After factually years, Verizon announced at the moment so as to it will after all be transport the BlackBerry gem Flip smartphone. It's the same phone we know and tolerate, excepting with a really dumb caveat: It's priced by $129 gone repayment. What?
Given the mold quantity 8230 used for Verizon's association and unfilled on June 19th, the nugget Flip expenditure $129 in imitation of a $70 mail-in reimbursement with a 2-year contract. On Verizon's own association, the non-Flip BlackBerry nugget is without charge (though publicized of stock), while the superior last-gen BlackBerry Curve is single $99. Over by T-Mobile, the nugget Flip is unfilled used for $49 in imitation of reimbursement. Come on, Verizon. Just since a phone is latest to you doesn't mean it's latest, and you can't slightly exit around marking up a three-year-old phone nonentity really highly thought of in the originally place. Can you tell I'm a Verizon customer, annoyed by the seemingly endless tributary of badass phones temporary me by while jammed with a serious association who insists on having the most terrible handsets? Anyway, here's the press issue.
Verizon Wireless Customers desire Flip on behalf of the New 3G-Enabled BlackBerry prize Flip Smartphone
Verizon Wireless and Research stylish Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) announced at present the BlackBerry(R) Pearl(TM) Flip 8230 smartphone will be vacant on the nation's main 3G broadband set of connections creation June 19. The BlackBerry prize Flip 8230 skin tone the industry's leading mobile e-mail and messaging solution combined with rich multimedia capabilities and the high-speed connectivity of Verizon Wireless' broadband set of connections in a current flip design.
Available color: Silver
Key skin tone:
- Two high-resolution color displays; the outside LCD lets customers preview incoming messages devoid of opening the handset
- 2.0 megapixel camera with zoom, zoom and tape recording capabilities; tape recording requires a microSD(TM) certificate, which can be purchased disjointedly
- Large SureType(R) QWERTY upright pro painless typing and dialing
- Advanced media player in support of composition, videos and pictures
- MicroSD/SDHC license slot with support meant for up to 16 GB of recall for every license
- BlackBerry(R) Internet Service and BlackBerry endeavor Server suppor
- Voice-activated dialing and speakerphone capabilities
