[cookie1069]

I have a Facebook account, and I'm a fan of the Sprint page. I have ask them yesterday if the BOLD was coming out on the 16th. They responded 15 minutes ago, and said it is comming out on the 23rd. Just a few weeks and its here!!

[crispycutz]

LOL i saw that too can't wait!!

UPDATED 4/26, 9:45AM: Sprint announced Monday that the Bold 9650 will be available on its network on May 23.

from BlackBerry 9650 makes the Bold RIM's new flagship smartphone | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

[eve6er69]

yeah crackberry just tweeted about it a few mins ago. im doing the little giddy dance, lol

[grotty]

Wait 3 more weeks after the bold is released and see if you like the evo better..

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[kkwus74]

honestly for 9630 users now.....are you guys really that excited?......honestly,im not really too excited.....besides more Flash memory and WIFI....nothingelse new

[papped]

Probably a lot of 9630 users that have had a lot of trackball problems that are excited just for that reason. But it's more about the bugfixes than the upgrades...

[MissJennell#IM]

Probably a lot of 9630 users that have had a lot of trackball problems that are excited just for that reason. But it's more about the bugfixes than the upgrades...

How do we know thte bug fixes will actually be fixed. RIM has shown with the last few phones released that they all have bugs to be worked out in them.

[papped]

Then don't buy it? I don't really get where you are going with the "all devices will have problems" argument.

If you think it's doomed before it releases, buy something else. If you don't trust them to fix the issues (which clearly you don't), buy something else. Pretty simple.

[eve6er69]

Then don't buy it? I don't really get where you are going with the "all devices will have problems" argument.

If you think it's doomed before it releases, buy something else. If you don't trust them to fix the issues (which clearly you don't), buy something else. Pretty simple.

i bet you cant wait to get your hands on one and away from that 8530, lol

i am thinking about breaking into WES and stealing one because i have been waiting so damn long for this phone, lol

[papped]

I dunno really, I am almost completely happy with the 8530 except for the 320x240 (which isn't really that huge of a deal tbh).

I could fork over retail for a 9650 but I just don't see enough reason to...

I'm probably going to wait for the slider.

[2000 Man]

I dunno really, I am almost completely happy with the 8530 except for the 320x240 (which isn't really that huge of a deal tbh).

I could fork over retail for a 9650 but I just don't see enough reason to...

I'm probably going to wait for the slider.

You must not travel. The 8530 would be a good phone if it had GSM roaming. I'll move from the 8830 to the 9650 if I decide to stick with Sprint. Not having GPS overseas is a real pain though.

[papped]

Yeah I have no use for GSM frequencies/world phone use/etc at all.

If I did I probably wouldn't even have Sprint though...

[2000 Man]

Yeah I have no use for GSM frequencies/world phone use/etc at all.

If I did I probably wouldn't even have Sprint though...

You're obviously not familiar with Sprint's unlimited data roaming options...

[MissJennell#IM]

Then don't buy it? I don't really get where you are going with the "all devices will have problems" argument.

If you think it's doomed before it releases, buy something else. If you don't trust them to fix the issues (which clearly you don't), buy something else. Pretty simple.

Name me one phone that has no problem or bug what so ever. Probably can't. All phones will have some issue or another with people. It's just how it is. The new bold won't be flawless and have no one complain about it at all. I'm just saying if people excpect it to have no problems at all then they will be unhappy when it has some issue.

[papped]

It's got nothing to do with me expecting perfect phones (which considering how long i've been on this board and how many phones I've owned would be stupid of me to think).

You're jaded, pure as simple. So why buy another of the same device line?

You're obviously not familiar with Sprint's unlimited data roaming options...

That would be obvious considering I said I had zero use for it...

[Jo_795]

my phone blows this phone out of the water in specs which matters to me.. seriously 3.2 camerra?. i expect more for the wait..

[papped]

I don't think the cameras really drive sales on any of the BB's though... Increasing the camera to 5-8mp isn't going to increase marketshare (that and the mp isn't the part that actually matters anyhow).

[Jo_795]

meh Rip Rim

[lnichols]

After my experience with being one of the early adopters of the Tour, I'd advise people to wait a few months and let other people get the first run defects.

[papped]

After my experience with being one of the early adopters of the Tour, I'd advise people to wait a few months and let other people get the first run defects.

I think the odds are much, much lower. 9630 was a rushed guinea pig port of the 9000 to CDMA carriers. Second iteration is always far better off, which this literally is a second iteration of basically the same phone.

That and the trackpads have already been tried and tested on the 8520, 8530 and 9700. So that isn't even new.

[MissJennell#IM]

It's got nothing to do with me expecting perfect phones (which considering how long i've been on this board and how many phones I've owned would be stupid of me to think).

You're jaded, pure as simple. So why buy another of the same device line?



That would be obvious considering I said I had zero use for it...

How am I jaded? Because I don't expect perfection out of a phone? That makes me a realist. But okay. I love my tour. Problems and all. I have had 20 phone in the last 16 months so I also know a phone isn't going to be perfect. The people who think this one will though need to realize it will also have flaws.

[eve6er69]

my phone blows this phone out of the water in specs which matters to me.. seriously 3.2 camerra?. i expect more for the wait..

I don't think the camera is a big seller for them. Plus it's not really about the size of the mp it's more on how good the autofocus is.
I think people would be happy with a good 2.0 camera with a good af. My 800w took killer pics.

And papped I agree. If you don't have a use for a world phone it would be a waste of your hard earned cash for something that's not that big of a jump up from your current curve 2. The real only diff is a keyboard/screen and more memory if u don't use the camera often. My original curve is getting old and I think it will be a HUGE jump for me to get the bold.

I know where I will be that Sunday as long as best buy gets the phones same day as all the other stores. Lol

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[papped]

Tbh the 9100 looks pretty sweet, I just don't like half qwerty. But the compact form factor is real nice.

The memory jump is nice, but I can't see it making any difference until OS6 (which by that point, you could upgrade to something newer than the 9650 anyways). I don't get even close to the memory limit on my 8530.... Unless they start releasing 10mb+ opengl apps more frequently (which given the adoption rate and the number of devices that are opengl compatible, will be a long time) it's not really a selling point to me.

[BellaLuna]

I wonder how much Sprint will drop the price of the 9630 when the 9650 drops?

[papped]

I wouldn't even worry about that. Better question is how cheap will everyone sell their 9630's to try and upgrade.