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Some Shiny New Photos ... of a 24 Carat Gold Plated BlackBerry Bold 9700

by Adam Zeis on 25 Mar 2010 10:11 AM
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24 Carat Gold Plated Bold 9700

If you're not sure who Kenneth Tong is, his credits include the UK Channel 4 Big Brother, as well as the upcoming Millionaire Matchmaker. Well, it turns out Kenneth is a huge CrackBerry fan (and BlackBerry fan in general) and took some time to send in these photos of his new 24 carat gold plated Bold 9700. Its done up from top to bottom, and although not everyone's taste, it does look great. Really the only things left untouched were the trackpad and screen. No word on just how much this cost (I'm not sure I want to know) but I'd be willing to bet it's a bit more pricey than ColorWare. Hit the jump for another shot of the device. Thanks Kenneth for sending these in!

24 Carat Gold Plated Bold 9700
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Posted by anastasiophan Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

What a pimp!

 
 
Posted by damann Friday, Mar 26, 2010 687 days ago

looks just like the cheap crap you buy from china. same style letters and everything. And if he did spend all that money and all he gets is gprs, it was a real waste of money.
http://www.sw-box.com/blackberry-bold-9700-9020-onyx-chrome-housing-beze...

 
 
Posted by bleekerbee Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 687 days ago

a pimp with only 39 contacts and 1 bar of GPRS.

 
 
Posted by KyleStormSure Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 687 days ago

LMAO no friends or data I'd have time to gold plate my toilet seat.

 
 
Posted by ellemarie Friday, Mar 26, 2010 687 days ago

LMAO @ both gold plating the toliet seat and 1 bar of gprs

 
 
Posted by nathanielwilliam Friday, Mar 26, 2010 687 days ago

possibly, 39 hotties? or 39 closest friends. Bros before Hoes... With a phone like this, you dont need to save contacts, people call you. Could also be using BB Messenger.

 
 
Posted by kennethtong Saturday, Mar 27, 2010 686 days ago

I actually speak to all thirty nine folk. Had a lot more at one point but I didn't care about most the people, and hated reading idiotic status updates, so I routinely Purge people.

Most Girls in Britain don't even have BlackBerries... Ireland especially is a real iPhone Nation.

 
 
Posted by kennethtong Saturday, Mar 27, 2010 686 days ago

I am at the Country House, reception is bound to be poorer.

I found BlackBerry Messenger quite intrusive really when there are loads of people on it, from the latest craze of Broadcast Messages for everything to people "Ping"ing me when they don't get an immediate response, good to keep the numbers low...

 
 
Posted by jmosier Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

sorry at the lame attempt at humor . . . I would like to know how much this cost . . . actually doesn't look as bad as I thought it would . . .

 
 
Posted by kennethtong Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

Loved your Subject Line ; )

 
 
Posted by jmosier Friday, Mar 26, 2010 687 days ago

is there any chance I can ask how much this cost??? . . . forgive me if that is rude or over the line . . .

 
 
Posted by nathanielwilliam Friday, Mar 26, 2010 687 days ago

whatever it was, it would have been cheaper to not include the buttons. That would be a pain, insuring the letters are on each.

 
 
Posted by mnATL Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

to each his own.. but pretty ugly

 
 
Posted by serpico Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

It's one thing for us to see this in photos but imagine pulling this out every time. It's like wearing a gold chain around your neck!

 
 
Posted by canusaybimmy Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

loooooooooooool. Ballin out

 
 
Posted by Deathcommand Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

Who here is going to buy this for me?

 
 
Posted by fncygtrjammer Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

Ordering my platinum bold as we speak! LOL!!!

 
 
Posted by kennethtong Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

Was offered a Platinum option but the Practioner validly stated that the normal Bold already has a Chrome Bar around it, if I went for the Platinum option, it wouldn't be as special.

 
 
Posted by Shoftiel37 Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

Like Adam said, it may not be to everyone's taste but it looks pretty cool to me. And looking at Kenneth's BBM... "Happy Birthday Man"! When ever it was... :)

 
 
Posted by kennethtong Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

Thanks for the Birthday Wishes : D

 
 
Posted by rmaxey1 Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

of someone with more money than brains.

 
 
Posted by Valace2 Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

Some people just have too much damn money. People all over the world are starving and this idiot has a gold plated Blackberry

 
 
Posted by rick2123 Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

blah blah blah...so you don't spend any money on yourself? Do you send all of your extra money to the starving people of the world?? Yeah thats what i thought. Keep your ignorant comments to yourself.

 
 
Posted by anastasiophan Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

Agreed. This guy obviously is successful at whatever he does and earned the right to gold plate his phone.

Having a Blackberry is a waste considering people are starving in Somalia, but you still have one. Maybe you should take cancel that $30 a month data plan you have and send that money to Somalia!

 
 
Posted by kennethtong Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

Love you and Rick's Retort : )

 
 
Posted by Valace2 Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

that @anastasiophan can bite me as well. How the hell do you know what this guys does? How can you say that he is successful? For all you know he could be a successful crack dealer. I don't really care what he does for a living I care that he wasted probably tens of thousands of dollars on his fricking Blackberry. If you were a poor somalia family what would you rather have my lousy 30 bucks or the 30 grand this guy shelled out for his damn phone.

