BlackBerry Torch 9800

[AR!Ø]

Didn't find a thread on this in here so here it is:

http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/blackberrytorch/

Looks pretty nice, seriously gonna consider this one when I'm changing phones.

[Spazosaurus]

Well I was really hot and sweaty for one, but I was hoping for more of a revolution in this version. OS6 doesnt look like all it was cracked up to be.

Looking around online, im seeing 650us being thrown around as the common price. I'd gladly consider one, but certainly not @ that price. The absolutely highest I will pay for that is 3k landed and unlocked.

[TriniXaeno]

My Bold 9700 is everything I need in a smartphone but this new Torch is everything I want. lol

Firm luxury territory.

Though the lackluster browser in the Bold is probably its weakest link and this aims to fix that. Still, for that sort of money, luxury item iwmc.

Who say lotto?

[woodyear99]

*Hugs trusty N900*

[Arcmanov]

* Laughs at puny Blackberries * 

* Goes back to playing SNES games...with wireless PS3 controller on N900 *

[AR!Ø]

You can do that?
That's pretty damn cool..
A bit sad, but cool nonetheless

[Arcmanov]

How is that sad?  I can literally connect my N900 to ANY TV/monitor with RCA inputs and sweat game.

Until Blackberries can do THAT (...and I'm speaking from the point of view of a gamer old enough
to have actually OWNED a SNES), I shall consider consider them somewhat 'inferior'. 


In fact, I think ALL smartphones by default should have audio/video outputs.

[Philosophical45]

hey, my nokia n82 can do that..... woot!



burn bb's burnnnnn!!!!

[Spazosaurus]

Check all the haters coming out of the woodwork nah wayssss.

I'd be the first to admit that bb's are some of the most technically inferior phones on the market these days, both OS and hardware wise, but there's just a strange draw I feel towards the damn things. I really catch the bb fever to the point where I feel somewhat naked without it close by.

BTW wyatt, the 9700 is one of the few phones that will be getting the OS6 later on in the year, so browsing issue solved there. Id much rather pick up a Bold2 for cheap rather than the torch cuz both are almost identical spec wise.