According to a short post on Gizmodo, the recently announced iPhone will be bound for Canada, running on Rogers Wireless‘ GSM network. Although there hasn’t been any set date for the release, it will obviously come after the American release, and as mentioned in the first comment on the article, it could be a 2nd generation version of the device. Actually, going through the comments of the post is quite interesting.

Lately, I’ve been less than impressed with my wireless service packages, with packages in the US seeming to be more competitive than in Canada. I assume it comes down to the numbers. With so many more people using a greater range of wireless products, wireless providers are able to give better deals on the products and services. So what does that mean for a device like the iPhone?

Apple’s previous release, the iPod, has been just as popular in Canada as it has been in the rest of the world, and Canada was recently identified as one of the cheapest places to buy iPonds. That will definitely help the success of the iPhone, but I think people in Canada use their phones differently than their American counterparts. Data transfer costs are still quite hight, and many of the people who choose the iPhone probably won’t use it to its full potential, making it kind of a super-powered cellphone.

With 6.2 million subscribers, the largest subscriber base in Canada, there will definitely be a market for the iPhone; it might even woo a significant number of new customers to the company. But we’ll have to wait and see if it achieves the same level of success as it’s predecessor, the iPod. 

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