gorcorps
aka Brandon
- Jul 18, 2004
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Originally posted by: QueBert
Originally posted by: gorcorps
Originally posted by: QueBert
Originally posted by: Muadib
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
A price, a price, my kingdom for a price!
Vz can't price it any higher than the iPhone. They lost a crap load of subs already due to the iPhone, and when you factor in that the Storm doesn't have wifi, I think they need to undercut it. I'm going to guess $150.
I had Verizon for a few years, they don't give you deals. Not on the phones, not on the plans. I watched the video on this, and frankly it's only going to appeal to people who either hate AT&T, hate Apple or already have Verizon. The phone won't fully sync properly with Vista 64, which is completely unacceptable. Besides the Blackberry name I'm not sure why this phone is hyped up. The interface is whatever looking to me, and it doesn't bring anything new to the table. Not saying it's a bad phone but to me it's just another iPhone clone. Albeit it one that looks much nicer than the Dare or the Instinct.
Then you haven't been looking at it much. The screen click interface is a first of its kind. Blackberry has been around much longer than the iphone, and they're keeping their own OS on the Storm, so calling it an iphone clone is just plain ignorant. It's a solid business class phone and isn't supposed to appeal to the same demographic that the iphone does.
Every business person I know hates the iPhone because they hate the lack of a physical KB. the only reason the Storm doesn't have a KB is because the iPhone doesn't. This "click" thing is mostly a gimick, my GF's Dare has tactial feedback with the stupid vibrate when you press a button thing. This is basically what the Storm has, but the screen presses in like a giant button. How is that any better than what the Dare has? If anything, it's not and it's just another thing that can poss.ibly break on the phone. I would bet money without an iPhone there would be no Bold. BB has been around longer, but that doesn't mean this phone isn't aimed at the iPhone crowd. As it stands the iPhone ousells every BB phone, and even if they're targerted at a different demographic, BB wants a peice of that pie. Hence - the Storm.
I don't see many business people jumping to get a Storm, unless most were full of shit about their "I hate n physical KB" The Storm, aside from the RIM email, does nothing note worthy and Verizon will charge out of ass, so monthly fee wise this will be one of the most expensive phones you can get bar none.
Have you used the storm? I'm guessing no from the sound of it. Don't knock it till you try it. It's not just vibrating when you press shit, it's true tactile feedback. You want buttons? You have them. It doesn't solve all the problems of eliminating actual buttons, but it's the best I've seen/used thus far.
As far as price goes, it's already been cofirmed for $200 (less than the iphone was when it was released) and requires the same data subscription that ATT requires for the iphone. It's the same price monthly
