Comments on: Sprint says no pre-orders for BlackBerry Tour

By: Looteya

Looteya — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:12:09 +0000

AHMED ??

what is the big deal i live in dubai and i saw the blackberry tour today its very lame small and annoying

Where did you see it in dubai inshallah ?? and when ??

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:21:34 +0000

I was a verizon customer for years, switched to AT&T tdue to constant echo calls and poor recpetion in the area I live in on Long Island. My water district made AT&T take there cell tower off their water tower so this caused me to switch from them(miss my iphone) to sprint, they have the airwave. I love sprint! amazing plan and whenever I am in an area where their service is not great(this is rare) I roam on Verizon. same unlimited plan on Verizon is $50 more. Go Sprint!

By: anonymousTSR

anonymousTSR — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:30:14 +0000

@Sonya,

They still bog down the regular cell phones so VZW can bleed you from both wrists and make you use VZNav which is LAME! with GPS becoming a big deal with apps and stuff, VZW doesn’t want you getting too excited and starting to use stuff other than their own cult software… I’m not saying I like Sprint, but I’m not saying VZW is good either… VZW is going to face a shit ton of problems here soon because they’re loosing sight of CUSTOMER SERVICE… The companies that prevail usually have great customer service, something VZ used to have, but now that they are “Big Bad Red” they’re not caring whatsoever what is beneficial to the CUSTOMER.

Keep slobbing on VZW’s knob ma’am, and see where it gets you in the long run.

Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: Findlay United States

By: Don Louie Cantone

Don Louie Cantone — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:15:52 +0000

Sonya, vzw still cripples/locks all the dumbphones and them unlocking GPS on certain smartphones is a small consilation for you all. I say that “you get what you pay for” is weak as hell because no recent independent surveys put Sprint anywhere but 1 or 2 in voice/data so stop trying to justify the less for more angle by calling Sprint subs poor when we’re obviously cost conscience.

By: Sonya

Sonya — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:07:20 +0000

Correction *Sprint* But to the people who just came on here and started bashin Sprint is ridiculous. I’m only talking to the people who directly starting bashing Verizon.

By: Sonya

Sonya — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:02:15 +0000

Why don’t Spring users just admit they won’t go to Verizon because they can’t afford it, they have significantly reduced the amount of crippling if not stopped it all together so that excuse is getting old. Its not cheap because its not cheap to have the amount of coverage that they have, and maybe Sprint should raise their prices considering they needed bail out money, just a thought. I’ve had experience with all except AT&T and Verizon has the best service no doubt about it, and thats all I care about because I need to make CALLS.

Now back on topic, it is ridiculous that you can’t pre order but I don’t think its worth leaving your carrier over unless you have another reason along with that.

By: Don Louie Cantone

Don Louie Cantone — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:00:43 +0000

I might want this myself but it’s just the same as all previous iterations

By: ~Phel

~Phel — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:24:42 +0000

Roger who are these orginazations that you protest? Are you going to P.A. to protest the G-20 summit? We could toss some moltov cocktails together if ya want!

By: Roger A

Roger A — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:22:52 +0000

oh my, My identity ohhh no!

By: JERSEYMAFIA

JERSEYMAFIA — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:29:11 +0000

sprint was WAY BETTER Data plans then anybody else….Verizon has these old plans that keep you IN DAYTIME MIN..thats why my friends use my phone at work cuz they have know i have it all for one low price..and SPRINT TV IS WAYYY BETTER,Unlimited txt,unlimited Nav,radio,Email,Talk,….Compare ATT…Verizon you will see….and they really have emproved there customer service….SPRINT ROCKS….AND NFL LIVE YEAH BABY

By: anonymousTSR

anonymousTSR — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:25:27 +0000

Of course they won’t preorder this! God forbid a failing company does something to anticipate the possibilities of higher sales margins…. Kind of like what they did before the Prē!

…oh,wait…

Get it together Sprint, seriously!

Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: Findlay United States

By: sprunt

sprunt — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:47:06 +0000

can give two sh*ts about BB. bring on HTC touch pro2 or HTC Hero. thank god im smart enough to make my own technical decisions and have the service i love and have zero problem with. oh, plus i can wait for better things.

By: haha

haha — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:47:33 +0000

How much is the tour gna cost off contract?!?

By: haha

haha — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:37:13 +0000

Any word on the price of the tour if u just wanna buy it off contract??