 
 
Posted by saboture Friday, Mar 26, 2010 687 days ago

The worlds not equal. It doesn't matter what he does to get his money, he has it. All the third world countries are third world countries because they don't want change. The United states built itself from the ground up, so why cant they? Australia was a prison colony. Now look at it. Look at England and Canada. Don't complain about how people spend their money. You have a blackberry, presumably because you're on this page. So why have a blackberry which is technically an expensive phone when you can have a cheap trackphone, because that's what your logic is saying. I -work- for my money and I spend it freely. I actually like this 24k plating. I bet it outshines every phone on the market like it. Next step = diamonds for the dots on the BB symbol. That'd be off the chain. Sweet BB man.

 
 
Posted by mrspock2002 Sunday, Mar 28, 2010 684 days ago

Learn to read: "If you're not sure who Kenneth Tong is, his credits include the UK Channel 4 Big Brother, as well as the upcoming Millionaire Matchmaker."

Damn Putz.

 
 
Posted by Valace2 Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

you can bite me. There are people starving in the world right now, people who work hard and have no insurance and can barely afford to eat. Who knows what Mr. Tong does for a living, but I can tell you for 100% damn certainty if i had a hundred million dollars lying around I sure as hell wouldn't waste any of it on a gold plated blackberry. An I do give to charities not much but I do. I wouldn't trade places with them, but again who knows why they are where they are. I do know that there are people out there who have became rich off of people's suffering.

Again my response to Mr. Tong might have been a bit harsh I don't know where he made his money. He might have invented some wonderful invention or he might have been given it to him by his daddy a corporate CEO jumping out the window with a 20 million dollar golden parachute.

Still is a very very trivial thing to waste so much money on.

So again to wrap this up you can bite me.

 
 
Posted by VirtualVenom Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

u mad bro?

 
 
Posted by JerseyDriver Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 687 days ago

Really? Doesn't it say pretty clearly in the OP that the guys is either a producer or some type of TV bigwig? His credits include a couple of very big TV shows, so I'm pretty sure he's not a crack dealer. And good post about how money travels, he spent some, so a few different people could make money, so on and so on.

 
 
Posted by kennethtong Saturday, Mar 27, 2010 686 days ago

I star on the shows...

 
 
Posted by gcims Friday, Mar 26, 2010 687 days ago

nm

 
 
Posted by nathanielwilliam Friday, Mar 26, 2010 687 days ago

if you dont know where he made his money then you are just one of those dumb people that says stuff without thinking. the description says how he made his money. You just looked at the pictures and got ticked off.

Next time, save everyone some time and read the post before commenting.

If you really love something, there is nothing wrong with dressing it up. I personally wouldnt like the shiny gold. I would prefer carbon fiber and blue buttons. To each his own, bassed on what he can afford.

 
 
Posted by qwerty987 Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

I never understood this argument. This guy spent money which went back into the economy, which is the best way of distributing money. He had to pay for the gold and it's distribution (which goes as far down as the miners), the middle man, the manufacturer (who had to buy equipment to do the plating) and others that were involved in this process. Putting his money in a mattress would be more insulting.

Besides that... lighten up. You're on a blog about blackberries.

 
 
Posted by TheBBman Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 687 days ago

I'm sure the guy has some kind of brains if he makes enough money to gold plate he's phone ;).... WOW the amount of haters here...I can't believe this you don't have to like it but there is no need to insult the guy for spending HE'S money on something he liked.

 
 
Posted by bikermty Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

Very nice

 
 
Posted by HavPlenty Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

...I think my 401k will allow me to take a loan for this!

 
 
Posted by damnyooneek Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

24k looks darker orange. someone got ripped off.

 
 
Posted by bessemercityburgess Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

Seen a tour done like this u can google it. Was like 7,000 us

 
 
Posted by kevindharner Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

why waste gold gold; covering something that you will replace in 2yrs anyway

 
 
Posted by audicy Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

No, seriously...Why?

 
 
Posted by bigtime2 Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

Because chicks dig stuff like that.

 
 
Posted by kennethtong Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

Exactly.

 
 
Posted by Dnomyar220 Friday, Mar 26, 2010 687 days ago

girls are strangely attracted to shiny objects. I'm not saying I understand it but I'll be damned if I stop buying shiny things... cool phone dude

 
 
Posted by valorian Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

24 Carat would scratch way too easily. I don't like it.

 
 
Posted by kennethtong Saturday, Mar 27, 2010 686 days ago

Scratching badly already, I refuse to use a Case.

 
 
Posted by AshHaushaltswaren Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

Now it´s a Blackberry Gold 9700

 
 
Posted by mjrkjm Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

actually gold is anti-bacterial so i guess this is one of the better places to have gold if you are a germaphobe...

 
 
Posted by kennethtong Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 688 days ago

Never thought of this, I can market this point as well now!

 
 
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