Official Sprint Curve 8330 Coming Soon Thread

[crackheadbob]

Ok I would tend to believe the May, 7th date....

I just got a call from some one on the engineering side of IPCS (Sprint in N.E. PA) I was told that the stores in the area could order and sell the Curve as of right now.. I called the store and they expect the Curve order to be in on Friday the 9th. Im waiting for a call back to see if I can indeed order one, apparently you have to activate on thier area code and I live in NY so of course I would want a local number to me. Once im finished with my transaction I will post the store number etc so everyone else can harass them.

[thundrbird1]

Just got back from my daily Curve fix from AT&T. Man I can't wait till we get the curve. So I will continue to believe a May 7th release date, maybe they'll surprise us and release it tomorrow

[MandaLyn]

Originally Posted by Rodd18

I had a chat with a rep, and of course no real help. I can confirm that I will be able to buy the phone THIS YEAR!!

3:27:42 PM System Connected to sprint-ap2.cnxchat.com
3:27:42 PM System Session ID: 1844898
3:27:47 PM System Please hold and the next available agent will be with you shortly.
3:27:48 PM System Renee has joined this session!
3:27:48 PM System Connected with Renee
3:27:48 PM Renee Thank you for contacting Sprint. My name is Renee. How may I assist you today?
3:28:48 PM Rudy When can I expect to be able to purchase the Curve 8330?
3:29:07 PM Renee I do apologize however, at this time we do not have a current release date for the Curve.
3:29:34 PM Rudy Do you have a release month?
3:30:12 PM Renee I do apologize however, we do not have that at this time.
3:31:27 PM Rudy Can I expect to be able to purchase the Curve 8330 this year?
3:31:57 PM Renee You should be able to expect it this year.
3:33:22 PM Renee Do you have any further questions?

LOL this seems like a typical response from a CS from any company that's tired of the same question from 10000000000000 people everyday. LOL

[crackheadbob]

Ok heres the info.....


Scranton Sprint Store
249 Scranton Carbondale Highway
Scranton, PA 18508

570-558-7727


Can order today and shipments are expected in a week or so.

[MandaLyn]

Originally Posted by crackheadbob

Ok heres the info.....


Scranton Sprint Store
249 Scranton Carbondale Highway
Scranton, PA 18508

570-558-7727


Can order today and shipments are expected in a week or so.

That is too funny because I actually called that number and she said they don't have it in and I asked her if I could pre-order it and she said no but they could put an order in (didn't want to correct her in what she just contradicted) and I said... "So I can order one now and it will be in next week?" she said she could take my number and call me when they come in if I want to order one. I'm thinking they are doing their own thing and holding orders until they can order them themselves and they won't even get them until the rest of the world does. Some company's are shady like that in that they will pre-order things and word gets around so they will get the initial revenue rather than some other private store.

[CTLAdvance]

Originally Posted by MandaLyn

I believe my email was from that dan@sprint.com (after a buddy of mine did it knowing it would go to his admins) and she came back with this...
Please be aware that the Simply Everything pricing plan is not being discontinued in the near future. We do reserve the right to make changes to pricing as necessary but we will end the SE plan on May 31. In regards to the Curve, On April 1 Sprint has announced plans to begin offering this device sometime in April. At this time we have not announced plans to change this timeline. While we have not announced a specific date of availability you can sign up to be notified at Be the first to hear.



Please watch our new site Sprint | Newsroom Home Page and our Buzz About Wireless site Cell Phone Ratings & Reviews | Buzz About Wireless - Sprint Nextel - Home for communication on this and other updates/news from Sprint.



Thank you for your interest.



Amy Schiska-Lombard

Sprint, Media Relation

So I came back with this...

Thank you for your response. I appriciate it but April is now over and still no news on a release date. I guess we'll all just have to sit and wait. I just figured someone between Sprint and RIM would have some information

and that's when she said this (which took me to the forum where my previous post came from)

Please be aware Sprint has revised its launch schedule for this device. An official statement has been posted on our Buzz About Wireless user site. This can be viewed at baw - BlackBerry Curve Launch Date - BlackBerry Smart Phones - Buzz About Wireless



Customers wishing to be notified via email about availability of the BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone may register for notification at Be the first to hear. Thank you for your interest in Sprint.

No hard core DATE but atleast it says Mid-May... but I guess we'll see.

Hey just an FYI - according to the instinct ad, its coming out sometime in June but ion order to get the discount you have to put the phone on of of there SEP plans or you will have to pay full price. Its in the fine print... I posted it here once already.

