BlackBerry Bold delayed on AT&T until at least mid-August!
We know what you’re thinking… but this is for reals! We’ve just confirmed this now with two high-level sources: the Bold is actually delayed until August on AT&T. It seems like AT&T and RIM are still having software issues with battery life and overheating. It has not been certified by AT&T yet. This new information goes against our previous intel and thoughts, but it really looks like everyone on AT&T either needs to wait it out, get a Bold from Canada, or think impure thoughts. What you thinkin’? RIM = FAIL? Yeah, us too.
AND Bob:
Your incorrect when you say RIM is a failing company. On June 25th they released their 1st Quarter fiscal 2009 earnings report
“Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 was $2.24 billion, up 19% from $1.88 billion in the previous quarter and up 107% from $1.08 billion in the same quarter of last year. The revenue breakdown for the quarter was approximately 82% for devices, 13% for service, 3% for software and 2% for other revenue. During the quarter, RIM shipped approximately 5.4 million devices.
Approximately 2.3 million net new BlackBerry® subscriber accounts were added in the quarter. At the end of the quarter, the total BlackBerry subscriber account base was over 16 million.”
I love all the armchair quarterback analysis of RIM’s stock like it actually means something. I also love all the 7th Grade (or equivalent education/maturity) Apple fanboys that frequent this site.
How about this: Apple is forcing AT&T to not release the Bold until 30 days after the iPhone goes on sale? (You know, because of that 30-day return policy).
Two things…
1st. A product that has not been given an OFFICIAL launch date CANNOT be layed.
2nd. Does anyone know how to jailbrake my blackberry?
Interesting…maybe they’re trying to reduce the level of radiation as well…Black berry (RIM Curve 8330) is the 5th cell in the world based on the amount of radiation…
RIM seems to be having all kinds of problems with all of there new hardware/software. They can’t seem to get OS 4.5 right, now this news about the Bold? They are failing big time. They will lose to Apple if they don’t get it together fast. I never thought about buying an iphone, but I am considering it now. Will we ever see a stable release of OS 4.5? However I am still leary over AT&T’s claim about the Bold. Personally I think its a way for them to promote the iphone longer.
The most comical part of the share analysis was the way they tried to directly compare share prices while ignoring far more important changes to them e.g. the 3 for 1 share split that rim did last year.
look whatever your hearing about overheating aint true its att man theyre screwing us over. i mean rim over
On Jun 25, 2008 @ 10:29 pm, spragga Said:
The reason it’s being delayed on ATT is because RIM IS NOT SATISFIED WITH ATT’S 3G NETWORK.
LOL @ your other post saying my post has zero merit.
IT WAS CONFIRMED BY RIM smart guy.
If RIM stateed that the Bold was on hold because they are not satisfied with AT&T’s network, I’d like to see the link to the press release.
If Apple was strong enough to force a delay in the launch of the Bold, that would really be a BOLD statement from AT&T. Think about it. They are saying in effect that even though RIM has been around years longer and provided AT&T with scores of new devices and exclusives, AT&T feels that the iPhone device and the ongoing relationship with Apple is far more important than with RIM. It would see that AT&T is smart enough to see that the iPhone does have the potential to overtake the market from RIM. If not, why risk pission off RIM?
And I agree with the previous poster who stated that lately, RIM has had nothing but problems. Service outages, failure to deliver on 4.5. They still have no HTML mail. iPhone had that from day one. They installed wifi in some device ans it wasn’t worth a crap because the web brower and processor wasn’t nearly good enough to handle it. That’s why EVDO blackberrrys have sucked too even with 3G because of the crappy hardware. RIMS hardware has literally been good for nothiing but to push out plain text email and sms messages.
If Apple can meet and exceed specs on RIMS best (the Bold), in just under a year, imagine what they’ll be able to do in another year or two. Same for WM. I have stuggled with that Windows Moblie crap for years, tweaking and dealing with lockups and resets daily. WM has the stability of a house of cards. Yet, my iPhone, in a year, has never required a reboot. Go figure. I never missed a call because my phone was locked up and I didn’t know about it till I tried ot make one.
Like Apple and the iPhone or hate them. Either way their presents in the marketplace has really gotten the others to get off their collective asses and try to produce some knockout devices.
If you are stuck using RIM, or just perfer it, then don’t be mad at Apple because they slipped up and let Apple take a more important role with AT&T than RIM.
I don’t that it’s that serious to say BB=Fail, so they take and extra month to work out some wrinkles, that just means that they are trying to make it better. At least thier not aware of the problems and trying to patch it up with half-assed software like some companies.
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Forget all the RIM vs Apple BS. They both make great products, and both will have a good piece of the future smartphone market. This post is about the BOLD delay. When someone has something new and verified about the BOLD release on any network, or reason for delay, please post it.
In a recent RIM press conference they had said that “the bold is meeting / exceeding all carrier tests”
Thats why this delay confuses me. Either RIM is lieing or AT&T is.
Or it could be that the AT&T testing hadn’t reached the tests that were failing so neither was lying at the time when they made their comments.
I was told that they are only delaying the Bold because the IPhone is coming out in July and they don’t want any direct competition. Weak sauce, BG had me excited for July release!
You spelled favourite wrong.