By: Don Louie Cantone

Don Louie Cantone — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:43:03 +0000

I’m with Roger A, Sprint ought to adopt something like the NE2 vzw does and and an advance notice for us 8-10 year subs but other than that I’m fine.

By: ahmed

ahmed — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:48:12 +0000

what is the big deal i live in dubai and i saw the blackberry tour today its very lame small and annoying

By: Roger A

Roger A — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:25:34 +0000

Twitter, blog, its all the same. Even people I know who hate me, know where Ive lived.

And yes, I really would leave one company to go to another, because there is a difference between LOYALTY being EARNED and rewarded, and INSTANT GRATIFICATION…

Principal

By: Roger A

Roger A — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:22:29 +0000

jake… i like attention. Everyone knows I lived in San Jose, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle.. even the people that are in organizations I protest that hate me know where I live. Hahaha

By: JakeyBoy

JakeyBoy — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:55:37 +0000

twitter is fine. maybe Roger just let a little TMI when it came to himself in his many bgr comments. i’m sure he wouldn’t exactly want everyone to know where he lived and such…thats all. Hey, while i’ve got your attention Marc, have Zach run his facts and a spell check before he posts…would you please?

By: ~Phel

~Phel — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:47:32 +0000

when I decide to upgrade (actually just buy outright) I’ld much rather have a pre…Oh by the way, my sprint “dumbphone” is waaay faster data wise than my BB on aT&T.

By: HTCxAddict

HTCxAddict — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:09:08 +0000

I truly dont get what the big deal is about pre-ordering the phone i mean just go down to the store. If you dont wanna go down to the store just make sure you call tele-sales early on the 12th and order one. Anyone saying they will leave Sprint and go to Verizon just because of a pre order senario is absolutely rediculous. To go to Verizon and pay more a month and have less features on your devices is pretty stupid.

By: Roger A

Roger A — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:37:59 +0000

@Matt – I actually had considered leaving Sprint, and I still might. As a Premier customer, I feel loyalty should best be rewarded with the ability to actually “hear” about the phones (like they claim SP Customers do) and “preorder” the phones that are coming.
At the end of the day, I have to really think “Is Satan In RED worth another deposit, cost of a new phone, and horrible customer issues with an over priced plan”

@JakeyBoy – Marc and I are close friends, so anything he “outed” of mine on BGR is totally acceptable in the name of tech…Beside I know ya’ll were gonna wanna hear it from someone at Sprint themselves that they dropped yet another ball.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:19:51 +0000

what the hell Sprint!!!!!!!!! If anyone is going to sign up for the damn Tour they’ll go to Verizon.

By: Marc Flores

Marc Flores — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:07:49 +0000

@ JakeyBoy I know Roger personally and asked for his permission before putting up his Twitter info.

By: Sprint CL

Sprint CL — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:01:30 +0000

Well…

I have to say, I maintain a CL (corporate liable) account with Sprint and I have already pre-ordered units and have received confirmation.

Maybe there is a difference between IL & CL

All I know is….I am getting my shipment

By: JakeyBoy

JakeyBoy — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:51:35 +0000

Roger, its all good. just showing you that bgr outed your personal info in a way. i don’t think i would have been as good about it as you. good luck on your blogging.

By: 3 Phones Jugglin

3 Phones Jugglin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:34:41 +0000

Honestly, why are people bitching and moaning that they cant pre order a Tour??

Telesales generally has phones in stock to order a couple days before the official date and whats the problem with going into a store and picking one up? If they didnt make the Pre available for Pre Order why would they do so for the Tour. Yes people want this phone, but its not that serious.

By: Roger A

Roger A — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:31:08 +0000

JakeyBoy – lets keep the personal comments and questions in my blog, you can contact me there.

- To the people who work at Sprint on this forum… I think its time that Sprint LISTEN HARDER to their customers, AS WELL AS LOOK AT OTHER COMPETITORS and be the leader they once were in doing things FIRST.
This means – PRE ORDERS FOR PHONES!!!

By: jack tee

jack tee — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:06:29 +0000

The Tour is the same old same old BB. Boring snoozefest and the build quality of all BBs has become abysmal since the Curve and Pearl. 8800 durable too. Bold, horror show. 8900 cheap, flimsy and tinny. The Tour will be an uber popular device but I wouldn’t get it. There is not much difference between it and the older generation 8 series.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:04:39 +0000

thank god

that phone sucks!