Today's the launch of the BlackBerry Passport, and the new square BlackBerry now has pricing for its international launch markets. BlackBerry already already revealed that the phone will launch at $599, and it is indeed available from the BlackBerry Store at that price (which is stated to be a $100 discount). But how much outside of the US, where the Passport doesn't even have a carrier partner?
Here's what BlackBerry has laid out for the international introductory pricing:
- Canada: $699
- France: €649
- Germany: €649
- UK: £529
- USA: $599
Additionally, the Passport will be available on-contract in many countries for "around US$249". BlackBerry calls out Telus as one example, stating that you'll pay $250 upfront with a contract, though Telus is offering $50 off on the BlackBerry Passport through October 1st.
Where else is the Passport going? By the end of the year, you'll be able to buy one in these countries:
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Canada
- Colombia
- France
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Italy
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Philippines
- Romania
- Russia Slovakia
- Saudi Arabia (and the other parts of the Middle East)
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Spain
- Switzerland
- UK
- USA
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
Be sure to check out our comprehensive review of the BlackBerry Passport!
Source: BlackBerry
Reader comments
BlackBerry Passport to run €649 in France and Germany, £529 in UK
I Also have the Blackberry Passport. I like the phone and bought it with my Vodafone subscription. I bought my case for this phone at http://www.goedkopelaptopskopen.com. It is a dutch company, but delivers also in Belgium. Thank you guys for the nice case for my Blackberry Passport. I love this phone.
Can someone tell me when such prices usually start dropping?
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ok
Does anybody know, if german version is manufactured with qwertz instead of qwerty keybord?
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Worldwide Ride, that's right BlackBerry, make the rounds.
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Sadly, too expensive for what it is. If I replace my Q10 in the next year, it's going to be a G-note. It still has that replaceable battery, and overall I think the stylus is a better idea than the tracking keypad.
I'm french and I live in USA for one month. So, if i buy a Blackberry Passport in USA, it will be available in France??
It will work if its not locked to a carrier ;)
Putin Huylo. Slava Ukraini, freedom to Ukraine!
ok! is it the same LTE like in France? i'm afraid that 4G or 3G doesn't work in France :( i Have Orange.
Saving up in advance is best.
Wont buy it until they lower the prices. 649 is tasteless joke compared to the 599. And even this is still way to much. I could buy another premium Phone for less with a better app coverage.
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Where's the home country love? Thanks for the early launch and all but still - can I do a trade in with my Z10 or something AT LEAST?
Put your z10 up om eBay. I'm sure you can get a few $ for it that uou can use toward a Passport. Selling a kidney might help too LOL
What? No Lithuania again as with z30??? Damn u Chen! :))
Putin Huylo. Slava Ukraini, freedom to Ukraine!
LOL @ all you people suddenly complaining about the price. I commented over 3 months ago that this was going to be an expensive phone and I was right. It's obviously a premium phone, top of the line. You didn't really expect to get it from a bin at Canadian Tire for $29.99 did you? If cheap is what you want, Blackberry has you covered, it's called the z3.
It may be a premium phone, but blackberry need to get devices out there again and build up the customer base. This won't happen with this price. I have several work colleagues who asked me if blackberry still make phones!!
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Colombia!!!!
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Looking at this, it seems BlackBerry is on its way to a price debacle in India too. Anything more than $599 will be a mistake. I am prepared to buy Passport at this price in India which roughly works out to Rs. 36000.
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Would be nice to see a top 50 BlackBerry country's with most BlackBerry users.
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In belgium smartphoneshop started preorders and the passport is priced at 599 euro.
Still expensive but a must have Phone!
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Well, I've just checked that it's like €600 (off contract pricing) in my country. Not too bad for a high end device as release price, before I've posted here it was a bit outrageous when I saw €650 as release price in the articles.
It is €550 when I ship it from the UK and €600 straight from a dealer here in Belgium/Netherlands.
What does Introductory Pricing infer? Does this mean the prices are initially discounted? Usually prices go down in time (especially when BlackBerry have stacks of unsold stock.....)
Yes, but that's the point. So many people out there are waiting till the prices go down... Wouldn't it just make more sense, if they would sell it for little less but keep the price for longer. So those who bought the phone first don't fell like they got ripped off their money.
600€ with a time-limited 100€ rebate would have been the right price in France. Instead people will go to another device or for the patient ones, wait. But how many they are now in a such impatient world...
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The pricing doesn't encourage volume sales at launch by the looks - not the best way to start momentum imo
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Turkey????????
