8520 Going To T-Mobile Sooner Then Expected?
By
Bla1ze on 11 May 2009 07:11 am
Boy Genius got his hands on the upcoming T-Mobile / Walmart device line up and lo and behold as speculated, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 showed up on the list. Granted, speculation was made on a Q4 release for the device and that it would indeed be T-Mobile picking it up but this documentation pinpoints just a few more things such as a July release date and also reveals some price points which may or may not stick in the end.
As it stands now, the roadmap shows the 8520 rolling in at $78 and then being discounted to just $48 later on down the road. One can only hope these prices stick cause I do not know anyone out there that would be unwilling to hand over $78 for a sexy new BlackBerry!
Queen4111 May 11, 2009 at 7:19 am
This would be perfect if this was on TMO USA'a Prepaid lineup.
BryanTheRed May 11, 2009 at 7:29 am
I agree and will be right there to pick one up!
matthew_i May 11, 2009 at 9:11 am
The price is just where I (and CB) expected it to be (actually lower than I expected). Rim knows that the smartphone market is much smaller than the dumb phone. Smart phone features at dumb phone prices. Big win.
FahCore May 11, 2009 at 10:15 am
Sounds like use 8900 till onyx comes to tmo later and replace my girlfriends 8320 with 8520 in july
redking31591 May 11, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Walmart usually has decent tmobile blackberry deals. I got my pearl there for free a while ago.
Sirhill May 11, 2009 at 2:43 pm
oh ya that is for sure going to be a back device for me and my wife. She has her heart set on the onyx but this will be a great backup device for that price.
infernl May 11, 2009 at 4:39 pm
"Than", not "then"....
Snoopster J May 11, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Until now, I was always under the impression that gravity was always free ;)
b124f5 May 12, 2009 at 9:26 pm
**********Sooner "THAN" expected