So this blog may be a few hours late, but rather then writing about a dry Apple announcement I decided to wait until today to see if the rumors were true, and SURPRISE, they are! For the past few years AT&T has been the exclusive provider for the Apple iPhone in the United States and Canada. Yay for AT&T users, but "nay" for those of us that have other providers. (Or "yay" for those who switched over :)
Wait for it though..... this will ONLY be happening in Canada, at least for the moment.
Only hours after midnight, TELUS and Bell both confirmed that the Apple iphone would be available starting in November.
Since this announcement is only hours old, public relations at Apple must sure be having a good day. Imagine, for years AT&T has been the exclusive provider and for years people have been waiting for other phone providers to offer the iphone; and finally, it's here!
Rather then spending hundreds of thousands of dollars using the media to relay this announcement, Apple should owe a big fat thank-you to all of its fans! Amongst Apple fans, which are in the millions, news manages to spread faster then wildfire!
However, I do believe that Apple often relies too much on their fan base. When googling "Apple annoouncements" to check the latest news, the blogs providing information outnumber the news stories drastically. Now I understand that this news has just been confirmed, but come on Apple, publicize yourselves!! Don't make your bloggers do it for you (even if it is free)
So then I thought, what about YouTube? I'm sure there have already been dozens of news stories about the iphone's release in Canada, right? WRONG! In fact, there is only one story about it, and its by a blogger!
The iPhone is Coming to Bell and TELUS
As the day goes on I will definitely be updating on how Apple is using the media to make people aware about the two addition iphone providers!!
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