido (the other GSM provider).]]>Oct 4th 2007 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Apparently Ted Rogers told apple to siooma, he'd rather sell blackberries with a $60/month 25meg data plan than offer something with unlimited data. Ted also killed the sidekick in canada when Rogers bought out Fido (the other GSM provider).]]>Oct 4th 2007 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Sorry. This is pure bullshit, and if you're trying to cover your ass so 4 years from now you can say "we told you, the Holt Renfew guy will be selling them"...sometimes it's better not to publish anything.
trust me :)]]>Oct 4th 2007 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/
You can toss out visual voicemail as well.

So you'd be paying twice as much for a phone that does 2/3s as much as the US version does.

You'd be better off getting one in the states and jailbreaking it.

Or getting an unlocked WM phone like the Prada or Touch.]]>Oct 4th 2007 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/
As noted, data plans via Rogers (the only GSM provider in Canada) are cripplingly expensive for any potential iPhone user, while I can't see them being dead keen on having to give up their own lucrative ringtone and music download service in favour of iTunes - a doubtless requirement from Apple.

Still, maybe the folks that can afford to shop at Holt Renfrew (owned, incidentally, by the same company that brings us Loblaws and Great Canadian Superstore - so there's even more potential. But I digress...) can afford to buy a heavily marked-up unlocked iPhone and pay Rogers standard data fees?

But for the Canadian Unwashed, I guess its the iPod Touch and the hope that someday The Smug Basted from Cupertino will actually let buyers use it to its full capabilities... ]]>Oct 5th 2007 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/

They will have a Gary Coleman version an O.J Simpson edition. It is going to be 60GB with a build in Espresso machine...oh and it gives virtual blow Job's



Kidding aside, I have been reading Engadget for years now, perhaps it is time to switch to a source that is not posting SHIT.

Nice going ENGADQUIRER]]>Oct 4th 2007 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/Oct 4th 2007 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.flickr.com/photos/christiangendron/sets/72157602125509218/]]>Oct 4th 2007 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/iphone-coming-to-canadian-retailer-holt-renfrew/
They're also offering half a gig for $80 with a Win Mobile device
http://www.shoprogers.com/business/wireless/plans_services/business_plans.asp?plan=dataservice&cat=2&typ=2
http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1252787]]>Oct 4th 2007 1:08PM