BlackBerry Bold 9900 now available from T-Mobile!

Mucho expensivo!!

Make it $199 and I'm there.

yeah too damn expensive! is it because its 4g? ill wait til the price gets lower at least to $249. i need this phone now! :(

Now we just have to choose between this and the 9800 series! :-)

I could buy it and unlock it for AT&T right?

Although I am very happy for TMO. I am more than ever angered at Big Blue.
I will most definitely try to resist playing with the display units.

That price is OUTRAGEOUS! What a huge turn off.

Too expensive plus where's UMA and Hotspot!!!

Kick rocks w/ that price! Walmart has them cheaper but currently for pre-order/online only

why so expensiveeee omg ! letstalk.com here i come wooo !

I called tmo yesterday and they explained to me why its so expensive. According to them, they're claiming its the only Bold that will actually be running 4G and no other carrier will be. Does anyone know if this is true? Does 4G even exist right now??? But regardless, its still too expensive! Kevin, can you confirm these rumors??

Will 3G on this phone work in Asia?

The 4G thing is a load of manure. T-Mobile will bury you in 4G Android phones for < $100. I've played with one at a Tmo store and it is a delicious phone. To sum it up, if Apple ever made an iPhone with a keyboard, I imagine the hardware would look something like the 9900. Only if Apple made it, you'd have iOS and zillions of apps, so the total package would be better. You have a phone WELL WORTH $299, with a $50 MIR.

$199 on a 2 year contract with no BS MIRs is ALL this lovely RIM product is worth in today's market. I can afford it just fine at $299, but I just hate to be a sucker. If the price doesn't come down to earth fast, I will be waiting for QNX,

so no UMA for the 9900?

Ouch, that's not a marketable price. Oh well, I know some guys who were waiting for this to drop and they might be waiting a little longer. That's too bad.

No option on T-Mobile website to order just the phone without contract at $599 MSRP. You have to order one with a plan even though they say that the unit alone is $599 but one can not buy the unit alone online.

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/Cell-Phone-Plans.aspx?catgroup=Indivi...

This amuses me.

I work for VZW and our suggested retail for the 9930 is $510.

Perhaps T-Mo can not buy as much as we can? Who knows.

$299.99? Not in this economy and defininatly not on my budget! No UMA or HotSpot (connect up to 5 devices), they claim it will come with a later update, but T-Mo has been nothing but lies lately. I talked to CS on Saturday and they told me the price would be $199.99. They even recently canceled increment payments to your bill where they tac on the price of the phone over the next few billing cycles so you dont take the $299.99 hit at once. They claim it was in response to customers claims of "lost" phones.

Not worth paying that price for the few added and lots of lack of features! Yeah, its the first 4G or Faux G Blackberry, that alone is a riddiculous statement! Why do we accept and keep putting up with these lies?Smaller battery, no front facing camera, No auto-focus, lack of dual core and onboard memory! Compare the specs of the new Samsumg Galaxy S II phone (which Fox News labeled the iPhone Killer) and compare it to this Blackberry! I am starting to feel more like a dingleberry the more I research and keep getting duped by RIM and Tmo!! I love Blackberry, been with it for 7 years but dang< I am having change of heart lately!! Guess what they call the 7 year itch?

The only reason I have stayed with Tmobile for so many years is because of its excellent UMA hardware technology. Software VoIP will never be as good as Hardware UMA. This is the dumbest thing Tmobile can do. If they stop supporting UMA I will jump ship.

And yes the price is currently too high for me.

My mom ordered hers from the walmart website and she paid 169.99, awesome phone. I want to buy one from verizon now

So if there is no UMA, what kind of band will it be on when its on wifi? All of my previous BB's from tmo have had UMA. This is all new to me.

Does anyone know the price on a 1 year contract? Two years is just way too long to go between handsets.

C'mon ATT, you're making me beg here, please release the Bold 9900 already :-(

$300. They've got to be kidding.

So the Bold went from an AT&T exclusive to excluded.

letstalk.com has new BBerry Bold's for $164.99 for new users and $214.99 for existing T-mobile users?!

I just ported over to Verizon from T mobile..got my 9930 for 199. no more red SOS signals out in the field and no more dropped calls (sold my iphone 4 w att) ....big red is more expensive but it works all the time!!!
299 is so stupid they will never sell them ...

