We already had  a little inkling the upcoming BlackBerry Bold 9700 would come with a $199.99 2-year commitment price tag. According to the price sheet we’ve leaked above, you can pick up a brand new BlackBerry Bold 9700 for $199.99 of course, with a 2-year commitment. If you dislike contracts (I wouldn’t blame you) the Bold 9700 will be available on November 16th for  a $449.99 retail price. If you want to sign up with one of T-Mobile’s new Even More Plus plans you can divide the $449.99 retail price into 20 easy payments of  $22.50/month.
The Samsung Behold 2 will also be available for the same $199.99 2-year commitment price tag and the same $449.99 retail price. Once again if you want to sign up with one of T-Mobile’s nifty new Even More Plus plans you can divide the retail price into 20 easy payments of $22.50/month. Did I mention no interest? The Behold 2 is expected to launch on November 18th. How are the prices looking? Too high, or reasonable? Leave your thoughts in the comments! Larger image after the jump!
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Jason, it differs whatever state you’re in. Best thing is to call or IM online and check because if your buyers remorse period is 14 days instead of 30 you’ll need to have that postmarked most likely next week with tracking number and all of that. It takes a little while for them to credit your account and catch things up. The sooner you get them back the better. Also, I just got my phone and they would not do a swap in store for battery issues. I’d have to send it to the return center.
And to Tmonews Blog extraordinaires, I do like your old comment formatting much better if you’re taking suggestionsv;)Its easier and more efficient to read.
glad I didn’t wait for the behold 2. i’m not on contract and defiantly not paying that price for it!
These two phones aree ok but right now I can only think on one thing “The Nokia N900″. I’m sure you guys know more than what’s has been said on the internet. Is T-mobile going to sell the N900? What’s going to be the price for it with a two year contract?
@DoctorFighter: Good question! Do we have any confirmation of the N900 coming to T-mobile?
Monday cannot come soon enough! 9700 here I come! Been waiting and waiting to upgrade until tmo got a 3G BB.
What happened to the much better comment engine?????
People were unable to comment from their mobile devices, gotta troubleshoot before implementing again!
If their charging that much for these phones, i’m almost scarred to ask what the HTC HD2 will be.
still waiting for the next Android Phone…May have to get the Cliq if nothing else comes up at least in rumors by the end of the quarter :-/…Come on Tmo!
@Watbetch…I personally like this comment setup better, the other way wouldn’t allow me to post comments from my g1. I work 10 hours a day without internet access so my g1 is the only way to read the blog while at work. With this setup I can post comments from my phone so I’ll take it.
@greentea… Tmobile isnt getting another android device this year after the behold 2 comes out, unless the fender edition of the mytouch comes out. i have the cliq now and its a good phone, a lot better than my original thoughts. Ya the battery isnt that great but when andriod 2.0 comes out that should be fixed
@voll
Understandable, but I at least want WIND of another phone to look forward to. I can hold on to my G1 longer if something better is slated to come out by June 2010. I love my G1 but Im the type of person who switches my phone almost yearly (why I could never own an IPhone). It’s been a good year with the G1 and the Cliq doesn’t really sing to me. So Im not really interested in spending the money on it. So we shall see what rumors come up by year end.
All these people talking about Verizon and the Droid being so much better than T-Mobile’s Android phones are a bunch of ******* idiots. That’s like saying my Windows Vista laptop is better than yours because I downloaded Service Pack 2. Really stupid people on here sometimes… Android is freakin’ Android people. Once 2.0 is released to us, the G1 will be exactly the same as the Droid, and still half the price. Not to mention T-Mo’s customer service is 1000 times better, and their prices are lower. If you think Verizon really has something to offer, go bow to them. The rest of us are a little more intelligent than that.
Did you see watbetch’s comment below yours? You come in here insulting intelligence, and you’re wrong… Interesting.
Rossi,I believe we have been through this with other people on here before. No need wasting your breath on this one. Maybe someday it’ll sink in that what drives a business is the product first, not the service…! In this case, this dude doesn’t even have any clue about the product.
I agree with Rossi – you are wrong. Nothing to do with the software. You have no idea do you?
