on 3 Nov 2009 12:59 AM
Time has come for all you Canadian wannabe 9700 owners. The BlackBerry Bold 9700 has just gone live on the Rogers website at the price we stated a few days ago. $299.99 and 3 yrs of your life is all it will take to get you the hottest new BlackBerry. What are you all waiting for? Go, Go, Go!
Thanks Garz!
hell yeah. been waiting for 5 months for my first blackberry. picking mine asap.
Really want to get my frist bb as well. Really want a storm 2 but if I dont hear something soon may have to get this
BAM! getting mine asap :)
I'm already there!
The curve 8520 is now in Lavender on the site too
Why is Rogers so ahead of AT&T on this one? I know RIM's a canadian company and all but AT&T easily can outsell them in a larger market. ugh..
I believe that RIM traditionally releases to Rogers about a week before AT&T.
Benefit of being Canadian ;).
hahah, that among many other things. Sweet, I went right to at&t's site to check to see if it's there. Damnit oh well a week will fly by. I'm getting this to replace my personal and turning the Bold into a dedicated work line.
Well, the Storm2 was released in the US first!
IF I didnt JUST a few hours ago use my moms upgrade for a htc magic android phone. lol, no worries though, BlackBerry wouldn't suit her. Now as for *my* upgrade in a year and a halfs time, only time will tell.
ATT should be in the next 2 weeks, they arent much behind
Hope the full price here isnt $600, thats pretty steep.
It most likely will be close to that price out of contract. Same as the Bold when it was first dropped. I'm wondering if they are going to have a drop for the black Friday deal here on at&t.
I feel like many people are missing this: $599CAD is about US$556.3512 which still is higher than the rumored prices in the US but not that bad in Canada.
damn it, why is the at&t version still not released!!!I'm using my old old n76 for almost 2 weeks now after selling my iphone3gs waiting for this phone to come out. I can't stand life using EDGE!!!
Ahhh...I can't wait for T-Mobile to release their 3G version of the 9700!
i'm glad for all you ppl gettin a new bb. i just want my new OS 5.0 for my tour and i will be just fine.
Gaaaaarrr I just want to get that sexy trackpad on my 8900!!!
white bold is up on A&TT site
Called Rogers and the rep said the official in store date is Wednesday.
if i were to get this phone without a contract will i be able to use in on tmobile with the uma feature?
No device is NOT compatible with T-Mobile on many levels. T-Mobile 3G runs on different bands and Rogers version is UMA-less.
If you click on the link on the Rogers website that lists all TalkSpot compatible phones, you will see that the 9700 is onw of the listed.
So they are enabling UMA on the 9700!!
Update:
This was as of 10:20 am. As of 10:25, the 9700 is no longer appearing.... WTF?
Update 2:
Did some more research, and depending on how you search, it will/will not appear on the list of TalkSpot supported phones. I've got a screen shot if it listed as a TalkSpot phone, will post in the 9700 Forum.
How does this phone rate compared with the Curve 8900?
Just checked on Rogers's site and ot looks like someone botched the posting on their website. In the french section it is listed as a "BlackBerry Curve 9700". Then if you try to add it to your cart using the phone and plan 3yr term (either in french or english), you get to a listing of the available plan which is empty, clicking on the "View all" link does nothing.
Nice job...
NEEEDDS THIS!
kinda wish they would ship to thailand. lol guess i gotta wait a couple more days.
Is it confirmed this is UMA-less?
I've gone ahead and ordered mine online - but I cannot see UMA listed anywhere.
The retail price is $599.99 for the 9700 and $649.99 for the 9000. D'oh!
will this be the same price for the states that is pretty expensive
I'll take the Bold 9000 over this phone any day. This phone looks boring and not BOLD at all. The original Bold made a statement. This looks pretty much like the rest of the bunch that have been released recently.
People have to stop being sheep and getting something just because it's the newest thing out there. If it's your first BB, sure, go ahead and buy it. But if you want to "upgrade" from a previous gen phone like the Bold 9000, don't bother.
Not valid at all. This phone does scream Bold, the only reason it doesn't to you is because you have seen the current Bold. The trackpad and the slimmer design alone are just a couple reasons I'm picking this up to replace my Bold.
wtf?
Wow 3 yr contract with a price of $300??..geez you guys get royally screwed over the pond...theres no way id sign up for a 3 yr contract in all honesty although here in the UK they have started with 2 yr contracts now...which i think is ridiculous.
What makes me shocked is that they still want $300 when at 3 yrs you should be getting the phone for free but then i admit i dont know how your contracts work over there. Here in the UK the more we spend on line rental etc the cheaper the phone becomes...i imagine thats the same for you guys over the pond??
Good thing im buying this offline here in the UK for £400...that way im not tied into some long contract.