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I've just orderd one from BlackBerry shop site UK. 550euro inc vat and shipment costs to Holland. If I would order from germanys it's 680 euro!!!
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I've been complaining about the 649€ tag since I heard (see some comments above), but well... at 555€ VAT & shipping included on day 1... they got me. I don't feel left behind anymore.
Thanks to all those who shared the info!
I've been to shopblackberry UK store and the price is £529 that equals €676 without shipping costs.
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Have you tried to change the currency to euro?
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If I don't use Tor it will detect my IP and make the conversion
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What a flop. Waiting for the Z20 fulltouch Octacore Flagship device.
Z10 LE (red) #00167 OS10.2.2.1531 Q5 (red) OS10.2.2.1531
Why 649€ and 529£?
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Next year will be around 300 due to low sales.
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Haven't tried this myself but on UK hot deals someone has found a way to buy it in the UK at £425 - £440.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/save-104-blackberry-passport-black-brand...
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Folks, it's day 1. The price will drop.
C'mon BlackBerry. I reckon this phone will turn things around.
BlackBerry 10 is the best mobile OS I have used.
This is the return of BlackBerry as a major player in the smartphone market.
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More likely the fall of blackberry. They failed to deliver the device people really want. The Z10 successor fulltouch flagship device.
Sticking to my red Z10 :)
Z10 LE (red) #00167 OS10.2.2.1531 Q5 (red) OS10.2.2.1531
So no one will buy this till the price come down eh? No wonder BlackBerry can't make money. Buy it, enjoy your product and don't bitch. People willingly shelled out premium price and then some for everything Apple and iPhone before they had all the apps and whatnot they have accumulated over the last few years. Do you want a BlackBerry? Do you like it's UI and productivity and so on? Does it work for you? Then suck it up, pony up the dough and be happy with your decision. BlackBerry will NOT be profitable if people keep demanding $400-500 price tags on its great hardware. And then people wonder why iPhone is winning and why BlackBerry has no user base. I can by this phone and 128GB of EXTRA storage and still pay less of a price than an iPhone 6 with 128GB on board storage. The iPhone on Apple's site is the same price for the same storage. What's the problem here? This is a big device with a great screen and the best specs we've ever had with an OS that is only getting more efficient and productive. Some people. This is NOT the same as the Z10, which was overpriced in my mind, but I still bought it anyway. I love BlackBerry, and the OS is great for me. Everything is only getting better so I am willing to pay that money. This is the mindset Apple users have. BlackBerry users need the same.
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I rather keep using my Q10 further until Passport price comes down.
If you read through the comments, no one is complaining about the $599 price tag, which was even applauded by most of the CB community.
It's mostly us Europeans who feel a bit let down about the price tag. We're used to 1:1 euro/dollar conversions when it comes to technology, and I guess that many were prepared to pay 599€ for such a formidable device.
And then... 649€, and even worse for our British fellows, and limited distribution on launch date (just Germany and France in the Euro Zone). BlackBerry will not get big lines of people forming to buy it when loyal fans and other people interested in the Passport feel like they've (comparatively speaking) been ripped off. It's not so much the price as the feeling that you are less important than other customers. Plus, bear in mind that many of the potential buyers (mainly the loyal fan base) also saw a huge price cut in previous devices no more than 3 months after launch, and many of them learnt their lesson well.
Then... alas, the same mistake, history repeating: instead of high/interesting volume of sales you've got people waiting months to buy it cheaper, giving reasons to those who want BlackBerry to fail and contributing to the stigma that accompanies the brand in the last years.
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This
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If I had an Apple mindset, I would pay £679 for a bendy phone.
Blaming customers for not being prepared to pay over the odds is ridiculous. Apple has tapped into a market of brand-obsessed people who aren't intelligent enough to realise their "subsidised" price is actually an expensive loan. Business people tend to understand business.
Oh well.. my country is not listed. Kind of saw that coming anyways...
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European and specifically UK price is a crime. Sorry BB I'm not a charity, you're on your own from now on
Anybody heard anything from Rogers (Canada)? My attempt to find out resulted in online sales support basically saying that they didn't know and to check online in the future to see if they'd be carrying it. How useless is that...
On a side note, Telus already has it in their online store - CA$200 on 2 year contract. May have to switch over if Rogers doesn't wise up quickly.
WHERE CAN I BUY THE PHONE IN FRANCE WHATS THE NAME OF THE STORES
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Just go to shopblackberry.com and choose France for shipping.
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Turkey????!!!!?
