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VIRTUALISATION Rogers ensures BlackBerry no iPhone killer with Bold pricing
VIRTUALISATION Rogers ensures BlackBerry no iPhone killer with Bold pricing | Rogers ensures BlackBerry no iPhone killer with Bold pricing |
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| by Davey Winder | |
| Saturday, 16 August 2008 | |
  
Rogers Wireless is, surprise surprise, the exclusive carrier for the forthcoming BlackBerry Bold 9000 in Canada. Rogers appears determined to prevent it from being the iPhone killer as many had predicted. Featured Whitepaper
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Unfortunately, there is also the price. CrackBerry.com has managed to get its hands on a leaked flyer apparently showing the pricing for the new BlackBerry. You would need to have a bold budget to afford it with prices starting at $399. That is $100 more than a 16GB iPhone 3G, and I haven't even revealed the really shocking bit yet. Now you might expect, having been asked to cough up the cash bigtime for the handset, that the contract would be fairly attractive as a consequence. Expect all you like, but if this leaked flyer proves to be correct when the BlackBerry Bold launches in a couple of weeks time, then Rogers will tie you into a 3 year deal! I suspect you will need a sturdy chair with a big comfy cushion when details of the one and two year contract pricing are revealed, and a bed with a nurse on standby for the contract-free handset cost. If you have a strong constitution, and a stronger bank balance, then the BlackBerry Sync blog reckons it knows the contract-free price: $1000!!! Now that is not just Bold, that's bloody outrageous... |
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