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Bell and Virgin Mobile Canada stop accepting Apple iPhone 5 pre-orders

posted by Alan F. / Sep 15, 2012, 10:25 PM

Bell and Virgin Mobile Canada stop accepting Apple iPhone 5 pre-orders

Virgin Mobile Canada halts Apple iPhone 5 pre-orders

Pre-orders for the Apple iPhone 5 have been tremendous with even Apple "blown away" by the demand. And the demand for the 6th generation of the iPhone isn't limited to the United States. A pair of Canadian carriers, Bell and Virgin Mobile Canada have stopped taking reservations for the Apple iPhone 5, citing "overwhelming success" of the pre-order program in Bell's case and "huge demand" for the device at Virgin Mobile.

While pre-orders are sold out for both Canadian carriers, the phone will be available to be purchased online and in the operator's retail locations on September 21st when the Apple iPhone 5 launches. In the U.S., the three major carriers carrying the phone have already sold out of the inventory set aside for pre-orders and there is a 2-3 week delay for those reserving the phone in the states.

"Due to the overwhelming success of the Apple iPhone 5 pre-order program , Bell is no longer accepting pre-orders past end of day September 15, 2012."-Bell internal document

The early indications are that the Apple iPhone 5 is going to easily trash the numbers put up last year by the Apple iPhone 4S.

source: VirginMobileCanada via MobileSyrup

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15 Comments

1. XPERIA-KNIGHT unregistered

LOL.........Xperia V and TX snitches.......

posted on Sep 15, 2012, 10:37 PM 1

2. JunkCreek

Posts: 407; Member since: Jul 13, 2012

how many, how many i wonder but i really don't wanna know. [Perry Como]

posted on Sep 15, 2012, 11:02 PM 1

3. joey18

Posts: 665; Member since: Jul 20, 2010

Mine the 21firts the gs3 i put to sleep

posted on Sep 15, 2012, 11:12 PM 1

13. Droiddoes unregistered

Can someone translate that from iDiot please? Seriously, I literally do not know what you're trying to say.

posted on Sep 16, 2012, 10:53 AM 1

15. serious9010

Posts: 254; Member since: Jul 20, 2012

It is clear you are a fandroid. A robotized google sheepbot designed to spread stupidity on Earth.

posted on Sep 16, 2012, 3:56 PM 0

4. AppleIsGod

Posts: 56; Member since: Aug 27, 2012

Lol doesn't bell own virgin ?

posted on Sep 15, 2012, 11:39 PM 2

5. XPERIA-KNIGHT unregistered

virgin mobile is owned by sprint bro :)

posted on Sep 15, 2012, 11:42 PM 1

9. AppleIsGod

I m talking about Canada here.

posted on Sep 16, 2012, 8:22 AM 2

14. XPERIA-KNIGHT unregistered

i think they're both canadian in this case but still two separate companies

posted on Sep 16, 2012, 11:29 AM 1

6. krimHD

Posts: 106; Member since: May 23, 2012

they should bring out the figures and stop making it sound like the whole world is pre-ordering the iphone 5

posted on Sep 16, 2012, 12:27 AM 4

7. XPERIA-KNIGHT unregistered

lol indeed......cuz we know whats goin on hahahaha

posted on Sep 16, 2012, 12:46 AM 1

8. lumialove

Posts: 75; Member since: May 16, 2012

Its just propaganda advertising just to create huge interest among people to let know that iPhone 5 is the best the world has ever known and attracting non-iPhone users to get one.

posted on Sep 16, 2012, 5:24 AM 2

10. ogy_dogy

Posts: 453; Member since: Jun 29, 2012

They have sold every single one of the 5 preorders they were given. Lol. Without real numbers this is just an ad, not an independent article...

posted on Sep 16, 2012, 8:50 AM 1

11. zheking

Posts: 28; Member since: Mar 02, 2012

Well yea it is the best wat do u think I have tried htc one x , SGSIII , and non of them I loved as much as the 4s so it's just a matter of user preference for example last year I said the same about the android phones I had but now after a conclusion I will never buy android again IOS all the way