LOOKS DAMN GOOD

This picture makes it look good.

I will however stick with the 9650 I'm getting.

As a long-time and very happy Sprint customer, I see where they are going with this. However, even if it is rockin' official OS 6 I would never buy this phone. It's just not my "Style" - pun intended.

I personally love my Bold 9650 running 6.0.0.284!!

Please don't tell me that it will say 5.0 Megapixel camera in the back... -__-

Give it a little extra shine in this pic, but the damn thing is oversized, clunky, and down right ugly. The price almost fits the purchase, should be 19.99 on boost mobile.

I loved my Samsung I500 many moons ago, it is about time we get another flip with a full keyboard, bravo to Sprint and RIM.

fat cousin???

While earlier pics made this look hideous...the purple gives it a lil "style". Still not as cute as my Torch.(-:To each his own.

This phone looks better and better to me everytime I see it.......There's a market out there for it and I think it'll be a good seller

When ever I see pictures of a new phone I like to reserve final judgment until I hold it in my hands. There's been times where i did not like the look of a phone but changed my mind once I actually held one.
I would like to know how well the flip mechanism works. Also is it all the way open or closed or does it have a half way open position like it shown in the pics? The halfway open position could be very handy if you set it on a table or desk.

The purple actually makes it look good. You hardly notice all the dead space around the screen and keyboard.

That's a pretty ugly looking BlackBerry. (In my opinion)

The battery is pitiful, the camera is par for what is offered by other BlackBerry devices, as is the memory. It's screen may be bigger than the Bold 9000's but it has a worse resolution.

The video camera is still bad, and the processor is the same 624 mhz they've been using for close to 2 years.

In fact, besides more memory (512 mb) and more megapixels (5.0), this phone is as powerful as my Bold 9000.

I don't know about you, but more and more RIM is trying to be "jack of all trades, master of none".

Sure they boast a lot of features, but they are behind in nearly every single category of smartphone now. Want to know why BlackBerry app world is a fail? Because we are limited by app memory. If they allowed apps to be stored on SD cards like many other companies do, blackberry app world would be decent.

Sure the flip is nice to have, but this phone should have at least a 1550 MaH battery, at least an 7.2 MP camera, higher resolution screens, at least 1 gb ram because OS 6 takes close to 220 mb+, and at least an 800 mhz or above processor.

Anyone who has used a Torch will tell you just how bad the 624 mhz processor is now. It was amazing in 2008, in 2010 not so much. Also, why keep putting inferior batteries in? They used a 1550 MaH for the original Bold and Bold 9700 and now they've gone down to 1150 and 1350 Mah batteries despite OS 6 being so intensive. You can see for yourself how bad the battery life is on the Torch.

And soon, the Bold 9780 will release with nothing more than a simple megapixel and memory upgrade.

i cant wait until this pos drops, RIM looks crappier by the day

and not to mention my google stock will keep increasing!

haha screw blackberry and crackberry this forum is a waste of time, when i had my blackberry this forum has tons of comments on its articles, now its having a hard time getting double-digit posts hahahahaha, check out droidforums.net you turds

First, I'm so tired of anything being "exclusive" to any carrier anymore. Sure, let's strangle the market and anger the very people we try to make money off of!

Second, if a touch screen/qwerty slider on a very popular network was considered a fail, why would a non-touch qwerty flip on a much less popular network do good or any better at all??? I feel RIM is happy where they are at and so will continue to produce where they are happy.... Years behind of today's technology.

MY favorite bb was the Pearl Flip and I was going to get the 9670 until I played with a Android device. Blackberry is so far behind the eight ball why would anyone want one when there are android devices out there.Don't get me wrong I like bb but come on get on the ball RIM and stop launching last years products!

The phone actually looks way better than what was shown in the leaked pics.

dependent upon the how this physically feels in the pocket, if it's small and unobtrusive then seems like it's a potential 'sidekick' to a PlayBook.

....I gotta have this phone OPEN in order to do anything with it???

