I'm with Sasktel, and I have never once seen Sasktel on any of their BB's. I would find it unappealing, and probably find some way to take it off if I had it on my BB.
Not quite sure why this would bother someone. On my AT&T branded torch, it says AT&T in white with their logo on the bottom bezel. It's barely even noticeable, but there are several threads around the 980 section where rubbing it with a penny takes it off.
Not quite sure why this would bother someone. On my AT&T branded torch, it says AT&T in white with their logo on the bottom bezel. It's barely even noticeable, but there are several threads around the 980 section where rubbing it with a penny takes it off.
To me, it would be bothersome because I like a nice, clean looking phone. I hate stickers on it, and having it branded would be like my providers throw a sticker on my phone. That's to me anyways, others might have their own reasons. I did see that thread too, there's actually a video on youtube about it. Worked perfectly, didn't even leave a scratch on the 9800.
I think its a little much for carriers to put their name on a device. The manufacturer should be the only one branding the phone. That's like Comcast putting their logo on my HP laptop because they're my ISP. I like my phone to look more like a professional mobile device and less like a Nascar...
I actually scraped my AT&T logo off my Torch using the penny trick. The off-white silk-screened logo was a bit ugly on that dark chrome bezel. Being on a chrome finish is probably why it's fairly easy to rub off without scratching the finish.
The logo on my old 8100 Pearl was slightly embedded into the plastic bottom trim piece. If you tried to scrape that off, you would still have a shallow recess of the logo left in the plastic. My guess is that that's how it would be with any phone branded on a bare plastic trim part.
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I've been thinking about this, and thought to ask, what would it take RIM to produce phones without carrier labels?
Do you think the new series will still carry labels?
In my opinion they look fugly and less classy!
I'm afraid not until RIM wields the same kind of clout as Apple does and they can tell the larger carriers to take their draconian demands and go pound sand. Which means yes, I think the new phones will have carrier logos, at least on the carriers that force them now. I don't care - I'm more concerned with what's under the hood anyway.
@dR: my Torch has the evil at&t logo on the keyboard chin. Those rat bast@rds.
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its all part of the carrier branding. so for as long as phones are subsidized and sold through carriers, they will almost always contain some type of branding. either as startup screens and other digital media embedded in the phone or as silkscreened logos on the phone itself.