WHAT ABOUT TMOBILE UK!!!!!!!!! My upgrade is due and I want it

I've read that the T-Mobile 9900 (unlike other T-mobile phones)may actually be able to run on ATT's 3G/HSPA+ bands.

I have my doubts, but can anybody confirm this through some real world use on ATT's network (or via some frequency specs)?

Today is the first time that I've disconnected from a T-Mobile call with disappointment... The rep suggested that I move from the Even More Plus Plan to the Value Plan in order to "enjoy" the EIP option. It's different from the previous plan because you'll have to pay half ($299) up front. You'll still be in a contract with them for 2 years, with no discount on the phone upgrades. WTH?

just got my 9900!

So this should work on Mobilicity and Wind in Canada, right? Note that the Bell / Rogers / Telus models in Canada will work on AT&T for those who are waiting and willing to pay full price (which is the same as in the US... but actually only $549 on Rogers I believe... when they get stock!)

So, good for Wind and Mobilicity users in Canada I guess!

Way too expensive, no UMA and just too far behind in smartphone technology. I'll be getting the Samsung Galaxy SII when T-Mobile releases it instead.

I think I will still have to buy it. Att is so messed up. This phone is sweet. The price sucks really bad. The problem with Sprint and Verizon is it is cdma and 3G so you can't talk and use data at the same time.

If the 2 year agreement price goes down (in the near future) is it possible for the suggested retail price to go down too? As much as I doubt it, I just preferred to ask...

It is expensive, but oddly enough there are at least 5 stores in NYC that are sold out and are adding names to a "waiting list" - T-Mobile knows that people will pay the premium. The reps at the retail locations are saying they only received 5 units, they might get more sometime today, they aren't sure, they weren't told how many to expect. Seriously T-Mobile? You've been pre-selling these phones to business customers who are willing to add a new line but your existing customers have to wait and be put on some "list". To make it worse, when you call customer service and if you aren't eligible for an upgrade they try to tell you that you can break up the payments over 24 months if you pay $150, bringing to total price (before taxes) to about $750, really T-Mobile?

wow, the only thing holding me back from dropping att and going to tmobile is the price.. att seriously needs to get their act together and actually focus on their products timetable rather than buying compettiions (who the govt shot down!)

$299 is simply ridiculous, 3G, 4G, it could be 18G & still too high

I ordered mine from walmart. Only $215 (assumingly $15 more than what the price will be in a few months) and I got to go on the Value plan and will now be paying $20 less than I already do now?

Score/win for me.

And now with this AT&T merger most likely not going through, its an even bigger win!

Also, I hate these people who say T-Mobile sucks. I get great service everywhere!

It is clear what T-Mobile is doing with this pricing. They won't sell many at this price so they can justify ordering less from RIM. Let's face it... Android gained market share last quarter at the expense of BlackBerry. What would you focus your resources on?

Meh, my current BB is working fine. I'll wait a month or two, see of the price drops and if UMA gets added. Then I'll decide.

Went in to get mine today and was told the date was pushed till tomorrow because of the misprint on the box. Looks like some markets are either putting out the bad boxes or got their act together. Dallas is probably just too small of a town to be able to get the new boxes in the stores on time.

T-Mobile must be trying to milk the early adopters and BB fanboys right off the bat. No way can they justify this price vs the 9930 or the Android devices they sell themselves. This price should drop an easy $50 fast.

9900 - $599

Playbook - $499

iPad2 - $499

Are they serious!

I'm waiting for QNX devices anyway, but still, $599!!!!

i went to utilize my upgrade on the tmobile website to purchase the bold 9900. Tmobile quotd my upgrade price, with my earned upgrade of two years btw: $399 with two year contract. glad my upgrade made the phone even more expensive than if i just wanted to buy it with 2 year contract. the upgrade price without the 2 year contract: $699. really!?!? wth tmobile. i'm supposed to get a discount for upgrade discount that i have earned.

I have to buy it without contract.....:( Really expensive, but worth it!!!!

Goodbye Tmobile. Hello Sprint!!!

I just logged on to TMo website. I haven't had a new phone since March of '09, to upgrade to the new bold 9900 they want $404.83. $18 of which is an upgrade fee. Why do I have an upgrade fee if I'm eligible for a full upgrade?

Thanks T-Mo for ripping us off by charging $100. more than anyone else. I'll wait. I really wanted one too.