No thanks. :(

Just like other devices on the market like the Curve 8500 and even the Bold, will this phone eventually come out on AT&T?

Just another one of RIM's "specatcular" devices that shows how out of touch and behind the times that they are. A flip device? Welcome to the 90's *rolleyes*

... not bad enough to go to Sprint, sorry.

GREAT MARKETING MOVE by RIM. Package the LONG awaited OS in a NON BB form factor, TWICE...its just a shame the Pearl Flip came ot FIRST.

View User Guide for the New Black Berry Out-of-Style

http://www.jitterbug.com/Phones/pdfs/HowToGuide.pdf

I like clamshell's, looks to be smaller, 5.0 camera, no butt dialing (purse dialing for ladies) and OS 6 loaded up? I'll at least go in and play around with it!

sexy sexy sexy. im soooo happy they didnt use the look of the 9670 in the simulator leaked awhile back. that made me cry lol.

Why would BB come out with a new phone on Sprint running the new OS 6 and it not be a 4G phone? Sprint being the first carrier for 4G it just would make sense for the newest BB on Sprint to have it!

Only way BB can stay up with other smart phones in the market is to use the QNX OS on the phones, and hopefully sooner then later.

They are doomed...the longer they wait the more it blows.

They need it on phones now and fast

It's not as horrible as I thought it was going to be. The location of the camera is a bit questionable - most flip phones that are popular have the camera on the face so you don't have to hold the phone at a weird angle to take pictures.

And everyone going on about how flip phones are so 90s -- think about every person out there you know who does not own a smart phone of any kind. How many of them have flips or horizontal sliders? Probably most of them. I see what RIM is doing - and I still see tons of people sporting Pearl Flips around here so I wouldn't be surprised if they do decently with this phone.

As a side note - I see lots of people sporting LG Lotus phones - they're square and have the full querty in a flip as well. There is a market for this phone, we who prefer our candy-bar smartphones just don't see it.

I'm trying to imagine this phone being any uglier.
I'm failing.

Is it me or does the Style resemble the old Kyocera 7135?

not everyone wants a slider or a candybar phone and not everyone wants their phone to have touch capabilities. there's a market for this. Good move. it's looking a lot better than it did a few months ago when all we had were leaked crappy shots of it.

Good looking phone,I don't think that I will upgrade from the 8130 pearl to this one.

The more I see of this phone the more I like it. I will hold out for the Torch for a few months but my 8330 is getting very dated. I could see myself with this phone instead of the 9650. Come on Sprint, don't let me down!

I have to say that it looks a lot better than I thought. I really thought they were going backwards for a moment but I can see people getting tired of the those big smart phones. RIM may be on to something here.

Judging by the color it's clear that they are aiming this toward women. It's definitely not my thing, but I suppose it may be popular with women, especially in purple. Maybe they'll offer it in white and pink too!

I guess I really need to see it in person. I just have abandoned the flip style phone because of all the hinge problems. Nothing beats a brick style phone. IMHO.
For some reason this phone looks huge in the pictures. (could be just me)
I am holding onto my tour until I see this one in person and see if the OS 6 really wows. Or better yet hope a Torch style phone hits Sprint soon instead.
Come on Sprint you let all the good phones get away!!

Still ugly, 2yrs. agreement for this wackass device... hell naw! another fail device from RIM. BlackBerry is dead... seem like a Robot Phone is taking over not some stupid fruit, i can't wait to move on.

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trying to convert her to blackberry=P

hope it comes to rogers......

Read under Sprint & Rims press release almost half of cell users use this form factor. All the haters we get it! You dont like a flip but this device is looking even better & better. They need to run that cool promo vid as a commercial. Not Everyone wants a 5inch touchscreen phone is what it comes down to period & this device has awesome specs if you ask me. I hope it sells like hotcakes & proves the naysayers wrong!

No one is actually excited about this device, are they? I love how CDMA networks "best" achievements are so-so at best.

