Deets on the upcoming Sprint BlackBerry 8830
Most of the important stuff has finally come to light. Namely, the release date, said to be July 1st. Yep, that’s right! Except the July 1st launch date is for businesses, direct ship, and web sales only. Everyone else will have to wait till July 15th to get their international BlackBerry fix. The other big thing we noticed was that, while there’s mention of an "all-encompassing" data plan (meaning local and international), no one has indicated that there will be a North America-only version. The All-World data plan is said to be priced out at $69.99 a month. No word yet on handset pricing, but it’s assumed that the handheld will be priced similarly to its other variants from Verizon, etc.
UPDATE: Handset pricing will be as follows: $549.99 full SRP, with a 2 year rebate of $150, a point of sale rebate for $100, and a mail in rebate for $100. That makes the BlackBerry 8830 on Sprint just $199 with 2 year agreement! Check out the full internal document after the jump!
Finally!! Some information from Sprint! Tough sometimes to buy a phone without at least holding it first. I waited this long, what is a few more weeks.
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Sweet. Looks like ill be on this pretty soon.
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If it weren’t for the fact that I hate sprint I would look into getting this one. But I still prefer to wait for the 8820.
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8820? Do you mean curve by sprint?
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@jjlo the 8820 is rumored to be the successor to the GSM 8800 so it has wifi. It will be fun.
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ahhhh thanks.
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I saw this post as I enjoy this site and thought I should come by and let you know that we did a Hands on of the BB 8830 a month ago, with deets on it’s release! Also, my sources tell us that the Business release is the 5th of July, and it will most likely have a $50 introductory rebate making it $149. The consumer release date is correct, July 15th! come on by and have a look at our hands on 8830 comparison photo’s. Just scroll down. Thanks!
http://morningpaper.typepad.com/morning_paper/blackberry/index.html
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Anyone know if Sprint/Nextel will be putting PTT on this? I’m currently testing Cingular’s PTT with their 8800 model and it works pretty well, but I’m wondering if there are other options.
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Does Sprint ever drop ANYTHING on time?
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Will Sprint offer the Curve and Pearl?
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Yeah, I wonder if SPRINT would release Blackberry CURVE???
Sprint hear us out!
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how do you use in demand i have sprint black berry 8830,I DONT KNOW HOW TO GET UP DATES SUCH AS NEWS ,TV,ETC…
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