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Play UK now taking pre-orders for the BlackBerry Bold 9900

by Bla1ze on 5 Jul 2011 09:22 PM
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As the wait continues for the BlackBerry Bold 9900, it seems UK retailers are pretty much set to roll this thing out even before RIM is. We've seen Vodafone UK give us a walk-through, Amazon UK list a white BlackBerry Bold 9900 and now Play has the device listed for £519.99 sim-free (no contract) on pre-order. The date listed for release is August 12, but Play has been known to change launch dates on the fly -- sometimes, without letting those who have pre-ordered know. So, it's a wait and see scenario if you're planning on placing a pre-order. Thanks, Dave!

Check out the pre-order listing on Play

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Posted by luqman24 Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

That's $721 canadian dollars, over priced much?

 
 
Posted by Bla1ze Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

Contract free... but still, agreed.

 
 
Posted by shabbs Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

Damn... that's a lot to drop...

 
 
Posted by BBThemes Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

torch was £500 on launch, to give the figure some perspective

 
 
Posted by luqman24 Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

But I don't blame them for taking advantage of all the hype for this phone. Good timing to start the preorders since no other carrier/ retailer has started doing the same. Smart but it all comes down to how much the customer would pay for this phone or wait a bit more till other vendors start selling it at a cheaper price.

 
 
Posted by ignites Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

despite rim being a canadian company... basically everyone is just waiting on US carriers to approve.. (not to ruin carrier relations).... as you can see from bell./telus/uk telcom company leaks.. its obvious they are not the problem, they are more than eager to get them out the door... just waiting for that damn at&t....

 
 
Posted by Mr_Jivy Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

I went to level 3 inception and I planted an idea in my subconscious that I already have the Bold Touch. I also told Kevin Google was gonna buy BlackBerry. 50% ain't bad.

 
 
Posted by 00stryder Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

+1

 
 
Posted by Emu the Foo Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

LOL +2

 
 
Posted by Joel_Zimmerman Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

Haha! Just recently watched that film XD

 
 
Posted by DeeDudnath Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

It ALWAYS looks like 19.99 when you look at it quickly lol!

 
 
Posted by grnrprl Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 323 days ago

inception to be continued..? ;)

 
 
Posted by coldfir3 Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

you'd think they would fucking release it in Canada first eh? smh.

 
 
Posted by shabbs Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

Smallest market first? Really?

 
 
Posted by Bla1ze Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

I guess you've never seen RIM's past release history -- most devices in the past 3 years have launched first in Canada. This goes back to the Bold 9000.

 
 
Posted by shabbs Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

Weren't those "simultaneous" releases though? Not first...

;)

 
 
Posted by Bla1ze Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

The firsts .. outweigh the simultaneous. Bold 9000, Pearl 9100, Curve 3G. 9700 was close enough to be simultaneous, 8520 was on T-Mo first and Torch 9800 was AT&T, and 9650 nobody cared about anyway.

 
 
Posted by Bla1ze Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

What indication do you have it won't launch in Canada first? lol. Just because an ad for the UK exists means nothing really.

 
 
Posted by adrianyoung Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

It's definately better than the usual 3 or so month delay we have before new phones are released in the UK after elsewhere, e.g. 9700

 
 
Posted by Jimcmf Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

Do you think that they will have enough made to feed the Canadian Market?

How long does it take them to make 20 million of these babies?

 
 
Posted by velkcro Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

i might as well ask this question while im here, i posted on in the forum this morning but there is no way im notified when someone replies to my post and its very hard for me to track it down and read the replies.

my question is, can i use the AT&T OS on my unlocked phone with Bell or do i need the bell one?

i have a Bell sim card and apps on my phone but when i load up my phone it says "AT&T"

the reason for this is ever since i loaded the latest 9700 os6 on my 9700 (Duh) my notification sounds are not working only the vibration so my phone is on vibrate on every profile, even my alarm which is the most important thing at this moment.

i have deleted the os and went to the precious os but nothing happened and im currently downloading the latest os to try it again

 
 
Posted by Jimcmf Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

The problem is probably just in your settings.

 
 
Posted by drakesaliasonline Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

Can we please get this is the US buy the end of July if that's the case?

 
 
Posted by koool1 Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

This thing better be no more than $199 on a contract.

 
 
Posted by Jimcmf Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

1 year, 2 years, or 3 years?

3 years will probably run you $250 - $350. (This is just a guess)

 
 
Posted by Abrante Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 324 days ago

Can't wait for this phone to be released in the U.S. by T-mo. Hopefully RIM will learn from Apple's model of releasing devices shortly after they have been unveiled. This phone has been roaming around on video reviews for months and still no clear sign of an official release date. "This summer" to me is just as good as "sometime in the future" give us a clearly defined release date dammit :o)

 
 
Posted by Jimcmf Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

They are saying that it 'Should be out' very late August ... but they are waiting for carrier certification. It is not RIM's fault.