I think the Blackberry Style provides another option. As mentioned before not everyone is enamored with the candy bar form factor. A lot of people that I know still carry a flip phone and don't care much about touch screens, graphics and blazing speed. Call it 90's or old fashioned if you will. A lot of senior folks love flip phones and want a physical keyboard.

from a current BB Bold owner, Im digging this phone. i love flip phones, only reason i have a candy bar form smart phone is cuz Sprint prices are so darn cheap compared to the other carriers. now for me i got the best of both worlds a flip form and a Blackberry. Its not going to be for everyone but for me it is.

As along time customer of Sprint I am extremely happy with my service and am currently using the Blackberry Tour. I will be able to upgrade in December of this year. I am debating the Bold 9650 or the new 9670. I am not sure which one to go with. But was at the mall over the weekend and walked up to a Sprint kiosk. I spoke to the rep about if new Blackberry's are hitting the market for sprint? I was told Sprint will be getting their own version of the torch except it will not have the touch screen factors like AT&T does. Should I get the Bold 9650 or wait?

Bro, I would wait! I have the tour, upgraded to the Bold for sprint and was VERY disappointed in it. It's the EXACT same phone, housing, screen, camera, etc... as the Tour. It's just not worth the $200 upgrade fee, I returned it.

Yes, the bold has more memory but I never have problems with that, Yes it has wifi and there was NO difference between wifi and 3G on my home network.

My girl has the bold for T mobile and at least it looks cooler, leather battery cover etc.. they simply made this Bold out of leftover tour parts. Seriously, I would wait.

You could get it, mess with it, realize it's just a tour with a trackpad, and return it within the 30 days though.. like I did? Good Luck to ya

You cell phone nerds are killing me. Of all the things in the world, you're going to insult someone because their phone is "out of style"? I don't know ONE human on earth that thinks this way.. where the hell do you people come from?? If you no longer have a BB, then get a life and get the hell off the forum.. Make sense??

And anyone using the word "FAIL", for ANY reason EVER, should be banished from the internet for eternity!

I liked it when it was first leaked but I do wish RIM would have made better use of the dead space. This will be a good alternative to the Pearl Flip users.

The "Style" may have been in style 10 years ago, but now it looks like a retro-phone. My contract expires 06/01/11, by then I hope Sprint and RIM have an upgraded Torch-like BlackBerry smartphone availible, otherwise i'm seriously considering getting an HTC. Crackberries just want somthing to rival iphones, 'Droids and HTC's...and SOON RIM!

Another waste of RIM's time, money and resources.

The reason why 100 million out of the 235+ million of people are on dummy flip phones is because they either can't afford or don't want to be on a smartphone plan. They aren't all waiting around for the best flip device to come out to answer all of their flip phone needs. I would take a fair guess and say that most of these people who are still on flip devices don't give a woe that the Style is being released. They will all stay on their prepaid service with their cheap junkie phone because they know it'll get beat up whether at work or just misuse and they can always get another cheap junkie phone for next to nothing that works for them.

RIM is so backwards! For their consumers who want a kick ass phone comparable to the iPhone or Android, they give them phones with old hardware. For consumers who aren't really into cell phone tech or don't care so much about what their cell can do and just want something to get by with, they release an overkill device like the Style... What the hell is going on?! Someone is drunk behind the wheel.

I still am content with my Storm2, but I'm itching for a change. I really want to stay with RIM and BlackBerry, but for someone like me who wants an advanced or modern phone, RIM sure isn't giving me many options. To me, seeing the Style released is no different than seeing these refreshed devices drop - completely disappointing.

RIM has been completely good to it's consumers up until the Storm series debacle, then we saw the swift death of the Tour, we're now getting hosed with "refreshed" devices and OS6 and finally RIM wastes it's time with devices like the Style which stagnants growth and development of the type of device RIM should be giving us. I predict the Style will be a complete failure, even if it sells a little bit, how long before RIM stops supporting a device like that and throws it's users on the same pile as the failed Storm/Tour/Pearl flip pile?