Call tmobile and ask them how much is your EFT. Tell them you can get the BOLD online from Sprint for 199 and you are thinking of switching. Maybe they'll offer you a sweet deal. Its worth a try.

MOBILICITY Needs to hurry up! What's taking them soo long? geeeeeez

hell yeah!! this means WIND should be getting it soon as well :D

Got mine!!! IT'S AMAZING

I have been waiting since they first announced this phone (seems like years but it is only a few months). Yes, it is ridiculously priced but I decided I was worth it. Went to my T-Mobile store two hours after it opened in NYC and they were already sold out with a waiting list. They told me that each store only got 4 phones with the biggest store in Manhattan only getting 6 phones!!! Every other store was already sold out with a waiting list. I called locations in Queens and they also only got 3 or 4 phones. And to add insult to injury, I had both a discount coupon worth 50% off accessories and a $25.00 Promotion card both expiring TODAY!!! I called Customer Service and they said they had plenty of the phones and would ship it but that I couldn't use either the coupon or Promotion Card with a Phone order. Plus this rep kept trying to get me to change my plan too. I ended up calling back later and the new rep told me to use the Promotion card against my phone bill (good advice) and to buy something for the new phone at my local T-Mobile store. So I went back did just that and the guy in the store told me that they were already up to 20 people on the waiting list (I'm lucky number 10) and that he was also disappointed because had they received all the phones needed they would have made their sales quota for the month. He (and I) have no idea when the phones will be available.

Finally!!!

Rep in S Florida store said stores got 5 each. He already sold 2 when I went to get mine 15 minutes after opening.

As someone who has been using Blackberry's for years on end now (first BBerry was the Pearl 8100) and who has been with TMO since the release of the sidekick 2, I have to say that I never thought a day would come where a NEW BBerry would be released and I wouldn't have it within the first week if not the first day. I don't mean to sound negative here, I think the new BBerry's are great, especially the 9900 (I've had Curve's too, but as we all know the Bold series has always been the cream of the crop as far as berry's go.) and I'm glad for RIM, but I have to say that I personally will be leaving Blackberry after all these years....

It wasn't an easy decision to make. I was one of those people who always stood by RIM. I had advocated highly for RIM (and TMO for that matter) when many others were singing high in their praises about the iPhone, in addition to other devices. I do feel that RIM just hasn't stepped up their game enough with all these new devices...

My reasoning is a mix between pricing and hardware specifications. To be honest, this phone is really expensive opposed to some of the competition that out there. It seems like the main thing I would be paying for is HANDS DOWN THE BEST QWERTY KEYPAD EVER, which I believe is great but in the end, I could personally adapt to utilizing a touch screen keypad on a device with a really large screen...

With that being said, I'm waiting on said Samsung Hercules which should be out around the end of October. It may not have a physical keyboard, but it does provide a 4.5" super AMOLED plus screen, 1.2GHz exynos (samsungs own) processor, 16GB internal mem (double what the Bold offers now), Video recording in 1080HD, 42Mbps HSPA+ capability (those specs are ludicrous!, "if" true"), etc.

The saddest part? I truly believe that this phone will end up costing me LESS than the Bold 9900 while providing me with MORE in the feature department. I am aware that a phone is a type of iconography and that they are all very personal, but at what point do we recognize as consumers of an amazing company (RIM), that there are better and affordable options out there?

I'm not saying I'll "never" return to RIM, but its safe to say that at this point I'll explore my other options in the hopes that when they do drop those QNX devices, they will be providing mobile consumers around the world with one of the most Elite devices that is incomparable to any others (or at least on par with).

Thanks :)

/agree with most everyone here. Definitely interested in the 9900 on TMo; but, not at this price. The keyboard looks like it's to die for but voice-recognition on an Android might have to do in the meantime.

Would love an updated phone. I have a Bold 9700. However, I just don't see the 9900 as a significant upgrade. It really doesn't offer me $250 worth of improvements. I also have a Playbook that I can now buy at half the price. So, no hurry to buy a phone with little tech improvements. And I sure don't want to extend my contract two more years.

My sister called tmobile friday and complained that the price was to high. We told them that we were considering waiting 4 months till our contract was up and just switching to sprint and getting it for 200. Then they offered a deal for 175

She got the phones for 175 after mail in rebate and all that