Price for 9630????

[Darthkuriboh]

Originally Posted by sooks

LOL "emergency" shipments ... lol some people take things too seriously lol.

I take my employer very seriously, and what I posted is exactly what we were told when we found out we were out of storms at every store, online AND through phone sales. It was a rough week because storms got delayed here to send there for more demand, etc.

[lindros2]

Originally Posted by Darthkuriboh

You didn't see the Storm's original sales numbers, did you? The economy was in the tank then, too

The Storm is a CONSUMER device meant to "extend" the BB brand to people who were jumping from Verizon > AT&T. Have you seen those numbers?

My wife (who never had a BB before) got it for $49 the DAY it was RELEASED.

Maybe you should go back to business school - or kindergarden - to see the difference in device positioning, since I'm pretty sure you lack a degree in Marketing.

The Tour - as a business-oriented device - will struggle with businesses cutting spending, and there is less of a rush to get it out.

Two generations of iPhones influenced Verizon to get something out (which clearly wasn't production-ready with .65 or .75) before the end of 2008.

Talk of Storm 2 shows that the Storm 1 was indeed rushed to market.

[lindros2]

Originally Posted by Darthkuriboh

extremely high, we sold out within a few days, had to wait for emergency shipments.

And regarding "emergency shipments" - the lack of inventory was due to POOR PLANNING and the rigmarole over .65 vs. .75.

Maybe you forgot about the software version-number sticker-swap fiasco and/or split between Storms produced in Mexico vs. Canada?

[kraynro]

to answer your ? about the price. the one year price the majority of the time is $70 more on verizon then the 2 yr, as for the actual 2 yr price we dont have enough to go on yet, it could start out on promo or go on promo a few weeks after like the hub... but there is no way it will be less then 150 and def wont be more then 250 so it's not a bad price range...because it will prob replace the 8830 not the 8330 and they are getting the pearl flip too which would be the low end one so i don't think there has ever been a bb on vzw more then 250 even when the 8830 came out, correct me if i am wrong. and it obv wont go below 150 or that would just be amazing!

[misspriss1892]

BGR just reported that it will probably be the same as a storm, $199 for a two year contract on verizon

[SuperDarius]

the Tour shouldnt be any more than the Storm

i would say with the current trend of $70 MIR on the 8830 and the 8330...that the 9630 might start at 229 with a 70 mir...leaving it at 149....just a guess

if its any higher than that i personally feel it would be overpriced

[ncs8fan]

I'll cap at $200, just don't have the disposable income

[GA_Chevy]

Gosh, I had no idea either. Kinda scary looking, too, don't you think? I tried to quote someone on a post so they would know what I was talking about, but apparently there are rules about that, too. Good luck (to both of us!)

[blackberrytony1]

yup & i think it was BGR that said it was coming out sometime around july