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BlackBerry Bold 9790 en route to Virgin Mobile

By on November 26, 2011 at 3:47pm in Mobile News, Virgin Mobile News


The pic above shows the BlackBerry Bold 9790 heading towards Virgin Mobile, stock has started to arrive at various locations across Canada. It’s good to see another new Berry coming to Bell’s sub-brand  – which will most likely launch on December 2nd. No indication of the prices that Virgin will go to market with, but this mid-range smartphone will fall between the $450 and $480 mark. The Bold 9790 has a 2.45-inch touchscreen display, full physical QWERTY keyboard with optical trackpad, 1GHz processor, 5MP camera with VGA video recording, Wi-Fi, 1230 mAh battery and overall dimensions are 10 x 2.36 x 11.4 mm with a weight of 107 grams.

We’ll have more info soon!
(Thanks tipster!)

Related posts:

  1. RIM officially announces the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and Curve 9380, available in the “coming weeks”
  2. Bell launching the BlackBerry Bold 9790 December 2nd
  3. BlackBerry Bold 9790 spotted in Koodo Mobile’s inventory system
  4. WIND to release the BlackBerry Bold 9790, plus the Bold 9900, Torch 9810 and Curve 9360

Discussion

17 comments for “BlackBerry Bold 9790 en route to Virgin Mobile”

  1. First!! Yeahhh

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    Posted by Mike | November 26, 2011, 3:51 pm
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  2. Why do they even bother

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    Posted by Tboy | November 26, 2011, 3:52 pm
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  3. Ok at $500 that’s almost high end smartphone territory… like really you can get a SII for what 550 right

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    Posted by Sean | November 26, 2011, 4:23 pm
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  4. VGA video camera are you serious?!?!?!?!?!

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    Posted by Silly String | November 26, 2011, 4:40 pm
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  5. Pretty much what RIM did was take a Curve 9360, morph the keys together and add a touchscreen.

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    Posted by Silly String | November 26, 2011, 4:46 pm
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    • I’d say they shrunk down the 9900 and gave it a better camera.

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      Posted by Lazed | November 26, 2011, 6:03 pm

  6. Finally! This is the phone I have been waiting all these years for, good luck Samsung and your so called “smartphones”.

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    Posted by Steelepunk | November 26, 2011, 6:03 pm
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  7. The Bold 9790 has a 2.45-inch “TOUCHSCREEN” display, full physical QWERTY keyboard with optical trackpad, 1GHz processor, 5MP camera with VGA video recording, Wi-Fi, 1230 mAh battery and overall dimensions are 10 x 2.36 x 11.4 mm with a weight of 107 grams.

    Kinda forgot to add the Touchscreen part for the display, otherwise this would be a slightly beefed up 9780, oh wait… it still is, HAHA.

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    Posted by dc2000 | November 26, 2011, 6:17 pm
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  8. Why would you want this over a 9900? UGH.

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    Posted by Matt | November 26, 2011, 7:33 pm
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  9. Can’t see how these Blackberry fanatics can open up the box and get excited over their products. Looks just like every other Blackberry that came out over the past 3 years.

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    Posted by MARS | November 26, 2011, 8:29 pm
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    • Can’t see how Apple fans can get excited over new iPhones when there’s a design change every 2 years.

      But apparently they lined up for a phone that looks EXACTLY (not just similar) the same. This argument doesn’t really work for a lot of people, because they are familiar and like a certain design.

      The BBs such as the 9780 (the ones you critisize that looks the same) are for fans of BB that wants the general BB design. I know some female friends that criticize the Bold 9900 as too big/masculine, and apparently they have small hands and prefer the smaller keyboard.

      You want a different sort of BB? Try the Torches. They certainly don’t look the same.

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      Posted by Pahech | November 27, 2011, 5:04 am

  10. BlackBerry – successful businessman.
    IPhone – overprivileged douche.
    Android – virgin geek.

    Which group do you fall under, my friend?

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    Posted by Daniel Martin | November 26, 2011, 10:22 pm
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    • @Daniel Martin …Really? I see more 15 year olds and douches with BlackBerrys than successful businessmen. Stupid generalizations.

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      Posted by Lazed | November 26, 2011, 10:46 pm

  11. Pair of c***s

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    Posted by Jimmy | November 27, 2011, 4:25 am
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  12. Count minus o. I’m smart mhahaha. C*unt

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    Posted by Jimmy | November 27, 2011, 4:27 am
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  13. Another solid BB from RIM. This will please all 97XX fans + touch screen. camera is better than 9900 and battery life will get a boost too since the processor is 1GHz vs. 1.2GHz and screen is a bit smaller. If I didn’t have my 9900 I would consider this as a solid qwerty option.

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    Posted by BB4Life | November 27, 2011, 4:16 pm
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