BlackBerry Bold 9700 available now from Rogers

AT&T and T-Mobile customers have a little bit to wait yet before they can clamp down on a 9700 of their own, but Rogers -- which has a history of being in the VIP section for new BlackBerry launches -- has already brought the new Bold flavor to market. RIM's latest high-end full QWERTY device will run you CAD $299.99 (about $281) on a three-year contract, scaling all the way up to CAD $599.99 (about $563) commitment-free -- so needless to say, you have to really want this thing. The original Bold's running CAD $99.99 on contract, so depending on what you're looking for (read: you're not a rabid early adopter like we are), that could come out the better deal.

[Via CrackBerry]

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 11:34PM]

Bell and Telus are not carrying it too.

Telus - $249.99 on 3-year contract
http://www.telusmobility.com/en/QC/blackberry_bold_9700/index.shtml

Bell - $229.99 on 3-year contract
http://bell.ca/shopping/en_CA_ON.BlackBerryBold--9700/68823.details

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 11:36PM]

Also*

Why the hell did I type "not" ... lol

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 11:38PM]

It's too bad Bell and Telus have decided to increase their rate plans with the new network. At least they're offering handsets at an ok price and a website that you can actually gather information on.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2009 1:38AM]

The Rogers store where I live "doesn't have any of these devices in yet and won't for a few weeks." WTF!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2009 4:34AM]

Hi,
Thanks for sharing information about this black berry.I like all the feature of this phone and it look cool.

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[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2009 12:32PM]

I work at Futureshop and we do not have the Rogers ones yet but we do Have the Bell Mobility Blackberry Bold and Blackberry Bold 9700, Rogers dropped the ball yet again

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2009 1:07PM]

Do blackberries have threaded sms yet? and not in a purchasable application but stock. If so I'm considering buying one.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 17th 2009 1:58AM]

yes this one does with the new 5.0 OS

[Rob Posted Nov 7th 2009 12:27PM]

Looks like these things are selling like hotcakes, at least on Rogers. Not one Rogers store locally has any left in stock and the main corp customer service just informed me yesterday that their whole shipment of 9700s has sold out. I thought we were in a recession, wtf?