 
 
Posted by PagerRocka Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

I think the only reason why the Bold was announced so early was because of BBW. They couldnt announce all the new phones months before they were ready, on the other hand they couldnt have gone through BBW and not shown a single new phone.
The rest of the OS7 phones probably wont get announced till the carriers are ready to release them.

 
 
Posted by birdman_36 Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

RIM's next reporting date is September 15th, 2011... aka "Dark Thursday" if they don't get this device in people's hands by then!

 
 
Posted by Mr_Jivy Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

Someone in Plays marketing department said I have an idea that will increase our website traffic. Lets put out a preorder for the Bold Touch just to see how many hits we get. Well played sir.

 
 
Posted by The Gift Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

I can vouch for Plays unreliable despatch/shipping dates.... very annoying!

Nevertheless, it seems those who have been eagerly awaiting the 9900 will soon have the phone in their clutches.

 
 
Posted by Joel_Zimmerman Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

Come on, RIM. Sure, the 9900/9930 is a huge step forward for BlackBerry, but the price is just insane… and I thought the iPhone 4 was expensive at £519! £419 seems a bit more reasonable, though it's still expensive, considering the price of other devices out there.

 
 
Posted by The_Adventist Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

"huge step forward for BlackBerry"

Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration? RIM isn't stepping forward, it's being dragged along by the competition.

 
 
Posted by Slash82 Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

650 Euros?!

Man, that´s crazy!
Now, I think twice....

You get a playbook für 450Euros over here.
But the pb has a lot more power and "more device".

 
 
Posted by No BB Drone Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

wow here in holland o na 2 year contract ,about every phone you get is free. Except for the iphone, you pay about 200 euro

 
 
Posted by robj75 Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

My first BlackBerry was a Pearl 8130 on a three year contract. Next, bought Curve 8330 at full retail price. After that, the Tour 9630 at full price. And, yet again, I paid full price for my 9700 last August. I thought I would do the same for the 9900, but not if it's $700. It's not THAT awesome. I also need to consider the extras - the case I'd want, screen protectors, extra battery w/external charger, charging pod (all of the things I have for my 9700.)

If the 9900 had a built-in laser pointer, that would be awesome.

 
 
Posted by jlb21 Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

Seriously, a laser pointer would be great, for presentations and the like, and for teasing your cats.

 
 
Posted by zeDuffMan Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

£100 too much.

They can fuck right off with that price. I was looking forward to owning a 9900 too.

 
 
Posted by grnrprl Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 323 days ago

£120.00 too much in my opinion - £399.99 would be the high reasonable sim-free price when RIM would like to attract new BB users. Undoubtedly, there're many mobiles on the market with better features. This price seems to be made for draining the wallets of old-school-bb-fans while launching. The only hope's in fact that play.com always have bigger prices than many other retailers. And they release new devices much later than others.

 
 
Posted by DadaThePanda Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

US $ 831. Like someone said earlier, it better not cost more than $199 with 2 year contract or else no one would buy it. With so many choices at the $199 or lower level, why would anyone pay through their nose just to get a Blackberry? I'm with Sprint and those cheap bastards offer only $150 off at 22 months which means I would have to pay $681 for the Bold 9930 which will not happen when for around $250 I could get a HTC EVO or the MOTO ATIX that will be released this month. Hope RIM is going to price this device sensitively and take into account competition and other factors which won't happen because they are incompetents when it comes to marketing (see the Playbook release fiasco, the Bold 9900/9930, 9850, Torch2).

 
 
Posted by mnhockeycoach99 Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

@Dada - The high price on Play's website is because it is an unlocked, non-contracted phone. I'm guessing the US carriers will start somewhere between $199 and $299 for a on-contract 9900/9930. Hopefully RIM considers their decline in market share when setting a price for this phone....because overpricing it won't help in regaining that market share back.

 
 
Posted by zeDuffMan Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

Previous unlocked Bolds were released at the £400 mark. This should be too.

 
 
Posted by iSuni Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

Agreed at £100 too much.

 
 
Posted by jcsantillanruiz Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 324 days ago

This wait its gona take 4ever !! my 9780 its so old and slow beside this babyy!!!
=(
I need it now to be happy !!

 
 
Posted by noelsolutions Thursday, Jul 07, 2011 323 days ago

I paid £360 for my white 9780 and I am not paying no more than £420 sim free.
Have a contract which is due to run out so will probably pick it up as an upgrade. £400 would be a great price but anything above that most people will look at other phones on the market.