This may actually work to BB’s advantage; Consider … give iPhone an opportunity to demonstrate their oversights, create a demand for something that bridges the gap, and right as the hopes of those who don’t get the first run of the iPhone2 plummet from painful trasnactions… the bold may roll out (high hopes for threaded SMS!!! or that Yahoo! OneConnect bridges that gap) and RIM can pick up where apple left off. One possible scenario. But, I’m only ever loyal to good products, not manufacturers. Best product wins! I have some basic needs that need to get met SOON! I need to see my most IMPORTANT people, sorted by time, separated by category. iPhone or BB..??? MS phones do this by default, for years now (though they do suck balls – everything you’d need is 2 layers deep, and NOTHING is painless to use) …
Why are there so many COMPANY loyalists? Be loyal to your DOLLARS people, and choose the product that fits YOUR USAGE! The very notion of calling someone ridiculous for preferring one device over another is ignorant.
And to ALL of you who think you know where the markets going…? PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS! Money is TRUTH serum. Think you have a crystal ball? TSX: RIM, NASDAQ: RIMM – Apple Inc. (AAPL). Quietly take your crystal ball, make your deposits, and quit sniveling about the prices of phones! You and your crystal ball are RICH!
Look – you quibble about the cost of a phone… but you pay monthly, like an indentured servant the Cell Service Provider, who apparently can afford to SUBSIDIZE your cost! Its your monthly recurring where you waste your money… otherwise, they wouldn’t have the padding in their revenue to soften the blow of your device cost. AT&T sucks, slow internet, crappy reception (los angeles at least) … VZW is RIDICULOUS, they strip all phones of developer contributions and give you one OS to choose from, and then charge you up the you know. Sprint is questionable for voice, but the BEST by a landslide for Data, and tmobile… well, they just need to spend a few bucks on 3g or wimaxx – because… what the HELL are they thinking????? They all suck, so choose the one that’s cheapest, has your phone, encourages development, and has service in your house/apartment/mansion (those of you with crystal balls) …
hey fu the whole friggin beta department is monitoring boygenius we know whats goin on. its all bs we cant say crap though its all corporate bs marketing crap the phone is ready to go.
I have a crazy idea about what’s going on. What if Apple’s got more power over AT&T than RIM (apple’s much bigger).
What if apple from the beginning told AT&T that their phone had to come out first (behind closed doors). RIM wants to go first and AT&T signs the contract to deliver it as soon as possible (which RIM signs because they think they will beat apple) as long as RIM’s phone meets the standards (which RIM thinks will happen and RIM does not know about the behind closed doors agreement between apple and AT&T).
Now RIM comes and presents the phone to AT&T with time to spare. Apple comes back to AT&T and warns AT&T that iphone 3g must come out first. AT&T has to come up with faults with the phone. The overheating and battery problems are easy to pin since these are typical problems with 3g phones. Further, batteries rarely ever deliver what the manufacturer promises. AT&T forces RIM to go back to the drawing room. RIM can’t get angry because they already signed the agreement . They can’t even prove that AT&T was going to do this from the beginning. RIM also can’t get out of the agreement because this is fair (AT&T will claim standard procedure).
It may be crazy, but I can see this happening…
I’ve been counting the days for July to get the new Blackberry Bold and now i have to wait may be another month, bummer.
But that’s ok I prefer for them to spend more time fixing it and get a reliable phone, then getting one now that will have problems later. I know it’s totally worth it.
blimey – having read through all of this thread I have to say that Bob does come across as one big massive cock! (you are one, you dont have one)
Really – its starting to get really sad that every thread about a mobile phone turns into a pro iphone conversation. You’d think apple had become the new religion.
I didn’t bother to read the entire thread but i wanted to let you fellow bb users know that:
This weekend i was in Vegas for the 4th of July and was in the elevator @ my hotel when i saw a guy using the bb bold, i asked him where he got it from and he told me that he works for Blackberry/RIM. As i snatched his phone out of his hands (lol..nice guy) i asked whats the hold up and when is the phone coming out? He said its coming out in mid August and approx $300-$350. I asked for his card but he laughed and said ‘no way man i cant do that”
He was wearing a rim shirt so that was proof enough.
I know its info we already know but at least now we have a confirmed date.
hope this helped some of you!
The iphone launch is a clustercrap. No in-store activation, must synch to itunes at home, but nobody can get onto itunes, they’re shut down! I’ll just wait for the Bold, thanks.
Maybe Apple should’ve pushed back their launch until they got the bugs out.
Mid August is great. I think most people salivating for the Bold are already using Blackberries, no?
Nonetheless, I am sure alot of people who really wanted and needed a Bold got suckered into an iPhone today; and at least a few banked on AT&T’s return policy, hoping that the Bold would be ready within a month (I heard this from several people in my small city). I can’t help but think that RIM is smart enough to have figured out everything by now, and that AT&T had something to do with ensuring that its two big offerings this year do not collide at launch. Further, I would bet that the Bold will be released AT LEAST 31 days from today by AT&T (consider 30 day return policy).
BG is an amazing site. I see it quoted and outright lifted everywhere. Kudos to BG.
Will this phone be offered to Sprint customers eventually?
trust me guys the longer the better, this will not be a cheap phone may cost over 500 dollars, and if they are rushed out to release this phone
b/c if they do not fix problems now there will be replacements and a bad rep on the phone i would rather them have it ready when it is ready forget at&t rushing everything it will not be as good if it is not released when the problems are fixed