AT&T makes white Bold official: October 18 for $199.99

RIM kinda already spilled these beans last week at CTIA, but just for good measure, AT&T went ahead and officially announced the white version of the BlackBerry Bold today, and it's exactly as we expected: the launch will come on October 18 for the same price as the black version -- so unless they cut the black's price between now and next week, we're looking at $199.99 on contract after rebate. That's a lot to pay for a year-old phone when the successor is seeming weeks away (at most), but then again, we'll admit it, the white accents suit this phone insanely well -- so well, in fact, that it almost qualifies as a new model as far as we're concerned. Are we crazy?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 12:17PM]

Blackberry: "Oh @#$% we got a bunch of Bolds sitting around in a warehouse in China!"
ATT: "Hmmm how about you throw a white face plate on it and we'll market it as a new phone!"
Blackberry: "Sweet idea!!"

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 8:34PM]

Rim trying to copy Nokia's E71. Too bad Nokia is ahead of the curve.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2009 12:17AM]

Dude, this is a Bold, not a Curve.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 12:57PM]

Ok this is one heck of a good looking phone! I want this so baaaaad :)

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2009 2:11AM]

Still using trackball? How do you pan the map display? LOL

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 1:12PM]

If you are a pimp then I guess this is the phone for you!

[JayMonster Posted Oct 13th 2009 1:24PM]

Will probably go over well with the same crowd that buys White Laptops and MP3 players sporting white earbuds. Perhaps this will take the place of the old 8310 & 8320 at the bottom of the line.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 2:48PM]

I'm doubting that! The 8900 will be taking the place of those two, I would assume. That, and maybe an 8520 type device, if it comes to AT&T.

I would think the 9000 would take the place of the 8820, but maybe not, since there's no camera free edition.

Either way, I wouldn't be surprised if this and the Black model both go to $199 once the 9700 release date is announced.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 3:49PM]

They already make a phone for those people.

http://www.apple.com/iphone/

[JayMonster Posted Oct 13th 2009 4:18PM]

@Joe The 8900 and 8520 both lack 3G. Which I guess makes then fine "low end" devices, but they seem to be (while newer) a step down from the 83X0 line.

@Paul Well... true... but it isn't WHITE. :-)

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 2:03PM]

On a related note: Bell will be offering the 9700 soon.

http://crackberry.com/blackberry-9700-shows-bell-system-again-time-8530-joins-it-well

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 3:29PM]

All this means is that the 9700 won't be coming to at&t anytime soon.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 7:05PM]

Why would you buy this phone when you already have the black one?

Just order the white parts from cnn.cn when they come out.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 7:57PM]

The phone looks ugly to me. I'm not sure why BGR and others still wet their pants for Blackberries.