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Virgin Mobile Canada pricing for the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and Torch 9810 emerges

by Bla1ze on 8 Aug 2011 08:12 PM
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Looking to score a better deal on the BlackBerry Bold 9900 or BlackBerry Torch 9810 by opting to buy one from Virgin Mobile? You may be in luck when it comes to the pricing over, that is -- when compared to Rogers. The verdict is still out on Virgins parent company, Bell. Here is what you'll be looking at if you opt to purchase from Virgin Mobile:

BlackBerry Bold 9900:

  • No-contract price: $599.99
  • 3-year contract/SuperTab: $169.99

BlackBerry Torch 9810:

  • No-contract price: $599.99
  • 3-year contract/SuperTab: $149.99 

More expensive for the no-contract terms but if you're going to be rolling a new 3-year contract, you'll get off $50 cheaper when grabbing the Torch 9810 and $70 cheaper if the Bold 9900 is more your bag. Oh right, Virgin Mobile also has their dummy units ready as well.

Source: Mobile Syrup via: CrackBerry Forums

Filed Under: News & Rumors; Tags: BlackBerry Bold 9900, Torch 9810, Virgin Mobile
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23 Comments

Posted by Jimcmf Monday, Aug 08, 2011 292 days ago

Those prices look pretty good?
Whos getting one?

 
 
Posted by dopalicious Monday, Aug 08, 2011 292 days ago

Wow huge prices difference between Virgin and Rogers.

 
 
Posted by luqman24 Monday, Aug 08, 2011 292 days ago

The 3 year contract price for the 9900 proves that Rogers is a money sucking sh*tholes. Seriously what's Rogers thinking pricing that high? Anyways its Rogers loss not us. Off to virgin mobile it is then..

 
 
Posted by dancing-bass Monday, Aug 08, 2011 292 days ago

I Love the customer support at Virgin. Best carrier I've been with. If you're in Manitoba they don't have HSPA here yet (last province to get it - booo!) but they assure me its "coming very soon". Other then that I love them. Seriously. Just have to decide which new BB I want!

 
 
Posted by pmich Monday, Aug 08, 2011 292 days ago

Awesome..hopefully this will cause Rogers to at least throw in a 50$ rebate to reduce the cost

 
 
Posted by naila_nc Monday, Aug 08, 2011 292 days ago

Now this is some good pricing, I can live with this pricing. Now greedy Rogers will come down to this price 2 months later.

Now where's all the people saying RIM was setting the price?

People that want to buy it outright will go to Rogers, others will go else where.

 
 
Posted by dancing-bass Monday, Aug 08, 2011 292 days ago

I'm likely gonna grab the 9810. Just gotta wait a little bit longer. (No Virgin HSPA in Manitoba - yet) its coming soon though, I just gotta be patient a bit longer....

These prices are not live on the website as of this point though.(8:15pm Aug 8, 2011) Just thought I'd throw that out there!

 
 
Posted by The_Adventist Monday, Aug 08, 2011 292 days ago

Hmmmm....more info to throw at Rogers retention department. NICE!!!!!

 
 
Posted by Jenks5150 Monday, Aug 08, 2011 292 days ago

This is in fact worse than Rogers unless you want to lock into three years of Virgin Mobile service. I'll get one off contract at Rogers and enjoy the much more reliable network! I do agree the $249.99 on a 3 year is absurd.

 
 
Posted by DeeDudnath Monday, Aug 08, 2011 292 days ago

All you have to do is tell roger well virgin has it for 169.99 and if you cant drop it then seee ya im going to virgin easy just like that then boom you're set

 
 
Posted by birdman_36 Monday, Aug 08, 2011 292 days ago

Lol! You keep on believing that buddy...

 
 
Posted by DeeDudnath Monday, Aug 08, 2011 292 days ago

All you have to do is tell roger well virgin has it for 169.99 and if you cant drop it then seee ya im going to virgin easy just like that then boom you're set

 
 
Posted by Mystic-Metal Monday, Aug 08, 2011 292 days ago

I'm really hoping they come out with the fiddy (9850) pricing. I'd imagine it'd be in line with the 9810.

 
 
Posted by Teknojnky Monday, Aug 08, 2011 292 days ago

I hope Telus will do a similar price.

 
 
Posted by SharpieFiend Monday, Aug 08, 2011 292 days ago

This is strange...

Virgin Mobile is a fully-owned division of Bell Mobility, they just 'license' the Virgin name. Bell is advertising their phones as HSPA+ (hence the H+ symbol on the phone in Kevin's videos) yet Virgin - on the same network - is calling it 4G?

The pricing seems right, but this is definitely wrong.

 
 
Posted by birdman_36 Monday, Aug 08, 2011 292 days ago

Go to Bell's website. They're calling it 4G too.

 
 
Posted by shabbs Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 292 days ago

HSPA+ is officially part of the 4G standard now. ITU added it a while ago.

http://bit.ly/gmL9EI

 
 
Posted by atlantaconda Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 292 days ago

If You like 3yr contracts I guess these prices are great. 2 is bad enough, but 3yrs on an (just guessing) inferior network seems crazy.

 
 
Posted by jetstreamblue Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 292 days ago

3-yr contracts are common in Canada. Anyway, the point is, Virgin is offering a better deal compared to Rogers in Canada for the same 3-yr term.
As for network, Virgin runs on the Bell network in Canada.

 
 
Posted by leticeberry Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 292 days ago

What happened to the 2 year contracts?

 
 
Posted by CAD420 Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 292 days ago

I hope you're seeing this Rogers. I refuse to go with the 9900 until a more reasonable price is set. $250+ on a 3 year term is ridiculous. At that rate, we would be better off waiting another month for the iPhone 5. It's not a Berry, but it's likely to be a far superior device for the money. Help keep RIM alive, set a reasonable price point and the people will buy.

 
 
Posted by birdman_36 Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 292 days ago

Maybe Rogers just wants BlackBerry to go away.

 
 
Posted by linguinee Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 292 days ago

For a transitional generation of BBs I wonder that the expense justifies the upgrade. I'll wait til RIM ships phones with a QNX OS, or perhaps go Android...

Hey RIM (or Rogers et al), the smartphone sector is getting crowded; you're not the premier player anymore so better start adding more value if you expect the masses to pony up big bucks.