Thank you for the post... I am waiting on 9900 and iPhone5.

That is one lucky countertop!

wow - two versions: one with physical buttons, one with capacitive. I seriously want this phone (either one)

those look sweet! i'll take one of each!

Jeez I'm getting sick on new devices leaks...they seems already old old news and still they havent been released yet. What's new that we havent seen like a gazillion times?

Let's hope this comes to T-Mobile.

Did the battery cover sound like metal when he dropped on the table/desk?

I hate being teased like this...I am due for my New Every Two on July 30...I hope these phones come out no more than two weeks after that date so I can get one. I been dying for a new Blackberry for a year.

Wow! My new phone!!!!! It's real! Love it, love it, love it!!!

The carrot continues to be dangled in our face. Still waiting on the overdue Bold Touch 9900. By the time they are released the iPhone 5 or (4S) will be released and that doesn't help RIM's marketshare...

Weird - we've already seen the AT&T version with the physical buttons on a recent leak. ATT and Tmobile both HSPA+. Now VZW with physical buttons on CDMA. So who's getting the nice one w/o the buttons? It lloks like physical buttons on the VZW phone? But post says no. Maybe it's my eyes.

I'm tired of those leaked pictures. They get my heart beating for nothing! I want the phone already!

seriously look how fast it goes!! so smooth.. my NE2 is up now.. DYING to get this!!!

The second vid (9860) does have Verizon branding on the back, but it doesn't say CDMA on the About screen and the 9850, the one without physical buttons, does. Did they swap the branded battery cover?

EDIT: Vids are mislabeled, btw... first video is 9850, second is 9860.

I don't like the physical buttons so the capacitive buttons are a nice alternative. I love the big screen, I want to get a 9930 but if the screen is too small for me then the 9860 will do. Does anyone know the specs on these?

Cool I need to know when the VZW touch screen blackberry is coming out. LOL my storm2 needs a serious upgrade. I hope it comes out in August or Early September...

Cool, but ONCE AGAIN, no browser demonstration! You can see in the video that it was deliberately avoided. That's supposedly the one major upgrade from OS 6, and none of these OS 7 leaks ever shows the browser. Everything in these videos (from a software standpoint) might as well be OS 6. Oh, and of course we don't get any kind of release date or even an official announcement. More of the same BS! More of the same...

More important - Will they upgrade to ONX

If they are smart and actually are preparing to launch the way of the future then YES. If they are not smart and feel like pissing off everyone forcing us to leave then NO

All these acquisitions better be for a good reason that we can all benefit from. It would be very stupid on their part to make us wait so long for devices that are never going to be upgradeable to what they are promoting to be the way of the future for RIM.

and no screen shot of the available APP MEMORY. Poor demo. I just hope it's a good phone. I am so sick of this ancient 9530 that I keep carrying around. And I can't wait for these yahoos at RIM to get their QNX stuff done, I need a new phone now.

@CrackBerry if you pause at around 6:34 in the video labeled 9860 (GSM) the About screen says CDMA. But the phone has capacitive buttons.

The phone in the video labeled 9850 (CDMA) the About screen does NOT say CDMA, however it has the Verizon battery door and the phone has physical buttons.

I'm guessing since this is being tested in Asia, the man switched the battery doors by accident.

The WOW factor is beginning to look really good on these new phones...its definitley a great prequel to the QNX...

At least with the smooth/capacitive it's not as ugly.

I'd rather the flat buttons. Physical buttons scare me as water may seep through the cracks. Phones in general are so sensitive to moisture and humidity.

These phones look very snappy and will definitely feel like an upgrade to Storm users. Yeah, that's me! I'll be very happy for at least a year. I'll certainly upgrade to a newer phone within 20 months as stuff will have evolved beyond the current technology. QNX is still down the road, so I won't worry too much about it. It will be better, of course, but that's still almost a year away. I'm assuming a May 1st launch.

Again, I think RIM should design their products to meet specific consumer buying dates: December 1st (Christmas), August 1st (Back to school), and May 1st (Graduation). It is so important to give consumers choice when they have money to spend, and reasons to spend it. Christmas is a given! It's unfortunate that the QNX devices will be later, but they'll hopefully be ready for May 1st.

This device looks amazing. Can't wait to try it out when they eventually get released.

I would like capacitive better but are you sure the gsm variant has capacitive buttons, because it looks like the person playing with the phones is pressing too hard for them to be capacitive (if that makes sense)

In other news, the Winnipeg Jets released their new logo today and it rocks! They did it faster than RIM can get new phones to market.

Compared to the Storm series, these phones are ridiculously amazing. I don't know why some people are hating on these phones. They are very quick, have a nice screen and hardware.

OS 7 may not be a radical departure from OS6 but that's hardly a bad thing.
OS7 seems even smoother than android and the OS looks nicer than android (in my opinion).
The only other thing android has going for it is the apps, and other android phones may have better specs.

The future phones running QNX will probably be better than the earlier models, but there is nothing wrong with these. It doesn't mean OS7 is garbage. It looks fast!

This is the perfect phone for me as it is a super-fast touchscreen blackberry with a fast browser. That's all I and almost every other storm user basically wanted. A front-facing camera, big-name apps, and some other features are not the necessary for me (although they would be nice). BBM, work email integration, fast browser over "4G" , decent camera, nice touchscreen and all those Blackberry OS menu button goodies that make BB phones seem limitless in communication functionality is what I need.

They should have enough memory to prevent any spinning clocks of death (keyword: SHOULD). Good job RIM! But I really really hope you keep it up!

9860 is looking good.

Pictures are nice but it's been too long on rim getting the new phones to the stores to buy!!

I got excited when I thought a Verizon branded Torch 2 slider was caught on video. Watching more videos of the Monza cements my choice to go with the Bold Touch when it hits Big Red. That is, unless RIM comes through with a Torch 2 for Verizon...

OMFG what is rim waiting for?!?!?!?!? Just release the damn phones!

it all good and gravy thou, but one question keeps going on in my head, if they're american companies branded phones, why are they being tested, or released for testing somewhere in asia (as per the language on the phones) ??? that only makes me think that they could possibly be knock off, running on leaked versions of os7, RIM needs to make an official statement and at the very least aknowledge this devices are comming, we can't keep living of scraps and that's what this teaser vids and photos are starting to feel like, anybody else with me on this??

are you guys sure that the one with keys isn't the blackberry touch and the one without isn't the curve touch? after all, they did say there's two full touch models coming on the CDMA roadmap a while back didn't they?

Whatever. RIM is done. As a long-time Blackberry enthusiast, this saddens me. By the time these phones even sniff the market, everyone will have iPhone5 and tons of new Android options, many of them with 4G (which these phones quite obviously will not). Also, no idea why they have completely abandoned the Pearl line, which was at one point one of their most popular models and really was responsible for getting them into the mainstream of casual consumers. Just bad business plans all around.

Personally the new torch i got some mixed opinions for it. For one I got the torch 9800 currently and I love it. The problem by the looks of this device and the torch in general is when you slide it open its like a foot long. But that' s really the big dis advantage to it for me overall. The 9850 looks a bit longer too overall and I personally wouldn't like that.

I love this phone, I actually prefer the 9860 because of the actual buttons and I can press distinguish them in the dark. I used the Galaxy and I hated not being able to tell where the button I was looking for was. I also hope they add (or in the near future) Swype as well as to the Playbook. Lastly, I was VERY impressed with the browser but it really is about time they add flash and add the ability to disable it as well.