Sprint | now is good

Purchase of the Instinct requires activation on an Everything plan, starting at $69.99. Existing customers can switch to Everything plans without extending their contract. New line activations require a two-year agreement. Instinct requires an Everything plan for key features to function appropriately. Customers currently may not switch to a service plan for the Instinct other than an Everything plan. GPS reliability varies by environment. Coverage is not available everywhere. Offers not available in all markets/retail locations or for all networks. The Sprint Mobile Broadband Network reaches over 230 million people. The Nationwide Sprint Network reaches over 262 million people. Other restrictions apply.


And I agree some what with the idea that they are taking extra time to test the device on the network. It is going to ba a "Macdaddy" of berry so to speak. For the business man or the individual.

[MRSBROWN2006]

Originally Posted by MandaLyn

That is too funny because I actually called that number and she said they don't have it in and I asked her if I could pre-order it and she said no but they could put an order in (didn't want to correct her in what she just contradicted) and I said... "So I can order one now and it will be in next week?" she said she could take my number and call me when they come in if I want to order one. I'm thinking they are doing their own thing and holding orders until they can order them themselves and they won't even get them until the rest of the world does. Some company's are shady like that in that they will pre-order things and word gets around so they will get the initial revenue rather than some other private store.

I too called the store just now and was told the phone CANNOT be ordered, they don't have it in, and maybe it will come in the next couple of weeks. So no go on this Scranton store.

[MandaLyn]

Originally Posted by CTLAdvance

Hey just an FYI - according to the instinct ad, its coming out sometime in June but ion order to get the discount you have to put the phone on of of there SEP plans or you will have to pay full price. Its in the fine print... I posted it here once already.

Sprint | now is good

Purchase of the Instinct requires activation on an Everything plan, starting at $69.99. Existing customers can switch to Everything plans without extending their contract. New line activations require a two-year agreement. Instinct requires an Everything plan for key features to function appropriately. Customers currently may not switch to a service plan for the Instinct other than an Everything plan. GPS reliability varies by environment. Coverage is not available everywhere. Offers not available in all markets/retail locations or for all networks. The Sprint Mobile Broadband Network reaches over 230 million people. The Nationwide Sprint Network reaches over 262 million people. Other restrictions apply.


And I agree some what with the idea that they are taking extra time to test the device on the network. It is going to ba a "Macdaddy" of berry so to speak. For the business WOman or the individual.

Were you talking about the CURVE or the INSTINCT? You said Instinct above but thought maybe you got it confused because we are talking about the curve. Just curious.

[CTLAdvance]

...For the business Man or business WOman or the individual.....

I was citing the instinct because on the sprint link I posted it states that to get the instinct you have to activate an SEP plan, where as above someone said it was ending in may, like th epromotion says itself.

However in the last paragraph I stated the curve being the "Mac Daddy" or "MacBerry" for that matter, it has the media functionality of the pearl and business friendlyness (less global-ness) of the 8830.

Hesse, the Architect of sprint has stated that they will no longer allow flawwed devices and services (something of this sort) to go out to the customers. If there is an issue on the berry rest assured it will be fixed before release.

[OregonRealEstateDiva]

So far I have been rather impressed with what he has presented..
Seems to have his you know what together..

[CTLAdvance]

Originally Posted by OregonRealEstateDiva

So far I have been rather impressed with what he has presented..
Seems to have his you know what together..

I guess they dedicated a full room just to him, filled with white boards so he can figure out how to turn around this massive company....

He does have his ppc's together and hopefully wel get our curveberrys and xohm soon...

[MandaLyn]

I just responded to that email I showed ya'll (you all, for you northern folk ) earlier and I said this...

Thank you sooooo much Amy! You don't know how much I appriciate that information. It's not an exact date but atleast it's a round about time frame. To be honest I don't mind waiting but didn't want to miss out on the Simpley everything Plan that you previously stated would end on the 31th. You're sweet, thank you!

and she just came back with the good news of...

To clarify, I think I had a typo in my previous response (my bad, I apologize) the SE plan will NOT end on May 31. We anticipate this being part of our service offerings for quite sometime but reserve the right to make changes as needed

Just an FYI...

[OregonRealEstateDiva]

I already signed up...now we just wait and see!!!

[Danymar]

Originally Posted by nlasassin

Yeah a friend of mine that works for Sprint emailed me this morning saying that the release date has changed from "To be determined" to May 7th. He also looked to see if any were in the warehouse yet and said they arent. So, if he sees them in the warehouse this coming week he will let me know, and I will spread the word to all my fellow BB curve waiters..

Thanks for keeping us posted; let's hope your friend is correct, my Mogul is dying on me, its new...

[KingBlackBerry]

...how about we start talking about the curve again...