Depends what carrier you are talking about really.
The AT&T release would be at least 6-8 after the Torch2 launch, but other carriers would be free to go depending on their 9780 inventory. Sept sounds right to me for the deathstar but earlier elsewhere.
if it was rim releasing it then they would have done it in late june/early july.but with it in carrier hands,it will be pushed for an august release.september would be just overdoing it.
I originally thought mid summer latest but after reading what people have to say, I'm sadly thinking it will be August sometime.... Then again, the longer they (RIM) keep the Bold 9900 and field test it, the better chance there is that when it is released to carriers, we'll have a beautifully working machine.
I will vote for the END of August. Why? Because I still don't have access to this mysterious RIM training module on BestBuy servers (I work at BestBuy Canada).
My vote is the last weeks of August. I hope I am wrong, but everything seems to point in that direction.
Seems like the survey's answers center around august with the exception of a few very late outliers...
@Lefty: why do you think sprint will release it the soonest? I have sprint so that would be good news...
I posted a thread "possible? 9930...on Sprint" explains IMO why I think it'll be end of June-mid July, even though I've been raked thru the coals for having an opinion
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Depends what carrier you are talking about really.
The AT&T release would be at least 6-8 after the Torch2 launch, but other carriers would be free to go depending on their 9780 inventory. Sept sounds right to me for the deathstar but earlier elsewhere.
You saying the Torch2 is launching before the 9900?
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You saying the Torch2 is launching before the 9900?
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The Torch came early August of last year so its an assumption I'm willing to make. I do not see the 9900 making it out by July, nor do I see the Torch2 being released in the same month as the 9900. An Oct/Nov release for the Torch2 is possible but I feel unlikely as its been well handled already and well over a year from the first one.
So I'm not saying that, I just think that, no better than any other guess I'm afraid.
Just heard from a RIM employee that they are targeting late July release on Sprint for Monaco/Monza, so Bold Touch could be sooner in Canada or on other carriers. Of course it could be later, but they are all going to flood out around the same time (within weeks of each other - Torch-Touch-Monaco-Curve).
Of course she could be out of the loop as to the reality of the launch date, but it's good news if true.