Blackberry Bold 9900 Gets a launch date an price
Blackberry has recently launched a string of new smart phones that have been making their rounds on the blogospheres, check it out here. The three new devices, albeit are not the most impressive devices in the mobile market they seem to fit perfectly for RIM’s outlook on their future. To an end user that may sound crazy, but for some reason the new Blackberries seem to make sense for RIM. While the new smart phones are not industry blockbusters that will change the game they are solid and that is what a Blackberry customer is looking for. But what type of price point and when can these said Blackberry loyalists actually expect these new berry’s. RIM’s announcement was these three new devices were slated for release later this month across over 225 carriers. Leaky news of T-Mobiles plans for these new Blackberries has just leaked out.
Of the three Blackberry’s that were announced yesterday, we know pretty much where they will be heading. Sprint will get its own Bold as well as a Torch and At&t will be picking up the QWERTY Torch. tmonews.com has published a leak of what seems to be an internal magenta document listing out the features, pricing and availability of the new Bold 9900 and not all of it may be peachy. According to this document the new Blackberry Bold 9900 will be made available to business class customers on August 17th and to us normal folks come August 31st. However the new Bold 9900 will run any new customer or existing customer looking to renew $300 bucks…commence head shaking. The Blackberry Bold 9900 will the carriers first 4G Blackberry and features all kinds of great stuff. Nothing like mind blowing or worth anywhere near $300 bucks but, a 1.2 GHz processor, 768MB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage, oh and Blackberry 7 of course.
Initially when I took a look at the new line up my initial thought was this new Bold will win out over the 9810 or 9850 or 60 Torches. This simply based on its legacy of being that work horse device that most business class users are accustom to. Unfortunately however after reading that subsidized price tag, im not so sure about that anymore, I guess we will have to see where this takes us.
Any Tmo users interested in a three hundred dollar Blackberry? I mean you really can’t go wrong with an under spec’ed device compared to the rest of your options right? Sorry I’m getting out of line. Is anyone willing to pay $300 dollars for this new Blackberry Bold 9900 assuming this information is correct? Here is to hoping the two new Torches are priced out a bit better.
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300 is too much for BB! Just got a 9810 and loving in it! 9900 is too big and same shape and everything!! Not worth it. !!!
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Will the Blackberry Bold 9900 be available on the AT&T network ? If so, when ? I was in a T-Mobile store the other day and they did already have the device which they allowed me to play with and wow, it is QUICK !!!! I am currently an AT&T customer and know that AT&T is in the process of acquiring T-Mobile so I am guessing that AT&T will be getting the device but, who knows when ? I am guessing here as we all know what ASSuming does !!! Since the release dats is August 31st, the T-Mobile rep. which assisted me said that they would begin selling it then. AT&T is remaining unannounced as to if and / or when they will begin to carry it. Any assistance out there from anyone ?
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300 is pricy Black berry. Android is a sell out NSA tool it tracks every thing you do ever where you go so if you like government in you back pocket get your Android. As for IPhone that thing is a trendy peace of trash and that is also a NSA monitoring device that tracks you every where you go building a data base of your activities. Black Berry was almost banned in the US over its inscription and has been banned in India and a few other countries because it is the only super phone that does not sell you out to the government.
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Anonymous Reply:
August 29th, 2011 at 2:39 pm
@Cz, if your not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about the government tracking you?
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$300 is ridiculous for the 9900. I love BB, but as the writer said the new BBs are way under spec’d for that price. Most of the new Android phones are head and shoulders above above the new BBs in terms of hardware.
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When is the Torch coming out? March? The Bold 9900 is coming out on 8/31/11?
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More than willing to pay $300.00 for the Bold 9900. In fact Ive been waiting over 6 months as soon as I got word they were coming out. Went from the Blackberry Curve, to a Samsung Galaxy and man oh man what a difference. Cannot stand touch screen unless its for watching tv, or playing words with friends. The e-mail on the galaxy is like playschool compared to the swift and simple blackberry.
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Anonymous Reply:
August 10th, 2011 at 11:17 am
@Anita, Totally agree Anita,I bought an Android to replace an older curve a year ago and it has turned out to be a piece of junk compared to my blackberry. Lots of apps but email is awfull and thats what I need to work most of all the rest is just for killing time when not at work.
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can at&t small business customers just go into the store to upgrade for the blackberry bold 9900 or do we have to call in and get it sent to the office?
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You know, as much as I like BB, I think I’ll just buy a netbook instead.
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what does business class customers mean ?
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