BlackBerry Porsche 9981 Smartphone Product Video

I've said this before, that thing is basically going to get Jim and Mike fired! You can polish a turd......

Lol... Actually you can't polish a turd. The design will grow on people and for $2000 it better grows on those who are able to afford it

Aha! Different icons and font on the homescreen huh? And they say that liquid graphics broke the theme engine -_-

Did you say t-t-t-t-t-t-t-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS? The Porsche Design store has another cell phone for sale on its site for $800. Are you telling me this 9900 device is 2 grand??? No way. I mean, nobody will buy a $2000 BB. Unless it comes free with the purchase of a car, you won't see any of these on the street.

I think it's hot and I'd buy one, but not at that price point.

We can't get 2.0 but they are making 2,000 dollar phones...who is running this company...smh

seriously.. it looks ugly =__=

I assume it will be an unlocked GSM phone, but will it use AT&T or T-Mobile frequencies?

Starting to grow on me.
It looks a lot better now that it doesn't say "Proceeding" on the front.

Isn't it great that RIM can mess around and have a Porsche designed BB phone but can't seem to get the F**king 2.0 Playbook update out to customers??

Shame on you RIM

this thing is even mire hideous on video.

can we get a contest going for one of these bad boys?

RIM just seem to have their priorities wrong.

Just saying.

i dont know why but i really like it. id buy it if it wasnt that expensive. it reminds me a lot of the Motorola Q

That's not even a touchscreen is it??????? Its ugly either way. Fuck it!!

Looks ugly.

It makes me think "Marty McFly just called and he wants his phone back!" (this looks more like that 80's style DeLorean than a Porsche)

They left out the part where you have to throw up after looking at it.

For everyone who thinks this phone is ugly: "When the fox could not reach the grapes, he said the grapes were sour"

For everyone who is shocked at the price: "Well, its not for you. Its for people who don't have a problem paying for it. Who want something different, exclusive and different from what all you nerds carry around"

For all those blaming RIM: "Well, Don't. This is a Porche Design product which they want to market to the elite. That again, need the reliability and security of BlackBerry all while turning heads"

Why is everyone so ignorant these days?

Ugly!

Call me jealous that's fine, for me personally I don't like the look of that phone & it's not about being able to afford it or not, I mean in this day & age, anyone with good credit can charge $2,000 if they really want that phone, if I REALLY wanted that phone I'd go buy it, but the thing is, to ME, it doesn't look good. Look at that trackpad, honestly to ME it looks like something off of an old handheld video game as does the back button. The keyboard itself doesn't look much better, I would have honestly expected something A LOT cooler looking coming from Porsche, but then again this is MY opinion. I'm sure people will feel the need to "bash" me & that's their opinion to do so but again to ME, I just think that from the people who make some sweet looking cars, they could have come up with a Blackberry that's worth spending $2,000 on.

The finish on the battery door is Bold 9000 ish, it would have been great to have that similar finish on the 99XX with the NFC embedded. I don't like the Porsche BB though, but, even if I did I wouldn't spend $2000 for it.

Guys Bold 9900 is designed by RIM and this ugly beauty is designed by Porche...they want to sell it to the elite who want unique stuff even if it means ugly.

Stop Blaming RIM for both the design and price...

Fugly!

Keyboard looks hard to type on.

I really like the design, but as for the price tag, for that price it should also include an "exclusive Porsche app" that connects you directly to roadside assistance or to your local Porsche dealers service department. ;-)

Anyone know if the 9981 os can run on a 9900?

C"mon, even if the externals are ugly, y'all wana know what's under the hood....am I right???

The most hideous adulteration of a phone I have ever seen. The reason why Porsche Design has to increase the price is because only a few would give it a second glance. You CAN polish a turd, and when I say that, the Blackberry logo is the polish on this bland, gray P.O.S.

I have to admit, this phone is growing on me. When I first saw the rumor pictures I thought it was a Chinese copy or a prototype of 99x0. It looks amazingly solid and that all leather back door would feel real nice in the hand. German engineering plus BlackBerry Internals... YES PLEASE!

Its your money, buy this phone if you like it.

At first I thought 'what have they done' but at present I am veering towards dissapointment that I will never be able to own this phone, and probably never see one in real life. I think the high tech look of the keyboard and some of the display graphics look great so maybe an opportunity to theme developers. I read $2000 is the price and they will no doubt sell many to the clientele that Porsche have around the world. I wonder, are they unique with personal ID numbers like a limited edition run or are they made to order ?

Oh my! Someone sure likes lens flares!

