And in a bolter for the last new product release of the year prize, BlackBerry is in the running with today’s announcement of the BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone.
The phone runs on the latest Blackberry operating system, BlackBerry 6, and packs a 5 megapixel camera, built-in GPS functionality including BlackBerry maps, excellent battery life, and a WebKit-based browser.
BlackBerry Bold 9780 price
At the time of writing the only carrier listing and pricing the BlackBerry Bold 9780 is Vodafone, with pricing as follows:
- $45 plan + $15 handset repayment Infinite plan, 1GB data – minimum cost over 24 months is $1,440
- $65 + $10 handset repayment Infinite plan, 2GB data – minimum cost over 24 months is $1,800
- $85 + $0 handset repayment Infinite plan, 2GB data – minimum cost over 24 months is $2,040
- $100 + $0 handset repayment Infinite plan, 4GB data – minimum cost over 24 months is $2,400
I’d expect it to appear on other major carriers shortly.
BlackBerry Bold 9780 specifications
- Tri-band 3G HSDPA networks: 2100MHz/1900MHz/850MHz
- Tri-band UMTS networks: 2100/1900/850/800 MHz and 2100/1700/900 MHz
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
- 512 MB onboard memory, 2 GB media card included
- Battery: 1500 mAHR removable/rechargeable cryptographic lithium polymer cell
- Standby time: GSM-up to 22 days/528 hours; UMTS-up to 17 days/408 hours
- Talk time: GSM-up to 6 hours; UMTS-up to 6 hours
- Music playback time: up to 36 hours
- High-resolution 480×360 pixel color display
- 5 megapixel camera, with flash, 2x digital zoom and video recording
- Height: 109 x 60 x 14 mm (H x W x D)
- Weight: 122 grams