Since Research in Motion (RIM) is taking a long time to release the BlackBerry Bold 9900 in the Philippines, grey-market sellers are making a killing with these handsets by directly importing them from the US.
A number of stores have been spotted in Greenhills carrying the new Bold 9900 — the cheapest is around Php33k while others, including online sellers, command up to Php37k for the device.
If that’s the going rate, it’s possible we’ll see the BlackBerry Bold 9900 in the Php28k range, just like how the Torch 9800 was priced when it was introduced here last year.
BlackBerry Bold 9900 specs:
• 2.8″ capacitive touch screen display (640×480), 287 dpi resolution
• QWERTY keyboard, optical trackpad
• 1.2 GHz processor
• 768 MB RAM
• 8GB on-board memory,
• microSD slot supporting up to 32GB
• NFC technology
• 5MP camera w/ 720p HD video recording
• Orientation Sensor (Accelerometer), Digital Compass (Magnetometer), Proximity Sensor
• GPS with aGPS support
• Dual-Band WiFi – 802.11 b/g/n @ 2.4 GHz and 802.11 a/n @ 5GHz
• Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
• 1230 mAh Li-Ion battery
• BlackBerry 7 OS
We had first dibs to check out the Bold 9900 back in June and was impressed with the form factor and performance:
The NFC support is also in question since there’s no practical use for it now. We tried it in the Bold 9900 and the Nokia N9 and the technology is actually impressive.
We’ve also heard of reports that some sellers are also offering the CDMA version (Bold 9930) for a lower price of around Php28k.
What’s still not clear is when RIM will eventually ship their new flagship phone into the country. My guess is late September.
Hat tip Nikko Valenzona.
Kimstore is selling it for 31,500.
Other retailers on line and not will surely follow that price right?
With prices going down, like this article mentions, 28K might be the launch price when it gets released here. Still quite expensive.
Hope it does go down to 20K in weeks.
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Hope to find better outlet to acquire this one.
Pag na release po dito yan, lahat po ng stores meron na, and they will be competing sa price. Hintay hintay lang po, babagsak rin yan.
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The new HTCs and Samsungs…Wow…
Makes the Blackberry 9900 look ancient.
Kahit 15 Thousand pesos di ko bibilhin ang 9900.
Everything else is twice better with other manufacturers.
Kimstore has lowered their price by 1500 to 30,000.
I think this will be the 1st of several price drops to find the highest price people are willing to buy this phone.
I for one won’t even test the phone if it’s not anywhere close to 20K.
You guys really want to buy this phone at 30K when the top of the line of Samsung and HTC are 26-28K only?
I could use my money for other things like saving up to treat my family on Christmas. The money you save can be used elsewhere.
If you want to be entertained… get an Iphone, or its many brand equivalents…
But if you want a robust and reliable tool to help you with your business or earn a living.. get a BB… Don’t expect to be entertained though… For me, getting the job done is more than entertaining anyway…
Just read somewhere that KIMSTORE’s price is now 29K and it has already gone down. What was the price before?
It is still too expensive.
Will it still go down?
Hope so, because it is still WAY TOO EXPENSIVE at 29,000.
I’ll wait for it to go down to 20,000.
28, 500 according to Pex. Just checked. Yeah! Looks like waiting does work. I won’t buy till you guys lower it to 16K!
Has anyone checked if they already have this at the Jump Experience Center in Megamall for testing?
It’s not 28,500 anymore. It’s 28K. Sigh…
The price is taking forever to go down. It will surely go down, but at this rate, it might take a whole 2 months before prices go down to 20K.
I’ll just wait. Price drop might start to pick up when it get’s officially released here, probably in October.
Magulat kayo ung price sa singapore nasa 25k..
Not that surprising that it is already around 25K in singapore. It will reach that price range in the Philippines a month after it officially launches.
It might be 18K after a month in Singapore
selling BNEW BB9900 for 25k
bulk orders: 5 or more for 23k
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