Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
There was a big enough fuss when Rogers announced the pricing of the iPhone 3G. Just watch as the fan turns brown as the cost of the BlackBerry Bold leaks out...
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.
Sure it still looks good in the pictures, and
check the details and there's still the 1GB of internal memory, and the
GPS, and the WiFi and tri-band HSDPA, and the keyboard.
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...
David Bass
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