If you want an iPhone and you’re buying direct from a Canadian carrier, the only way to get one is to buy it from Bell, Rogers, or Telus. Otherwise, you need to buy an unlocked one from The Apple Store and take it to the carrier of your choice. Now Wind has gained a significant amount of traction by having people bring their iPhones to them to use on their network as they work just fine on Wind’s network. But the carrier has been unable to sell iPhones. That was until yesterday when Mobilesyrup reported that the company was planning to sell “lightly loved” which means gently used in my mind iPhones:
While not the new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, “It is with great excitement we announce WIND will carry ‘lightly loved’ iPhone models beginning on Thursday, June 25 2015. WIND will carry these two models in 16GB configuration only,” reveals an internal document we received.
The iPhone 5s will be available in metallic grey, and iPhone 5c will only be offered in white. This is different than the usual “lightly loved” devices that Wind sells – a fancy for saying refurbished – because each comes with a six-month warranty from the date of purchase.
As for price, the cost is $499 for an iPhone 5s and $349 for an iPhone 5c, outright. Customers will also be able to purchase these refurbished devices on all Tab options, which drops the pricing down to $0 with a monthly “boost.”
This is a very interesting development and one I suspect will get Apple’s attention as I am not aware of any carrier in Canada or elsewhere that is doing something similar. I’d keep an eye on this as I can see this going in one of three ways:
- This will get Apple’s attention and they will tell Wind to stop doing this.
- This will get Apple’s attention and it will spur Apple to allow Wind to sell new iPhones.
- Apple will not care.
Stay tuned to see which one of these actually happens.
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Wind Mobile Selling “Lightly Loved” iPhones
If you want an iPhone and you’re buying direct from a Canadian carrier, the only way to get one is to buy it from Bell, Rogers, or Telus. Otherwise, you need to buy an unlocked one from The Apple Store and take it to the carrier of your choice. Now Wind has gained a significant amount of traction by having people bring their iPhones to them to use on their network as they work just fine on Wind’s network. But the carrier has been unable to sell iPhones. That was until yesterday when Mobilesyrup reported that the company was planning to sell “lightly loved” which means gently used in my mind iPhones:
While not the new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, “It is with great excitement we announce WIND will carry ‘lightly loved’ iPhone models beginning on Thursday, June 25 2015. WIND will carry these two models in 16GB configuration only,” reveals an internal document we received.
The iPhone 5s will be available in metallic grey, and iPhone 5c will only be offered in white. This is different than the usual “lightly loved” devices that Wind sells – a fancy for saying refurbished – because each comes with a six-month warranty from the date of purchase.
As for price, the cost is $499 for an iPhone 5s and $349 for an iPhone 5c, outright. Customers will also be able to purchase these refurbished devices on all Tab options, which drops the pricing down to $0 with a monthly “boost.”
This is a very interesting development and one I suspect will get Apple’s attention as I am not aware of any carrier in Canada or elsewhere that is doing something similar. I’d keep an eye on this as I can see this going in one of three ways:
Stay tuned to see which one of these actually happens.
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