Yuck, Yuck, Yuck and Yuck.

Seriously.. They asre coming out with way to much useless ugly ass phones like they could of just kept the torch, bold and curve phones make it basic on that and those phones came out nice but to have the small bold with the ugly buttons and this one that don't even look like a blackberry.. When they should focus on next generation phone that can compete with iphone 4s specs I don't know seem like rim is getting lost in what their suppose to be concentrating on

this is exactly what the problem with RIM is

why in the world would you let another company build a device around your proprietary system...

Google has even learned about all the fragmentation on its platform, but I guess RIM can't even see that....

What a shame, looks like RIM is trying to do just about anything to stay alive.

Why don't they focus their energy on building fewer but better devices with one solid operating system....this is MBA 101 stuff yet they just can't get things right....

Research In SLOW Motion was only successful cuz of the push email, that is no longer an issue....the company has failed to innovate (how much has the BB changed)?

You don't deserve to be in business, RIM.

OK, below is opinion. Not fact. Opinion. I've got one, you've got one, and something like this is chance to share opinions - meaning just cuz I disagree with you, or you disagree with me.... doesn't mean we have to result to insults, ok boys and girls? Great. with that out of the way...

I think it looks like something out of Star Trek (Next Generation). I think it would look pretty sweet next to Jordi's tricorder (yes, I used to love that show)

Would I buy one? No. Would I buy one if it was the same price as a standard-issue 9900? Maybe....
Do I think it's worth $2000? No, but anything that has a popular/famous brand name is rarely worth the retail value. Part of what you are paying for IS the name, not just the product.

Not sold on the aluminum/stainless steel look. Its too much. Stainless steel or alumiunm as accents? sure. The whole device? No, its overkill.

But, it is a Blackberry (even though its got a new UI, and a custom housing) and that's why its on this site..... right?

Delorean robocop calculator

if I had a Porsche 911 Turbo I'd get this phone. Acutally i'd have to get a porsche phone to match my car.

Its auto buy. At 2k it will be the cheapest accessory for my car.

Fabulous! :-)

RIM should get more things like this
How about Ferrari Torch? or Austin Martin inspired Storm
Vertu sell their yesteryear technology phones even at higher prices.

Hey is this a leave a comment and win??? lol haha
I love it
I have had Blackberry since 2004 and as a true user I LOVE IT

It's still ugly. Let's see Lambourgini design one, then we're talkin'.

That was one smooth talking commercial, I'm sold.

Guess Rim have caught other phone manufacturers cold by doing this as I can't think of any mobile manufacturer with one of their phones redesigned and being sold as a high end product. After all Asus had Lamborghini designed laptops and Acer had Ferrari ones as well I think, so its only new in the mobile phone market. And yes I'd have one if I was as rich as the people this is aimed at.

come on Blackberry, collaborate with tag heuer and I'll buy it in a heartbeat. or better yet collaborate with IWC so I can have matching phone to go with my watch

that music made me wanna go play with myself. am i the only one?

Hey everyone.

I got my hands on this thing last night. A RIM employee I know from a local bar (yeah loads of them hang out there, I've seen many products and OS'es before release) had this phone.

RIM was obviously involved in it if an employee has one.

The thing is a piece of garbage. The left and right buttons for call and hang up are loose at the side (you can literally 'lift' the button up and if it got caught on something it would rip off) They keys are horrendous to work with, plastic and recessed half way which makes it incredibly awkward to use.

Overall feel was ok, but I expected for a $2,000 phone the buttons would be metal.

Honestly, its nothing special... I'd be embarrassed to have the RIM or the Porsche name on it.

I like it and I'd buy one if it were even just a bit more than a 9900. I like the all metal look. the new Torch should have had some metallic touches to it instead of being all plastic and looking like every other smartphone out there. That's what this phone does for me, gives me something dfferent but the same great BB OS. It's too bad Porsche doesn't want to sell a lot these phones, if they sold this phone for just under $400 they would still have the high price which they seem to like, but it's still within reach for those who want something different.

lol I might get one... I think its very different, I like the size, and I wouldn't mind having a phone that not everyone has...

Marketing industry guy here-

I know everyone really wants 2.0 and BBX and QNX phones, but this is a VERY wise move on RIM's part.

Basically, by creating what is effectively a partnership with Porsche, they're increasing brand-name awareness in other industries and markets. Now they're the phone that gets to be associated with the Porsche brand.

I think we'll see more special edition phones out of RIM, and this means better products for us BB users in the future. We just have to be patient.

Damnit, $2k, there goes my cool tron phone, oh well 9900 it is!!