Cellular Conundrum #1

July 11th, 2008. Apple releases the 3G iPhone in 21 countries worldwide, and expects everything to go smoothly. Rogers/Fido is the only provider north of the border and it just so happens I work for a dealer. We knew that it was going to be a bad day, but oh my god...

Doors opened at 10am. Systems crashed at 10:30am. Did not return to functional order all day. iTunes crashes worldwide, so now no iPhones at all can be activated; bravo Apple. Rogers had months to prepare for the premier of this new device and apparently didn't do anything to prepare the system for the sudden hit of several hundred thousand sales at once. I worked in the store all day, it was a living nightmare. I do not understand how two companies as large as Apple and Rogers can fuck something up this much. Like come on people get on the freaking ball for once and pay attention to your own words. You expect 200 000 sales on day 1, then make sure the system can handle it.

To all the people out there that say the phone is too expensive and the plans are gouging us for all we have I say this... Shut Up!! The phone and plans are good, I am not just saying that because I work there but because its true. We cannot match the US market because their population is 10x what ours currently is. Also if you do not like it then don't get it, but it appears to me the ones that complained the most were first in line this morning to get the new phone. HA!

White Knight,