I received a post card for the new Blackberry over a month ago. What are they waiting for...Christmas???
Is it true it does not have built in WiFi?
Did Verizon Cripple it?
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hey
can u name me one phone we sell tha is crippled?
you dont even know what crippling is, our just saying that because others say it.
we DONT NEED WI FI!!! WE HAVE COVERAGE IN 85% OF AMERICA for rev a speeds
and dont you watch tv?
Im sooooo sick of people coming on here complaining about how we sell our smartphones, they work more efficeintly then ANY OTHER CARRIERS, hence why we have the lowest churn.
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My Motorola V710 was crippled and there are several others. Whe I'm in the desert and parts of the south, you DO NOT have coverage and we NEED WiFi.
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the v710? Seriously?
First, that phone came out over 4 years ago. Can you name a phone in this half of the decade?
Nobody "needs wifi" its nice, and you might want it, but it the phone should function pretty good without it.
And quite frankly, if you "need" wifi, then GET A PHONE WITH WIFI!!! why is the storm even on your list if wifi is so important.
Chris
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MennoNov 10, 2008, 1:49 PM
From what I understand, they are holding back the release until they are sure that they won't go out of stock on the phones during the holidays. They want this release to be big and to be successful. why rush something only to say "oops" when an error occurs.
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That's nice they're stock piling them...they'll be out of day by the time they release them...typical Verizon move. Why advertise so much if they ARE NOT available????????
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MennoNov 10, 2008, 2:59 PM
You obviously don't understand sales do you? You advertise before something is available to get interest in it so that when it does become available a lot of people will come in looking for one (and buy one) just because they've heard so much about it.
Verizon isn't the only company to do this, nor are they the first. It is used in almost every market and is a very effective tactic.
And they arn't stockpiling them. They are making sure they have enough. Or would you prefer they use the tactic Nintendo used for the Wii and intentionally short stock them so that the offmarket demand is so high and it takes months before they are actually available in stores for more than a few hours?
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Please teach me about sales so I can b like you.
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MennoNov 10, 2008, 4:07 PM
You don't have to be like me, but if you've never heard of building up anticipation for a product before release... Every company does it. ATT and apple did it with the iphone, sprint with the instinct, Nintendo with the wii.
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It's to complicated of a concept for him! 🤣
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yes, they are waiting for the Christmas shopping season
why wouldn't they?
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Because people who use these phones are typically business users and don't shop for them at Christmas...they need them throughout the year...not as toys.
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then buy a curve off criaglist for 100 bucks and be quite! dont act like your business is hedging on this!
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get a life. do verizons reps get paid to post here.
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Nice try there ace- I work for a living!
Anyways this is your stupid thread you best be prepared to defend it when making stupid comments.... Wait patiently Mr. Business Man 🙄 or buy the Curve!
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MennoNov 10, 2008, 4:22 PM
Is it a default response when someone calls you out over the internet to tell them to get a life? It seems that everyone resorts to either that one or the ever popular "your mom" retort.
you are both on a website that talks about cellphones. You are asking about a specific phone that isn't even available yet and you think this qualifies you to tell someone else to get a life over the interwebs?
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Why the heck do people keep adding a new topic when there are so many on this subject already?
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sounds more like your speed 🤣 🤣
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Are you saying that I'm crippled? That is not very funny...My brother has Cerebral Pulsy. And I have other members in my family who are mentally impaired. I will report this. Are you a Verizon Employee?
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🤣 🤣 report away brah 🤣
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Brancieri said:
Are you a Verizon Employee?
Yes my id number is 12345 🤣
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I've reported your remarks.
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🤣 Oh no you reported my recommendation on trying boost mobile out 🤣 Do you know it's now 10 cents a minute?
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You sure have a lot of spare time for a business man who needs a storm! 🤣
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Are you saying that Boost Mible is crippled?
Are you saying that it's hard to spell palsy?
Why associate Boost Mobile with mental retardation?
(I'm being Socratic and answering questions with questions)
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🤣 🤣 OUTSTANDING!!!!!!
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Let's just hope nobody notices I spelled "Mobile" wrong the first time around...
C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
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Have you ever seen a movie preview before??
Are you going to report me too?
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Cripple it??? I bet you are the kind of customer that wants the phone to do everything. Then when the phone is released, it does everything you want it to, but it is too expensive. Some customers are never happy. You have waited this long for it, couple more days will not hurt.
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Relax. No other carrier has released it yet either.
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show me another cdma blackberry that has wifi
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the phone is having problems connecting with the network. verizon needs to take care of things on their end. the phone over all is alot faster than any of these videos show. blackberry did a great job. most likely it will be released if it the network problem is not resolved but im sure it will. def before thanksgiving it will be here.
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