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I was ready to buy a Passport... and 649€ in France! Blackberry are you kidding me? Not even 1:1 dollar conversion. iOS and Android's fans are laughing again and again.
Next time shoot yourself directly. It will cost less money and energy.
Post it on their blog as well: http://blogs.blackberry.com/2014/09/passport-pricing-availability/
Thanks for bringing it to Romania, looking to upgrade my Z. But, really, €649?
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£529 in the UK.. They're having a laugh when it's only $599 in US!! That's the equivalent of $867!!! Disgraceful! As they say on Dragon's Den - I'm out!!! Nice one BlackBerry!!
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They don't know that Portugal still exists...
BlackBerry Z10. Portugal.
Que injustica!
People don't buy Blackberry's in Portugal, you better off checking Expansys.pt or amazon.
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As a European I could say: major downer.
US $599 -> EUR 468 -> add 22% VAT (Highest euro area VAT from Finland) -> EUR 571. EUR 599 would be still OK.
This it's really, really blood boiling type of pricing. I wonder how many people in Europe, ready to place order just said "nope, fuck you, I am not buying until price goes down"
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But what about import taxes and tech tariffs? You think it'd be easy for a company that everyone wants to die to be able to have those voided?
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They are negligible. Harmonised duties on computers and smartphones are 0-1,5 % and recycling fees amount to few euros.
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Indeed, I was one of them. Although my Q10's price didn't fall as much as the Z10, I've learned my lesson. Still very interested in the Passport but not at this conversion rate (with or without taxes).
I was happy about the price but sucks that it's 599 only in the US...at the same, that's like their worst market so their obviously going to make the price a lot more competitive (read..way cheaper than the alternatives) to encourage sales. Just hoping my EPP link comes through though *fingers crossed*
Pimp slappin iGeeks and Droinerds with my Q10
They should be doing a price cut for markets that still appreciate blackberry, not the other way around..
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U do realise that those prices are with taxes? US does not have a VAT, so the price is way lower
Putin Huylo. Slava Ukraini, freedom to Ukraine!
So i was right, near the 700€
Right now im holding a crusade ALONE In Spain trying to convince people to change sides from Android and Iphone to BlackBerry.
Its that the weapon you give me, BlackBerry?
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£484 from unlocked-mobiles in the UK. Incl VAT. Not bad in my opinion.
Rocking my sexy white Z30 10.3.0.1052
Sums BlackBerry up really; stupid!
Z10.......er......BlackDroid in action!
I have just placed the order on the german BlackBerry eshop! Available now!
Almighty Putin! :) After Ukraine he started to occupy Slovakia :)
Lol, that psycho will choke and die before he gets his hands on the Passport :D
Putin Huylo. Slava Ukraini, freedom to Ukraine!
In Switzerland announced on Digitec site for 699 CHF, end of October.
Better than in the UK! Maybe I should start looking for an airfare ;-)
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Of course the price will drop, price elasticity will do its part.
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Not this time BlackBerry, I bought my z10 directly after the launch and the price went 50% down after a couple of months. This time i'll be patient and wait 3 months before buying it :)
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That's because the Z10 bombed.
I hope the passport works for BlackBerry, I really do.
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Majority of people will wait til the price drops.
I got my Z30 for $299.99 one year later
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Yeah, very, very disappointing BlackBerry still fails to realize that the way to the consumers' hearts leads through their wallets.
Russia Slovakia, never heard of such a country
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Almighty Putin :)
Putin kaput :)
Putin Huylo. Slava Ukraini, freedom to Ukraine!
Ah ah ah, $800 in Europe?
Mega fail, once BlackBerry on the loop!
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At around £400 I was tempted - this is far too much imo
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Whaaaaat? 649 €? This is very very wrong. Iam disappointed. Very bad move BlackBerry...
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Can you buy it from the US sure and ship to UK?
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I have been trying to get one shipped to Australia.. only Option was the USA or Mexico..
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Ouch, no luck here, then...
Probably wait for Kogan, MobiCiti or even Harvey Norman....
BlackBerry? I premdict the future's gonna be chenomenal!
That's about how much I paid for Z30, plus unlocking.
Zoom Zoom Z30
Anyone know whats the price in India? I hope it is not too costly...
Too expensive? It's a premium device! (But I'll wait till the price drops.)
Zoom Zoom Z30
No not to expensive people just don't like to be ripped off. If they had one price then taxes things would be different. But no one believes that they have to pay 180€ in vat sorry but that difference in price is just to high.