Yeah, I know… I just had to point out the irony.
Well said, WXman. Amen to that…
It’s not so much the software, as it is the hardware. Can I haz Cortex A8 plz? Moar screen? Classier build?
The Droid may have a largest screen and the Cortex A8, but I dispute the classier build statement. And I am one to talk, I had the dDroid all of 28 hours before I returned it to Verizon because the slider mechanism tends to be loose and open up in pockets and the keyboard was so bad I found myself preferring the virtual keyboard. And the capacitive buttons are too close to the edge, I continually was accidentally pressing the search button while.
What I am looking for is no keyboard and hardware buttons (and a 3.5mm jack). That leaves the Sprint Hero and Behold II. I have yet to see the AMOLED screen, but it looks to be the winner for me right now.
I don’t know what they we’re thinking when they decided against a nice spring loaded slider mechanisim.. but the materials used are nicer.
I spoke with the Blackberry rep at TMo this morning, and they confirmed general availability of the 9700 on Monday, Nov 16. I begged, but at this time they have no pre-order option.
I would have liked the Bold 9700 to be priced at $149.99 with 2 year commitment, and T-Mobile to drop the price on the 8900 to $99.99 w/2year commitment. But really I don’t mind the prices, $50 more and we have the cheapest plans of all the major carriers. So in the long run its actually cheaper.
@GreenTea I bought the Cliq for my wife and I don’t know exactly what motorola did, the phone has the same processor as my old myTouch but it has a little more RAM. Well I guess that little more ram makes a HUGE difference… her phone FLIES. Its so fast compared to the mT3G its not even funny. Everything loads fast and moves fast.
The Behold 2 is such a disappointment Samsung ought to bow its head in shame.. disgusting.
The N900 looks like a nice phone but Im hedging my bets on Android. I actually jumped ship to VZW for the Droid and I can tell ya definitely its either love or hate. I love it! The physical keyboard sucks… but its thin enough that it doesnt matter to me. What is impressive is how fast it is and the screen is massive. Its huge and gorgeous. Definitely worth the jump for me.
I gave TMo 3 years to get a phone I would “love”… had the G1 AND the mT3G… great phones but not “love”.
Besides the fact the TMo decided to screw everyone that bought the mT3G by importing the cheaper 192 MB ram version instead of the same pne the rest of the world has. Now they planned on bringing the mT3G Fender… its the phone that SHOULD have been here… and mysteriously its been delayed due to “cosmetic” reasons. B.S. they know they would have has a shit storm if they brought it in 3 months after the mT3G.
Question for the crowd…will the following plan work?
I am a current T-Mobile user with a crappy blackberry on a corporate t-mobile account. My company will not foot the bill for a new device.
I purchase the Behold 2 on the 20 month payment plan and sign up for a new number on the $60 “Even More Plus” plan (500 Anytime Mins, Unlimited Web & Messaging). After one month, I terminate my “Even More Plus” plan but continue to make the payments on the Behold 2. I then swap the device registered on the corporate account to the Behold 2.
Appreciate anyone’s input.
When you terminate your Even More Plus plan, you are required to immediately pay the remaining balance in full.
You will have to change the account from blackberry data to android data which you will need the authorized users password or last four of their SS# to do.
As the new owner of the BB8900(5days)Ive been pretty happy….until I sat next to a buddy and did a side by side comparison of my edge network to his 3G. Im no longer happy. Looks like its off to the T-Mo store this Monday to upgrade to the BB9700.
You still have 14 days to return the BB 8900 yes? I’d go return it now get credit or how ever it works so you can get the BB 9700. Can’t wait to get mine cos I do a lot of business in media and the SKL09 well we all know about that,lol..
hey guys…are they not offering a 1 year contract? i upgraded to the 8900 back in february and with 1 year contract’s they allow new phones every 8 months. I paid an extra $50 for the phone to have access to getting out of the contract when a better phone came out because EDGE is just too slow for me now. anybody know if they are still doing the 1 year?
Yes they are still offering the 1-year contracts. Just go into your nearest T-Mobile retail store tomorrow and upgrade with a 1 year contract. It will be around $50 more than the $199.99 2Year contract price.