Hopefully bell customers have a easier time picking one of these bad boys up. I went to 2 rogers locations in the GTA lastnight and both locations the employees told me that rogers doesn't carry that phone and that they have no idea that there was such a phone. They kept saying, "you mean 9700?". Rogers need better customer service in store and over the phone!!!

Called my nearest bell. They said they don't have it yet. Maybe next week she says

"You can pick one up for $474 on a 1 year term, $449 2 year, $124 3 year or $499 no contract"

Is it me, or does a one or two year contract seem kinda silly?

I'd love to see the CRTC or Industry Canada step in and fix contract pricing. The step between 2 and 3 year contracts makes *no* sense. If they wanted to have 2 year pricing at $200, that would be okay, but not to have it almost the same as no contract. Extremely irritating. The lifecycle on these phones is more like 2 years...All of the carriers have the same general approach, and it's wrong. (except for the "Tab" type carriers, which have their own problems)

I'm confused as to why Bell is selling the 9700 for $600 with no contract, and the 9780 for $500 with no contract :-/ I would've thought that the newer device would be pricier and/or the old one discontinued.

Can anyone confirm if there are available in best buy stores?

Just picked one up for wifey here in Laval,QC

Sasktel has a 'Coming Soon' banner on the 9780 page and list it for $100 on a 3-year.
http://tinyurl.com/sasktel-9780

got me a shiny all black Bold 9780 and i am impressed how great it looks, feels and runs. Great piece of hardware, much better build quality than the Torch (which is pretty good as well, i have both). But, i won't keep the Torch, don't like the slider format... Had to try it, what can i say...

Bold 9780 is a keeper though (until maybe the Storm 3 or something along those lines...).

Mx

awesome, http://www.bell.ca/shopping/en_CA_ON.BlackBerryBold--9780/90731.details?...