It's not simple VAT. It's VAT plus tariffs, also keep in mind contracts. BlackBerry secures your data and some countries wouldn't allow BB to be sold, so part of a contract obligation they have to pay a fee to ensure their user data gets to stay secure in specific countries.
not the consumers problem. I'll just get a phone from a manufacturer that doesnt' mark up as much, and its a lost sale. simple really isn't it?
It becomes the consumers problem when you want them to sell at a loss and the company goes out of business.
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USA has import duty and taxes too my friend. Believe me. This thing ain't made in USA
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Not cool! Cheaper in the USA than in Canada. I guess I'll get an android instead. I would order now if the Canadian price is d same sa USA.
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Do you get your phone contract free?
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Blood EuroSoviet
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649 euro are bout 830 usd, strange pricing strategy...
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There will be some people in Europe who might wait for the price to go lower. $599 converted to €650, shafted.
+1
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By December it will be 400 for sure. Anyway to expensive now
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£529 GBP is too dear. Big difference in US$599( £GBP366) wonder if I can get a US one with correct LTE bands?
Actually - the price in the UK is c.£440+VAT = £529. In the UK our prices are always quoted INCLUSIVE of VAT. VAT (Value Added Tax) is the UK's Sales Tax. In the US, prices are quoted EXCLUSIVE of Sales Tax (and the Sales Tax is different in different parts of the US - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_taxes_in_the_United_States) so the phones in the US will be more expensive than you might think (though I have never paid more than 9% Sales Tax in the US - and in some states there is no Sales Tax at all).
Also, we have exceptional consumer protection in the UK - under the Sales of Goods Act a customer can approach the merchant with a claim about an item they purchased from for up to six years from the date of sale (five years after discovery of the problem in Scotland).
Wow, and here I thought Canadians were getting the shaft. Nah, the Europeans are getting the real shaft. We're just getting the baby shaft.
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Until you consider what else we get by law and from taxes.
In Europe you have a 2 warranty from the seller by law - after 1 year the burden of proof switches.
Having said that, most products in Germany come with a 2 year warranty anyway - from the manufacturer (not just the seller).
And then one van have the obvious debate about taxes - but that's another argument.
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Gewährleistung is not the same of warranty (garantie) one has to do much less. Also 180 fucking Euro that's just to much of a difference 90 Euro okay but paying 150% of its worth in dollars. Plus they also get warranty if the device is defective.
Actually, Gewährleistung as it is called in German does more than a standard warranty:
The seller had to pay for repair or replace with a new (!) identical or equivalent/better device.
The manufacturer cab repair or replace with a refurbished item.
Incidentally, your warranty by law is with the seller.
If the seller refers you to the manufacturer and you do contact the manufacturer, I believe you also forfeit your warranty with the seller.
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Warranty stuff is a pretty serious matter in Germany, as far as I'm aware. Also, consumers there don't muck around, they can be very persistent.
Not like Australia, "oh, don't worry about it then..."
BlackBerry? I premdict the future's gonna be chenomenal!
Hey Prem, pretty disappointed there has been no word of it as yet on any carriers in Oz. Spoke to Vodafone yesterday and they haven't even heard of it. No word on Telstra or Optus yet either.
You gonna get one??
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Why is the price in the UK and Europe so much more? There, Passport costs about $850 USD!
Z-30 / STA100-5 / 10.3.0.1154 / T-Mobile USA
Cheaper than my Z30 was
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Think about it, those who complain now. :-)
I'm grateful it is available at all..
BlackBerry? I premdict the future's gonna be chenomenal!
Any idea when this will be available in the Philippines?
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Guess it'll be around P29K-P32K.
I would buy one without thinking twice if the price was 600 euro. A few days ago I was willing to spend 550 euro max., but I mentally prepared and accepted 600 euro.
650 euro sucks hard. Especially when it costs 600 dollar in the US.
Pfrt.
Its 599 in the Netherlands
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What's the site? Do they ship to the rest of Europe?
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I pre-ordered mine through http://pdashop.nl/ and will be getting it around 8 October. PDAshop.nl is a Dutch webshop (with physical stores), so you'll have no problems claiming your guarantee. Also, no shipping costs. :D.
http://www.pdashop.nl/product/493646/blackberry-passport.html.
Yup they have the passport for €599. Problem is I don't speak Dutch so don't know if they ship to the rest of the Eurozone or be able to make an order. Thanks anyway.
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I don't know why... but I paid 529 Euro's via the shopblackberry UK shop. Swapped a few times between sites to compare the price and ended up at the UK shop which indicated 529 Euro's.. Think It might be a glitch or something. With shipping to the Netherlands it came down to 540Euro's. Lucky me!