I am however interested in what QNX has to offer RIM, so I'll stick around on my Storm2 and see what that future holds for BlackBerry, but there's no way in hell I'm buying another RIM device until RIM starts actually giving us phones that can actually compete in today's modern market.

I think the flip design will be very useful to watch Sprint TV and You Tube videos. You can tilt the screen back and forward and it sits on itself. I'd get it for that reason only. I have the 8330 so it would be a good upgrade anywyas...

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Phone looks sweet, theres a lot of peeps out there that dont give a shi@ about touch screen and apps, they want a solid phone and dont want to feel up their phone just make a phone call. Im buying one for sure.

iphone and bb make os and h/w, thats a huge advantage over droid. Droiders are all waiting months just to get an update of their os and complaining about root and blur/sense and fragmentation and what not.

Gingerbreads gonna fix everything, it'll be the best, ya ya, blah bla...

this phone looks really good! i've been waiting for a good flip blackberry phone for some time now and this seems like the perfect thing. one problem though is that its a CDMA phone, and so if i were to change to this phone would i have to change my number?

also, i don't live in the states or canada (in the UK), so i hope this will be released in the here as well. if not the UK then countries in asia where most of the phones are unlocked. locked phones connected to a carrier are more troublesome than unlocked phones.

continue to put out crap products?

Doesn't ANYONE in Ontario have a CLUE of what people want?

Or are they a stupid bunch of Canucks?

"Well, gee, the Pearl Flip didn't sell, so let's make it bigger, uglier, and PURPLE!"

Morons. FA1L.

On the back, in the hinge, or at the bottom under the keyboard. Any comment on the quality vs 9700 of 9000? Also, does the screen go into landscape when you watch video?

What a slap in the face this new Blackberry from Sprint is! After all this time waiting for a GOOD phone, like the ATT Torch, we get this piece of crap! How disappointing. Maybe I'll just keep my old Curve 8330 till it croaks. The Style is not close to the Torch. Did RIM or Sprint ever think we wanted a BIGGER SCREEN, too? Guess we need to buy an Android phone for that. Thanks for nothing Sprint and RIM!!!

Why does Sprint get exclusivity to this phone?

I hope RIM will put out an unlocked version that will work on AT&T.

Got the Style this morning at Best Buy Love it Awesome phone. I like flips & I got a little nervous to see it in person. It's so much better in your hand and the features are awesome & responsive. If your on the fence you should check it out! Exceeds my expectations. The trackpad is super easy to use then a laggy touchscreen too and the new OS 6 rocks.

I just picked up the Blackberry Style this afternoon after having replaced my Bold 4 times and still having issues with the latest one. I'm hoping this one will run better than the Bold's been working for me.

OK it won me over when I got to hold it in my hands for the first time I knew that the OS6 was going to be amazing but I had some reservations about the size of the keyboard. After using it for a few minutes those fears were soon dimished. This is an awesome phone and my thanks to Sprint for releasing it. I was thinking about changing carriers but no more.

love the way the phone is made and i love blackberrys but yall (sprint)dont have signal at my house only veizon does i wish yall did i would go with yall

I had 8 different flip phones prior to owning my first Blackberry. I'm on my second Curve now and (of course) I love them. However, if I were a Sprint Customer I'd be all over this. Looks like a great phone...

OMG! I love the newest blackberry style 9670 purple. Soon to have one...

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I am a proud owner of the style, and those of you complaining about how "ugly" it is and "not cool" need to go back to the salon and get your highlights checked. I am so sick of pathetic little people defining themselves by how many fart apps their phone holds. My phone fits in my pocket nicely, makes phone calls, takes awesome pics, and let's me check my email and text. I am so glad there are still some of us out there that still think of our phone as a phone, cause all of you that are using your phone as an extension of your tiny little dicks prove that natural selection no longer exists.

I like the looks of it but I hate my 8330. I'm considering switching back to the Palm. I can't figure out how to do anything on this phone. And now after a year and a half of sending pics as MMS it won't let me.