BlackBerry PlayBook to hit UK shores on June 16th - Buy at Carphone Warehouse/Best Buy, Dixons Stores Group, Insight & Phones

on 17 May 2011 08:23 AM

PlayBook in the UK

The above tweet from UK_BlackBerry says it all. The BlackBerry PlayBook is now available for pre-order and come June 16th will be available to folks in the UK. Finally!! Retailers announced in the tweet include Carphone Warehouse/Best Buy, Dixons Stores Group, Insight and Phones 4U. The tablet will run you £399 for the 16GB, £479 for the 32GB and £559 for the 64GB version.

If you're in the UK and want to get primed and ready, be sure to to check out our PlayBook 101s and take a stroll through the PlayBook forums and PlayBook accessory store. June 16th can't come soon enough!

Filed Under: News & Rumors, International News; Tags: BlackBerry Playbook

24 Comments

Posted by skyman84 Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

Yeah... I was a little impatient and had a US friend send me one over last month...

Loving it tho!!!

Posted by pccdromaw Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

its about time.

Posted by cas118 Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

Lol - I saw it for preorder on the Currys website and thought that I had grabbed a bit of news and dutifully emailed it to Crackberry, only to find the tweet in my feed straight afterwards.

A pure facepalm moment :)

Posted by BBThemes Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

carphone warehouse offering half price discount on a case+screen protector for pre-orders too

Posted by DJ Reyes Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

Can't wait........now to find a way to get at least £399 to pay for one then I'm set

Posted by cfoxx Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

How utterly scandalous that they've aligned their prices exactly with the iPad2. The iPad2 is a market leading, premium product worth the £399 price tag. How can they charge the same for a smaller, feature devoid tablet from a less fashionable manufacturer? I had been seriously thinking about getting a PlayBook because I fell in love with the iPad but was put off by the lack of Flash, but at £399 the PlayBook isn't worth it. They can't just one-up Apple on Flash, they need to undercut the pricing too. If Apple get flash on the iPad, I know where I'll be spending my money.

Posted by gbester Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

That is your right, but I am happy with my Playbook.

Posted by dodger_moore Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

PlayBook's better than the iPad2 though.

Posted by sf49ers Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

Every thing that the Playbook can do in its current form---it does a lot better than the iPad2 does. (namely consumption of media - playing/streaming video, surfing the internet, multitasking, videos, etc.) When the software has matured, the features are complete, and apps are in place, I imagine it will beat the iPad2 in every metric.

Posted by Kiddo2050 Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

That's the thing cfoxx, Apple will NEVER get flash because God Jobs doesn't want it, and he doesn't give a flying F__K what you want.

Now why doesn't he want it? He says it's buggy but I suspect iOS isn't powerful enough to run it. Either way you'll never see flah on apple..... maybe I shouldn't say never they did get a right click ... about 15 years after everyone else.

Posted by NO_CARRIER Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

You're free to have your own opinions. If you feel an iPad2 is money better spent, then by all means---buy an iPad2. Make sure you do your research though, because the Playbook does offer a lot more in many respects compared to an iPad2. And of course, the iPad2 does offer more apps and a larger screen size if that's what you desire.

Posted by adrianyoung Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

For those who haven't looked, the prices are the same everywhere:
16gb - £400
32gb - £480
64gb - £560
[Well, 1p less]

Posted by nashstruck Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

i think you mean 1 pound less

Posted by Spawn12 Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

About time its meant to be released here in the UK...still i paid less than what they will be sold here for, picked up a 32gb wifi version for £450....just goes to show what an utter rip off the UK is when it comes to buying things.

Very very happy with my US spec 32gb playbook, works perfectly fine over here and ill still be covered under the warranty even though its not a UK spec device.

Posted by nashstruck Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

it's the VAT buddy.. 20% is a hefty amount.

Posted by g2wit Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

Prices are steep - disappointing but not surprising I guess...

Posted by Bjørn Misund Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

Launched in Norway by Trigcom on may 9th. I got mine the next day and I'm loving it :-))))

Posted by kingsleyweb Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

I think maybe a holiday to America'll be required when the 9900 is out, get mself kitted out with them both..

Posted by loreburne Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

Can you attach an external Hard Drive via USB if you get one one the lower memory ones?

Posted by begolu Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

LOL for all that start comparing Playbook vs Ipad, better buy both before make a post (you might just compare it from spec to spec, do you aware that what written in the spec may not working. for example both got GPS, but PB got no application running with GPS.....wtf)

Please read a review before purchase, make sure the review not come from fan boy, be careful with your expectation. at this point Playbook have a very limited functionality. No native email, no instant messaging, bridge is very slow and still cannot play the media file except document. What do you except from an equipment that even cannot get their killer application up and running upon launch? why RIM share drop to 2 years low, while most other company share rise upon launch new product? HOLD your purchase, let RIM improve the product before they launch it........................

Posted by BBThemes Wednesday, May 18, 2011 370 days ago

you must of missed apples shares being low in june and july last year, yup, launched new product and shares were down. time to rethink that thesis.

also RIM`s current 2 year low was in august 2010, not now. please visit a financial site rather than repeating something you have read on other blog sites which isnt even true

Posted by loreburne Tuesday, May 17, 2011 371 days ago

Does the Ipad 2 convert pigeon English?

Posted by Ojin Wednesday, May 18, 2011 370 days ago

I'm interested in when the Czech Republic, .....

Posted by Gamesdmc3 Thursday, May 19, 2011 369 days ago

Have fun,and record some lunch day videos