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Rogers to launch N86… declares their lineup “is the envy of wireless companies around the world”
We first found out about the Nokis N86 when Nokia’s Holiday Guide was released a few weeks ago. Then last week, a document popped up that showed the N86 as part of Rogers new “Webphones” lineup.
Today Rogers has officially announced the N86 will be available “in the coming weeks” for $99.99 on a three-year voice and data plan. They describe the N86 as “Coming soon to Rogers in time for the holidays is the sleek and stylish Nokia N86 smartphone featuring an impressive 8 megapixel camera and 8GB of onboard memory to store music, movies and photos.”
More importantly is the essence of new competition. On the day that Bell launches their new HSPA network, Rogers comes in storming and declares their dominance. The press release title stated “Unparalleled HSPA smartphone lineup underscores Rogers’ network superiority“… sound like the networks are friends right. You’ll see I’ve highlighted the important statements. Us Canadians are very humble.
Rogers continue to inform us Canadians that “Rogers has been perfecting the GSM family of technologies for nearly ten years. Today, with a selection of more than 30 HSPA devices, Rogers offers the broadest portfolio of the wireless products Canadians want including the widest range of HSPA smartphones, Google Android and BlackBerry devices, and the best variety of Quick Messaging phones.”
John Boynton, EVP Marketing at Rogers said “Rogers customers can choose from a device lineup that is the envy of wireless companies around the world. We are proud to offer 30 HSPA-ready devices – more than ever before – more than our competitors combined. Only Rogers offers the right handset at any price point, including five incredible Webphones priced at under $100.”
Bob Berner, EVP Network & CTO at Rogers said “Customers looking for a proven HSPA network will continue to choose Rogers,” said “We introduced our HSPA network back in 2006 and we continue to invest significantly in our network technologies. Our proven network lets us offer seamless communications on the widest selection of high-performing HSPA devices to our customers.”
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Hopefully they expand 3G coverage.
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Don’t kid yourself Rogers. With bogus fees, high rate plans, limited benefits for those rate plans and 3 year contracts, few places in the world are envying anything about Rogers or any other Canadian wireless company for that matter.
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Sam Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
FYI rogers has launched pretty much all their rate plans on NO term commit
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“device lineup that is the envy of wireless companies around the world”
righhhht,
http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-phones/all-phones
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Randy Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Good find DN.
…and did you notice? Every single phone on there is FREE on just a 24 month contract!
I think what Rogers meant is every wirless company around the world is envious of how much revenue they can generate off the backs of their customers while offering so little in return.
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Caution everyone…lots of misinformation on the Bold 9700…I spoke with customer care and they said it was UMA ready..I wondered why does it not show in the release or on the web…I ask to specifically talk to someone in blackberry technical support and she said UMA is NOT supported. That is extremely misleading and hope no one gets burned by this ….come on guys UMA ready DOES NOT mean UMA active
such a disappointment!!
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Advertising these days…
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so you have been building hspa for 4 years and you still cannot cover 80% of canada? WOW that’s is superiority alright! LMAO
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sounds like somebodys a little angry and jealous that they are losing customers to Bell and Telus now. Please Robbers….just stop and go home!
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“Customers looking for a proven HSPA network will continue to choose Rogers,”
The only thing that’s proven is that it stinks and my phone keeps dropping to GSM or decides 302-880 is better to hang onto.
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One thing people are forgetting about Rogers is that if there is a problem with the 3G network, say an outage, you can fall back to the GSM network.
With Bell/Telus, since they didn’t implement GSM, if there is a 3G outage, you’re out of luck.
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