Well there goes a hundred bucks,I was sure we Canadians would get it for $599.Oh well!!! what a Monster of a phone,I'll enjoy it Big Time.
These prices are incomparable. I would like to see tax included prices, that's a bit fairer.
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I'm pretty sure the EU (£,€) price since use tax.
Having said that, price parity in the UK and EU? Nice.
I'm used to the UK being overpriced...
Not sure i'll get the passport though because my Z10 works perfectly.
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Rip-pff Britain triumphs once again. $599 USD equates to around £366 GBP. Who's cashing in here? Someone must think that us Brits have more money than sense!
ıllıllı ṡëṅẗ ḟṛöṁ ż30 äẅëṡöṁëṅëṡṡ ıllıllı
And to €469 in Eurozone. Even if you price it at $699 it amounts to €547 still less that the current price in Eurozone.
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Seriously? Not even a 1:1 €/$ conversion or 100€ "discount"?
So disappointed...
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Me too. This should be sitting around £400 Inc vat.
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As they say on dragons den.... 'I'm out!' again silly pricing will ruin a BlackBerry launch.. then when no one buys it, we have the price reduction and everyone thinks it must be a pile of shit:)
I'll stick with my Z30 and Z10, bought for a combined total of £175
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And I just read this thing uses a nano sim..... in something this big, you can't fit a micro sim??!
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Can cut the sim, no problem there.
Yes, I know that. But when u want to swap back to a z10 of z30 you have to use an adapter which seems to have a habit of breaking the sim contact pins on the phone
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You should NEVER EVER EVER "test" the adapter without the sim card inserted. That's why it breaks the pins. Crackberry Kevin learned the hard way.
Why would u put one in without the sim card? If you read the forums you will see plenty of people have broken Z10s and Z30s using a sim adapter WITH a sim card
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Yeah how come the Europeans have to pay €180.69 (£162.61 if you live in the UK which by the way is ca £21 more than you would pay if you bought it in Germany or France) more than the Americans? What a bloody rip off. Can they even give Europe the same rate?
21% tax/vat the almos free healthcare and school, atleast in belgium has to come from somewhere.
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That’s a fallacy. You only have to look at competitors’ devices and their prices.
i would like to buy it, but 530 GBP....hmmm, i need to find the way how to sell my need at home :D
$699 in Canada from the blackberry site, with a week long exclusive of $750 from Telus to get it without a contract... Really wished it would have mirrored the US site price to kickoff the sales
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Well, the exchange rate is now almost 1.11 pee USD. So $600 USD is equal to $CAN 666. It's pretty close
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More expensive in Europe. It seems I need to make friends in the US :)
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If i buy a Passport in USA, it will be available in France??
Shopblackberry.com doesn't ship to Europe, just US and Mexico. However if you have friends in the US they can get it for you.
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Canada 699? Really? Lame.
People. Remember tax/VAT is already included into the cost in some countries, as compared to US and Canada prices where they are pre-tax.
There international pricing is questionable. Ironic given the name of the device.
UK: RRP £529.00 incl VAT/£441 ex VAT
That equates to $863 incl VAT/$720 ex VAT
USA: MSRP $599 ex Sales Tax.
Even when US sales tax is added say at 10% it will be at most $659 total price.
So to conclude, to the consumer, the Passport is $204 USD/£125 cheaper in the USA. I do B2C trade in both these regions and this massive price difference is inexcusable. Not impressed and I was going pounce at this device today as well.
I can only suggest they expect to lower it significantly after launch in Europe, they think demand is there in especially UK, and that they have been under pressure due to competition in the US to have a lower USD price point.
I do note there is a site in UK which is offering it for pre-order at £485 incl VAT/$792 incl VAT which is still £82/$133 more expensive than USA when sales tax is added. This suggest there is a retailer that perhaps has it as an exclusive?
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I could easily get one from friends in the us, but why should I jump through hoops( not to mention the horrible BlackBerry customer service)
The UK has been slightly more loyal to BlackBerry than America, so we get ripped off, great!
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Guys if you are in UK!!!!: Shop blackberry UK has a price matrix issue. If you add to cart for delivery to uk then change currency to EUR it does it at 1:1 ratio so you get it for 529 eur! Once you add shipping I have bought this for 542 EUR all in which is £422! Saving over a hundred quid!
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Hey look at UK price. If you convert it it's almost 40% more for us than for Canadians and USA! Compared to US Dollars you are only paying around 5% more so think yourself lucky!
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