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Bell releases the BlackBerry Torch 9860 and Curve 9360

By on August 26, 2011 at 5:04pm in Bell Mobility News, Mobile News


What a couple weeks it’s been for RIM. The launch of several new BlackBerry devices, putting BlackBerry App World 3.0 into Beta testing, plus announcing a brand new revenue stream for BBM called “BBM Music”. Very busy and we’re hoping it all pays off for them.

Various Canadian carriers have released the BlackBerry Bold 9900, Torch 9810, Torch 9860 and Curve 9360 (Rogers, Bell, TELUS, SaskTel, Virgin and Koodo). Today, Bell has officially launched both the new BlackBerry Torch 9860 and the Curve 9360 a few days earlier than expected.

The Torch 9860 has a 3.7-inch display with a resolution of 800 x 480, comes with BlackBerry 7 OS, a 5 megapixel camera with HD recording, 1.2GHz processor, Wi-Fi and the prices are the following: $599.95 no-term, 1-year is $574.95, 2-year is $549.95 and the 3-year is $129.95.

The Curve 9360 also has BlackBerry 7, 800 MHz processor, 5 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, 2.44-inch display and has an “ultra-thin design” at 11mm. It’s the low-cost entry level Berry and can be yours for these prices: $349.95 no-term, 1-year is $324.95, 2-year is $299.95 and the 3-year is $49.95.

Most likely these are only available online for now. Let us know if you’ve seen any at a Bell store.
More here at Bell: Torch 9860 & Curve 9360

Related posts:

  1. TELUS BlackBerry Curve 9360 available August 26th, Torch 9860 now August 30th
  2. Bell to release the BlackBerry Torch 9810, Bold 9900, Torch 9860 and Curve 9360
  3. Update: BlackBerry Torch 9860 and Curve 9830 “coming soon” to SaskTel next week
  4. Bell BlackBerry Curve 9360 launching August 29th

Discussion

13 comments for “Bell releases the BlackBerry Torch 9860 and Curve 9360”

  1. wtf Rogers?

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    Posted by ELNY | August 26, 2011, 5:05 pm
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  2. What happened to the $524 ? I sold my iPhone banking on that..

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    Posted by Ryan Myers | August 26, 2011, 5:09 pm
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  3. Their one and two year contract pricing is so ridiculous.

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    Posted by Ger | August 26, 2011, 5:11 pm
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  4. Bold me,torch me but sorry not into the curve and the 9860 well let’s just say most blackberry owners one of the best features of a blackberry is the QWERTY keyboard. NO thanks!

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    Posted by @GrumpyButtFunny | August 26, 2011, 5:22 pm
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  5. wtf!? $599 now..originall Bell advertised as $499, Rogers at $525, and a rep at Telus showed me weeks ago a card stating $550 no contract for 9860. Wow. Im gonna wait til QNX models in Q1

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    Posted by JSmith | August 26, 2011, 5:47 pm
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  6. FACT1: The keyboard on the curve is bigger than the screen.

    FACT2: The screen on the curve is smaller than the keyboard.

    Thankyou for your time.

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    Posted by Fact Finder | August 26, 2011, 6:00 pm
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  7. interesting that they launched another storm… oops, sorry Torch… i don’t think this is gonna fly…. their touchscreen keyboards suck…

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    Posted by A | August 26, 2011, 6:54 pm
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  8. i wanted to get another blackberry but i like my pearl flip.

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    Posted by Welsh | August 26, 2011, 8:44 pm
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  9. sooooooo….this is all rim can come up with? a copy cat attempt at iphone and a repeat curve they launched before?

    lame.

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    Posted by firikin | August 26, 2011, 8:47 pm
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    • lol… as if apple comes up with new phones …

      oh yea.. they did launch a new phone but 5 years ago…

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      Posted by stranger | August 28, 2011, 3:37 am

  10. Rogers still has it as 524.99 on their site, let’s hope they don’t raise the price like they did with the bold.

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    Posted by Nauuman | August 27, 2011, 12:35 am
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