The BlackBerry Bold is making a splash across the pond! In Paris, France today there were lineups at SFR's launch of RIM's latest smartphone. I received the image above and following email from Julien...
Here is a picture of the queue in SFR (#1 French carrier) retail store on the Champs Elysées, Paris. Today @ 2pm, SFR released the Bold. SFR is really the first carrier here to release it. Pricing info: 2 yr contract - 319 € / $450.
See the picture? Well... I was there for a long time. It took me two and a half hours to get it, but, my precious is chaaarrrgggiiiiinnnnggggg now. I'm so happy, you have no idea. I'm considering taking a day off tomorrow to play with it. Have a nice day!
Taking a day off work to play with a new BlackBerry? Definitely a CrackBerry Addict. Any AT&T customers planning on waiting in line for the Bold and taking a day off work to play with it?? :-)
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450 new contract !!!! thats crazy !!! i would never with a new contract. thats crackhead prices. ill pay the 100$ more for out the door price
I will deff be getting in the que at the crack of dawn in alabama no matter if there is anyone else there or not! And I deff will not be going to school/teaching my 2 classes on that day (Already planned it with the dean, ill be "out sick" pretty soon), I am going to master the bold in my free 24 hours! Cant wait for it to get here, I hate it how everyone has it (even the french!) and we dont! Cant wait!
How can you let the French get it first?! Shame on AT&T!
The dollars value is also dropping by the day over seas so that makes it look higher. Now if we had never gone off the Gold Standard and would stop helping out all of these banks, insurance, ect company's we would be better off right now!
another carrier in France will get it on the 22nd october, cheaper than SFR...
209 € with a 1 year contract, about 199 € for 2 yrs...
I just got my pearl 5 months ago so I won't be able to change till April... Nevermind, I'll get the Javelin or the Storm instead!
check it at
http://www.laboutique.bouyguestelecom.fr/E1000983-blackberry-9000-bold.h...
By the way, the BB Bold is available for at least 1 week at Bouygues Téleom, the 3rd carrier in France, at a VERY lower price...
See here : http://www.laboutique.bouyguestelecom.fr/E1000983-blackberry-9000-bold.h...
I don't think I will be waiting in line, I'll be ordering off the web. Since I have Premier the price is usually lower and our local ATT will not accept Premier. However, I will be online and refreshing until it shows up for purchase.
N'hésitez pas à venir faire un tour sur le forum français dédié au Blackberry :
http://www.blackberry-france.com/forum/
Des news quotidienne sur la sortie du Bold en France.
Funny ... there's only French people comment...
Taking the day off? Nope. I get paid to play with it at work. (My job is great...sometimes) The only thing I need to do now, is figure out which day I will be a bit late getting into the office. Anyone? Anyone know what day that will be here state-side that I'll be standing in line waiting to get this glorious new gadget? As for ordering on line, only if my ATT store doesnt take the Premier account. But, its an actuall ATT store, not a dealer, so I think Ill be OK.
...I will get paid to play, that is if it EVER comes out!!!
The french are off 1/2 the week to begin with.
I am surprised about the prices being mentioned all the time!
I ordered a Bold at Vodafone in the Netherlands via their customer service and should receive it next week.
I took a one year extension for my subscription and only had to pay the shipping costs, the device is free! Ok, I pay 130 euro monthly for the subscription but still.. I guess most of BB users are business users with big bills..
AT&T is still getting the Bold? eh. By the time Bold launches in November, I may just wait in line a few more days for the Javelin, or the 9800 Bold replacement ;)
I hope that I dont have to wait in line for the BB Bold since everyone and there mother bought the I Phone. What do you guys think?
169€, not 319€
http://www.lesmobiles.com/actualite/3661-sfr-annonce-le-blackberry-bold-...
I won't need to take the day off since ATT won't be releasing the Bold until my Thanksgiving vacation. Happy Turkey & Bold day folks.
I waited a bit and picked up a Bold from a Rogers store in Toronto, Canada without any lineups. I love BBs, but RIM released an unfinished product.
All this happened in 24 hrs.
-The phone crashed and restarted during a phone call
-Most heavy sites took a long time to load on 3G
-The beautiful screen is quite choppy when viewing fast motion material like the "Speed Racer" trailer
-Because the phone is made out of plastic, when you press the sides of the screen, you'll see waves all over (top, sides) - looks ridiculous.
-the phone feels kind of cheap, lots of uneven plastic - especially after I saw my friend's Nokia E71. I still don't understand why the Bold is Made in Hungary.
The Bold made me realize that the Curve is a much better device minus the 3G of course. High hopes for the Javelin though.
I also picked up a Bold from Rogers and I've been quite impressed, the only issue you mention that seems valid to me is how long sites take to load. Are you certain you didn't get a defective one? I tried just now to reproduce the issues you mentioned with the screen but I can't, it's perfectly smooth playing video and no waves when pushing on the sides.
Since I get a 4-day weekend for Thanksgiving I'll use that time to "play" while everyone else is out trambling each other on Black Friday! If it comes earlier in the month I'll have Veteran's Day off or Election Day! But I sure would like to have it NOW!