[Cmikhow]

I've seen a bunch of people posting speculations regarding the price of the Bold, or wondering what it will be.

A friend of mine is a Rogers rep and I work at a Source (for you Americans it's Radio Shack) and the Rogers stores have already received demos of the Bold by a Blackberry Rep, well most of them anyways. I'm hearing a July 20th release date but that could be wrong. It is not going to be this expensive monster people are worrying about. Fortunately the iPhone is releasing for 200$ which leads me to believe the Bold will not be cheaper for our friends in the States as our phones usually are. Thanks to the strong dollar.

I'm willing to bet, and my Rogers connection was the first to say that the Bold will follow the trend of the curve with a 299.99 price tag. With a 3-year contract. That makes the most sense to me considering the Bold is about 100$ better than the iPhone. So imagine a 600.00 retail price.

[HD123]

Let's hope, that's an amazing price.

[comminus]

Yeah, I'm still a bit doubtful of a $299 price tag... I sure hope you're right though...

[mortys11]

i will guess $399 with 3 yr term on rogers

[meniac]

i will guess $399 with 3 yr term on rogers

Exactly my thoughts. I highly doubt that they'll release the Bold with Rogers for anything less... especially since the 8820 was recently released for $349.

[Tooking_mcknn]

I've payed unlocked prices before so anything under $500 sounds good to me.

[TampaDude]

If the Bold is around $500, I'll grab one, and eBay/craigslist my unlocked 8310 for about $300 to put towards the Bold.

[sito]

is there any advantage of buying unlock blackberry at such high price?

[Duvi]

is there any advantage of buying unlock blackberry at such high price?

* No contract extension...
* Use on other GSM carriers, here and abroad.

[Deathscaller]

any idea if the price for AT&T will be cheaper? i would have a feelin they would keep it close to the $200 area to compete with the Iphone

[Gibralter]

Yeah I hope it is the same price range of the smallest memory Iphone but my guess is that it will be a tad more.

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[davelovehis8820]

Well I guess it will stick around 199 to compete with iphone, and retail price will be somewhere around 599.....just a guess

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[unmasked]

any idea if the price for AT&T will be cheaper? i would have a feelin they would keep it close to the $200 area to compete with the Iphone

There is a $300 iphone (well $299) so it would not surprise me if the Bold came in at that price.

[idontrockin661]

gonna be $300 after rebates here in the states at AT&T