This is the point. It's the release of the new operating system - plus a couple of new phones. It doesn't mean for a moment that they won't be releasing new handsets later in the year to take advantage of the peak season.
This is the point. It's the release of the new operating system - plus a couple of new phones. It doesn't mean for a moment that they won't be releasing new handsets later in the year to take advantage of the peak season.
yeah very true i par R59 monthly for Blackberry service unlimited ....i have a colleague who uses the SG3 and he spends close to R1500 a month on data to do exactly the same things i'll do on bb for R59 .... go figure....
Your not trapped, and no one is with a contract, you simply can't get the phone at the on contract price. You have the option of either paying full retail or waiting for your contract to expire. I don't have an upgrade available until sometime this summer, so I will be buying phone full on price. In fact I plan to just buy all my next phones outright, and just go with T-Mobile's SIM only service and save money every month. Funny how you never hear Android users that upgrade a couple times a year at full price or iPhone users who upgrade yearly at full price claim to be trapped, tricked, etc.
I actually had an S3 for 3 days then returned it due to the data usage and the miserable battery life. it is an amazing phone, but I used 700mb's on it in the 3 days, probably my own fault, but on Blackberry you never have that problem.
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I made a thread about this�Maybe I am Just Paranoid but I see them Trolling' and there were members who were trying to convince me that I was just being a fanboi (whatever the **** that means). Anyways thanks for pointing it out. (post count noted)
It work for me (and others). I got locked into a contract October 2011 when I bought my 9930. I cant upgrade until May 2013. So it works out fine.
The Bold 9900 came out in August, so many of those people will be eligible for an upgrade when BB10 is released.
I recall upgrading one of our 9700s to the 9800 about three years ago during a "Valentines Day" sale for those on at&t. So, how bad do you want it and what are you willing to do- legally, to get it? Off contract is always an option.....or wait it out. Whatever I get, it will be x 2 if I want peace around my house. Besides, I am SOOOOO READY to give our 9810s a long, well-deserved rest. Hers has internal parts(something) that is coming out of the side of the device. Still works, but, it has been thru h*ll and back.
Sorry, but I agree with most of the "WTF did OP say?" comments. Thanks for the translation, Ratchet Clank.
Ditto. My contract expired last July. Was clueless about BB10 (and unless you're actually looking for it, RIM/BB didn't exist until recently), so figured my options were Android or iPhone. Waited a few weeks after the iPhone5 release to compare it and the Galaxy S3 in the store. Most reviewers are spot on. Each one shines it its own way, but neither was compelling enough to make we want to drop $200 right then. I decided to wait on Windows Phone 8. Same story there. In the meantime, I start Googling "BlackBerry 10".....voila! Impressed and looking forward to Jan 30th. :cool:
There isn't really a 'peak' period with cell phone contracts, as many have pointed out, people enter into contracts at different times throughout the year. The HTC One X, SG3, and (if you really want to include it) the Lumia 900 all released in spring to early summer of 2012. The Xperia Play and Xperia Arc released in April of 2011. The iPhone 4 released in May of 2010. None of those times sound like a 'peak' period. So that argument is baseless.
My biggest concern is the possibility of being over-hyped. I am not saying the Z10 isn't going to be awesome, but if (and that is a BIG if) the newest device so hyped up and even remotely fails to meet or exceed expectations it will spell nothing but disaster for RIM and the BlackBerry brand. I for one do not want to see that happen. I have waited this long for BB10, I'm not giving up just yet. I miss my BlackBerry.
There are people coming off contract in February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September. BB10 will possibly be the newest Smartphone for those people.
Release the 10 series now, yesterday or tomorrow ? The timing is not crucial, what will be the determining factor will be if it lives up to expectations. If the 10 series does not at least match the I-Phone 5 and the latest Samsung the danger is that Blackberry will fall by the wayside, joining Motorola and Nokia as another also-ran. I personally hope it revives BBerry fortunes, if only to wipe the smile off the Apple tossers.
I am one that is coming off my old contract in June as is my wife. I will grab a BB10 device and she will move up to a smartphone for the first time. If it is anything close to what we all anticipate and what the promo's have been on it, then my wife is going to get one too. The key for her is ease of use, learning the gestures. She has an iPad and is used to the in/out paradigm, but I don't think it will be an issue at all to learn the gestures. A few trips to the AT&T store to play with one should sell her on features and benefits.
I've been holding my upgrade since October. I bought a Torch off ebay to hold me over until the BB10 Hits. Just saying...:raised-eyebrow:
i wasnt sure what was worse, my ADD or this guy's grammar! haha. thanks for confirming.
Oh man, I feel so much better now reading your post, I was thinking, for sure BB10 was doomed since the release did not line up with the OP two year. I was confused and wondering why I've been waiting since my two year was done in November.
I purchased my BOLD in December of Last Year, No no not last month, the year before (Happy new year)! I had 1 year left in my contract from an android, Broke my contract paid it out and got a new phone.
I have two years left on my 9900 contract. However as I knew a long time ago that I would be looking to get the mew BB10 device when it launched (insert bb10 name here London, N series, L series, Justice , bbx, Madrid) I have been saving money. When the new "Z10" or what ever its called is launched I will go to the bank and make a withdrawl and buy the new phone out right, even if it is $700.00 as rumored today.
I don't think I am being too bold when I say, a lot of people have been waiting a very long time for these phones and are willing to pay to get them.
Contracts are a pain, But its not a jail sentence.
Contracts are meant to be broken (especially in Canada) 3 years is too long to commit to any piece of technology.
I'm sure many of us wish they would have brought BB10 out a lot earlier, but after what happened with RIM rushing the PlayBook to market, I can wait if it means that the product will be what was promised. I'm on a no-contract plan so I can replace/upgrade my phone whenever I want, provided it is a GSM phone.
Personally, I would have thought that they would have used CES as the launching point for BB10 instead of waiting for a few weeks after. There's a lot of media coverage of CES and having the BB10 launch there would have gotten them more coverage, as not every media outlet will be sending folks to cover the BB10 launch on January 30th. Then again, such a launch may have been easily overlooked at such an event.
YOUCH! I hope not! :eek:
If it is too late for RIM in the smartphone game, someone should share this news with Samsung since they are working on Tizen based phones and and also break the news to the Ubuntu guys that they are "too late" to join the smartphone game. Or maybe they think it is still growing and has huge potential for many companies long into the future.
Everyone's locked into a contract and invested in some other ecosystem, yet there are still customers showing up at the carrier stores every day and often switching brands. Ponderous.
Bb10 isn't exactly a surprise to us all after all its been delayed for what feels like a year , I for one have been out of contract since June 2012 there's no law saying you have to get a new hand set immediately!
It was the best time for Rim as the carriers will be marketing the phone as well. They needed the launch to fit with the carriers too. They been too busy with G note 2 and Iphone5 as of late but Feb will belong to BlackBerry10 and March and April....May blongs to Gs4 Iphone 5s
Myself and some others made mention about this weeks ago, it's going to ramp up I'm afraid, but the MODS seem to be on top of the worst ones,just be nice to see some threads go POOF not just closed. Bla1ze closed a disgusting one today that imho should have gone POOF, is there not a way to do this?
They tricked me lying saying it was a prepaid plan, bb fans are so distracted they somehow got me accepting the contract and the word "tricked" mixed up. Not one actually asking fir me to expand on that and made up their own theories in laps land.
I see the point flew over your head. I did not blame them fir everything. If all the loyal fans are you RIM is doomed
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