iPhonefreak width="190"

Rogers has just reported their iPhone 3G sales, which came in at a respectable 255,000. This sales number includes the amount they sold between the July 11 launch and the end of September.

Rogers had claimed that the iPhone, along with its subsidies has strained their resources, but they also expect to make a nice return. They believe that thanks to the required three-year agreements they will see “considerable returns” and also have to deal with less churn thanks to customers staying just to keep the use of the iPhone.

Of course, with what comes as good news for Rogers may have indirectly hurt some rival carriers. Although other numbers have not yet been reported, Joseph MacKay, who is an analyst for Desjardins Securities has estimated that “Bell Canada’s subscriber adds will have plummeted from 137,000 in the spring to 85,000 in the summer.” Additionally Telus is also expected to have dropped 8 percent in the amount of new subscribers this past quarter as compared to the same quarter last year.

Now we just have to sit back and see how successful Rogers can be with the iPhone 3G moving forward. After all Rogers had that nice 6GB/$30 a month data plan offering that ran through the end of September and although reports have not mentioned how many subscribers took advantage of that, its safe to think that many bought quickly to take advantage of the deal before it expired.

[electronista]