BlackBerry Tour officially hitting Verizon on July 12th
We’re not sure how much doubt a person could have had before, but in the interest of being crystal clear, Verizon Wireless will make the BlackBerry Tour available online and in stores on July 12th for $199 with a two year agreement. You can preorder the device starting from this moment on.
Thanks, Stang68!
@joetour
Have fun using wifi, free navigation, etc…
Of course that is just in the spirit of redundancy, since that seems to be the new thing for RIM, BGR’s latest articles, you and the handful of TourTrolls that clog up any given comment section on here.
@ steven,
speak the truth!
tour sucks I don’t know why these queers like this phone.
And yes they are a bunch of TourTrolls, I see them in every topic saying “tuh tuh tuh tour” like stuttering idiots.
I thought that the tour was the “curve with a touch screen” What happened to that?
2 questions: does any BB offered on Verizon have WiFi? Whats the big difference that makes the Tour an awesome phone – different from, say, the bold or the latest curve?
Another blackberry, yippee!!!
No WiFi = No Buy
Dumbest move ever on BB for not putting WiFi on this device.
Does the Tour have free GPS/Navigation on it? Or is that another $10 you have to spend a month to get it?
Reasons tour is a nice upgrade for blackberry users:
(much) Higher resolution screen.
Faster processor
More Memory
Better Camera
Rev-a 3G instead of Rev-0
Updated OS
I know blackberry users tend to get a little excited, but this is a pretty big upgrade, especially from the 8800 series. Think about the iphone 3GS. Kind of the same deal right? Good upgrades, but not a game changer. And people were camping OUTSIDE for that one! So please everyone, relax.
@Greg Kops
The tour does support GPS and will come with blackberry maps. For turn by turn navigation, you will have to pay $10 a month for VZ navigator (AFAIK). The sprint version of the tour will come with Sprint Navigation at no extra charge with the simply everything and everything data plans.
Those who say, “So what if it doesn’t have wi-fi?”… so no phone you have now has wi-fi? I know we all got 3G phones, but tell me none of you EVER jump on wi-fi when the opportunity presents itself. I don’t care what network you’re on, if you need to look something up and there’s wi-fi around, you’re jumping on wi-fi cause its FASTER.
But I get it though for the VZW BB fanboys… its exciting. The only reason people are talking some crap is because of all the dumb Tou-tou-tou posts (what is that stutter anyway? The time it takes to do a search on 3G vs Wi-fi??).
Shoot man… I HATE the iPhone and Sidekick and even those toys have wi-fi!!!
I am a Verizon Wireless customer and if you go to the website to upgrade your phone, it isn’t even listed as an option. Only new customers can pre-order this phone. I called Verizon to ask them, and they kept me on hold for 20 minutes, and finally came back to me and told me that existing customers can upgrade to the phone on July 12. What a load of bull.
@Mike –
That is exactly what a rep told me today as well; existing customers, even those with New Every Two discounts available, cannot preorder the phone on their existing plans. Upgrades are only available to existing customers on the street date.
The whole GPS issue is none-sense. Go out and buy yourself a garmin, navigon GPS and save yourself staining your eyes zooming in on a tiny screen while driving. The cheapest of the above models is 100x better then the best on the best smart phone. So, steven, good luck with your buffering GPS and dropped calls, and by the time I’m finish writing here the subscriber gap of VZ/ATT will be 90 mill vs. 77 mill, thanks to the i phone 3GS.
@ Patrick
Well, never mind. Why bother? All I’m going to get back is another fagget joke.
pre -order not available for current vzw customers
here’s a copy of my Live Online Customer Service response:
You: I have a blackberry and would like to pre-order the tour
You: but it wont go through
You: either i get to the end and it asks me to transfer/new phone number from other provider
You: or if i go to My Verizon and do upgrade my phone it isn’t listed as a choice
Cassandra: Are you a new customer?
You: no
Cassandra: You can not order the new phone as a upgrade at this time.
You: but there is a pre-order
You: available
You: the pre-order is only for Non-Verizon customers?
Cassandra: Correct.
You: wow
You: thats pretty shitty
You: im a custoemr almost 10 years
You: havent renewed my contract
You: could have gotten an iphone
You: have been waiting for this
You: thing
Cassandra: I am sorry about that.
You: and now ur going to give non customers first shot
You: i could get a palm pre on sprint
Cassandra: I am sorry, that is how it is set up at this time, I am not aware if it will be changed it just came online today.
You: u should let them know
Cassandra: They are aware.
You: people are gonna be pissed. all the cell phone nerd blogs are gonna pick this up.
You: i’m gonna post this on boygenius
You: i should have better things to do, but whatever
Cassandra: I understand. It is rather silly if I may say so myself. You are not the only one who has these feelings.
You: yeah
^ the only reason they keep their 77 mill is because of the i-phone, it offsets the losses of reg (voice) subscribers. proof? the last quarter they activated 1.3 mill i-phones, and added 1+ mill customers. you get the drift here?
@ your doin it wrong
the only way to do it is to get the email addreses of the big shot execs there and get them to feel what a loyal VZ customer has to go through just because he wants decent service, and it almost looks like their enjoying it.
Those of you who don’t get why people want a new VZW BB must be among the fortunate who live someplace where ATT/T-Mobile/Sprint don’t suck.
For places like the SF Bay Area, VZW is night and day better in much of the region than any of the others, and I’ve tried them all. I carry an ATT Curve and a VZW 8830, and coverage is vastly better on VZW all over the area.
Plus, for those of you who think ATT has great coverage, try taking your phone internationally, and you’ll see how the same phone gets much better sound quality/fewer dropped calls on Vodafone/Orange/Telstra, etc., than ATT.
Would I prefer to have wifi, etc., yup, but more importantly I have to have a phone that actually works. If I didn’t care, I’d get an iPhone.
Greg
VZW has f’in dropped the ball on this one…
I have been with them for over 12 yrs with the now wifes line (i started when it was Bell Mobile) and 10 years on my phone (20 person biz account)…
And they will only let NEW subscribers pre-order…What a bunch of bullshit…
Not saying i wont be in line like a tool on the 12th, but this is still bullshit…
I was just told by CS that the phone is not available for upgrade customers. They are making a serious mistake there and I may bolt.
bastards are charging $3/month for visual voicemail
everyone should call verizon centers and complain and threaten to switch over to sprint or another carrier..if they get enough complaints then they will have 2 let pre existing customers upgrade
I have a garden level (basement) apartment in Boston. Verizon I have full bars. My friends with AT&T get nothing, even texts and voicemails can’t sneak through.
This is why people are pumped.
new every two upgrade will be applied to tour if you go to retail store on the 12th. I was told it will be $149.99 if you do it at the retail store.
if your not an new customer your cant pre-order? new deal… the phone isnt going anywhere! didnt att&apple pull the same crap!? please stop with the bitching… (including the bb haters- go post somewhere else!)
You kidding? If you have time to go to the store do it, I don’t have the time or the desire to so.
I think the policy is fkd up.