Yep, the Tour has been discontinued a few days ago and I confirmed it with some Bell reps. Surprisingly, the Pearl or the Storm hasn't been discontinued yet.
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Yep, the Tour has been discontinued a few days ago and I confirmed it with some Bell reps. Surprisingly, the Pearl or the Storm hasn't been discontinued yet.
Cause we all know reps are a valuable resource of information...
Lemme guess they were told to sell through their stock huh?
Why is the Tour still readily available EVERYWHERE on Bell if this is the case?
Shenanigans.
This is true.
Effective October 19, 2009, be advised that:
� The BlackBerry Tour 9630 Smartphone is nearing the end of its lifecycle and limited quantities are available.
HSPA BlackBerry Bold 9700 > CDMA BlackBerry Tour 9630
Yep, it's true. While RIM will continue to support the Tour and all, it is in fact in End of life and won't be carried by Bell for much longer.
Reason being is that Bell is trying to focus on HSPA now and having the 9000 and 9700 available at launch, it does not make sense pushing the Tour when one can go for the Bold/Bold2 (much better device; wifi, hspa compatible, etc.) for a similiar price...
Say hello to the Essex......the Tour 2...
well now that they have the Bold 9700...who needs the tour?
just to step in here as a rep and can confirm seeing the notice to all bell reps that the tour is now on the end of life list, not yet though but it will be completely weeded out soon. Nothing on storm which is weird.
There's not even anything on the 8330, which I find ever weirder. :confused:
that too, there was something about 5 months ago it was suppose to go on the list but ya.. that happened lol
Wow... talk about shafted, Tour came out less that a couple months ago...hasn't even been 6 months.
true, i think cause of the trackball problem and were trying to move forward with hspa but i really dont know to be honest
Because of the Essex coming soon? or is Bell not getting that phone .
Bell has moved to HPSA, so cdma devices are going to go the wayside. The 9700 is a big reason and RIM I am sure is gearing to the Essex for future delivery. Bell might get it, but I doubt it as their focus has changed.
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