Bell getting Touch Diamond "soon"

Hey, Bell, you can't let Telus hog all the spotlight over there with its shiny (literally) new Touch Diamond, now can you? Nah, 'course not -- we knew we could count on you! All signs are pointing to Bell launching its own version of HTC's hottest CDMA WinMo set this side of a QWERTY keyboard, possibly as soon as October 15 if sales reps are to be believed. Pricing is looking like $149.99 CAD on a three-year plan with a minimum monthly plan of $45, or $449.99 contract-free if that's how you prefer to roll.

[snowbound Posted Sep 25th 2008 1:13PM]

Huh. So for Bell, they sell the Instinct for $129 with a 3-year plan, and the Touch Diamond for $149 with a 3-year plan. For Sprint, they sell the Instinct for $129 with a 2-year plan and the Touch Diamond for $249 with a 2-year plan.

Either there's a huge typo there, or the funny dealings just became blatantly obvious to me.

[Valicore Posted Sep 25th 2008 1:32PM]

I think Sprint is selling the Instincts for hella cheap because they have a ginormous stockpile of them from their the-Instinct-is-a-competitor-to-the-iPhone dillusion. Also you have to consider the 2 year contract vs. the 3 year contract, and the fact that Bell will suck the life out of you and steal your soul, kind of like a cell-phone succubus.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 25th 2008 2:33PM]

"Texters"?? Diamond and Instinct? really?