Spawn12, we Canadian's get ours handed to us. Our plans I thought were okay, until I learned in the US they have *unlimited* data plans. Unlimited? What is this nonsense, Lol.
I pay around 70 dollars for basic features and 500mb data. Sure they dropped the "system access fee" but they make up for it in other forms, by jacking up plans $5.00 and adding a "regulatory govt. fee".
Maybe I should move to the Uk, Lol.
We do get screwed over in Canada. That's because there is no competition for the big three (Rogers, Telus and Bell). There's Virgin Mobile, Fido and Koodo but they are all owned by Bell, Rogers and Telus respectively. There was a newcomer by the name of Wind Mobile that looked to give the big three serious competition. Wind Mobile would have been a fourth major player in the Canadian wireless market. They won the auction for wireless spectrum space and were approved by Industry Canada but the CRTC so far has denied them. The CRTC denied them because they were 65% foreign owned but it's ok for Bell, Telus and Rogers to have call centers over in India? The CRTC is useless and needs to be dissolved.
Canada is so far behind other countries in terms of wireless penetration and pricing. Canada is the only country to have 3 year wireless contracts.
I think $299 for a 3 year contract is ridiculous and $499 for a 2 year contract?!?!?!? Completely ridiculous! But what's more ridiculous is that the Bold 9000, while it's retail price is higher, the contract price is lower at $249 for 3 years. What gives Rogers?
Rogers, Bell and Telus have had an oligopoly for too long and there needs to be some serious competition from other providers.
I just ordered an 8900 online which should be here Friday! I couldn't wait, and 3G/trackpad really didn't excite me all that much (even when I used 3G for my iPhone). Upgrading from 8310 to 8900 is a big leap ahead. But for those who want to buy them, why would Rogers price the 'old bold' at $649, and the Curve 8900 and Bold 9700 at the same price of $599? I'm sure they'd say the new bold is 'worth much more than $599', but honestly - drop your friggin prices Rogers! I paid less for a brand new HP laptop than that! Let's hope for a little more pricing wars to heat up between the providers.
Just ordered mine from the Rogers website. Now to sit by the mailbox waiting for that exciting parcel to arrive!
yay!!! mine's been shipped and will be receiving it from rogers this Thursday :)
I can confirmed that it is released and available. Just placed my order over the phone and Rogers rep. They were shocked to see it release as it was supposed to be released 04/11/09. Should get it shipped to my door in 2 days!
Hopefully they arrive in stores today so I can pick it up!!!! Called at like 9:03am and was put on the waiting list, only one person ahead of me!!
Just ordered mine from Rogers.com!!! Says delivery in 3-7 business days so hopefully they're right! Can't wait to get my hands on the 3G, Trackpad version of my 8900! haha
Final sale price after taxes was $677.99 CAD in case anyone is wondering.
wow, u dudes are RICH to be spending $678 to upgrade your 8900's to the latest toy. for arguements' sake, does rogers even allow upgrades in the 12-month window? i'm asking cuz i upgraded to the 8900 last dec when it debuted in canada....eh? or will i hafta take a second mortgage before robbers even considers me for this bad boy...EH?
Yes, you can do an upgrade after 1year! I just placed my order over the phone with a rep... got the phone for $349 with a $50 mail-in rebate ($299 after rebate). He said they haven't implemented the 2yr for hardware upgrade but it might be soon. so do your upgrade now before its too late =) I'll be seeing my new toy in 3-5 business days!!!
I don't know if rogers does like at&t but if you have a base rate of $80/month or more for your voice you get a new upgrade once a year. Example I have a family plan 1400 min with a primary line of $80, I upgrade once a year. My two add a lines upgrade every 20 months. Our plan is set up that we don't have to wait too long for a new phone because sooner than later a line is ready. Can't wait for at&t to get this beast.
I just got off the phone and they won't do it because the upgrade policy changed. It changed August 21, 2009. I'm not sure who told you it hasn't changed.
I agree with everybody on here that Rogers F***ED their existing customers with their upgrade policies. I was eligible on August 22 and they changed it August 21. One day before I was eligible and they wouldn't budge. I've already made 2 formal complaints about this and their reply was "we sent you a notice". Big F'IN deal. You gave me no choice except to cancel my plan. F*** ROGERS!!!! Evertime I turn around they have changed their policies to further screw their existing customers. Yes, I realize they give me a new phone whenever I upgrade but they also get me for another 3 years. It's a give and take. They wanted to charge me $800 for an iPhone!!! Does that stupid thing really cost that much??? That's a F***IN joke.
A little while back, Rogers proceeded to F*CK it's customers over even more by changing the upgrade eligibility time from 12-months to 24-months for all smartphones.
Wasn't eligible for an upgrade, but convinced them to give me one anyway :)
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