Comments on: BlackBerry Torch sells 150,000 in first weekend? http://www.slashgear.com/blackberry-torch-sells-150000-in-first-weekend-1797998/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Wed, 09 May 2012 02:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: cerhardt http://www.slashgear.com/blackberry-torch-sells-150000-in-first-weekend-1797998/#comment-66077 cerhardt Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:19:53 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=97998#comment-66077 Wow! I wish AT&T would allow an upgrade at 1 year, I really want to try out the Torch. Guess I’ll go into the store this weekend and check them out.

]]> By: cerhardt http://www.slashgear.com/blackberry-torch-sells-150000-in-first-weekend-1797998/#comment-66076 cerhardt Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:18:30 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=97998#comment-66076 I’m in the US and mine is a personal phone. Of course, I do have it set up so that my work emails come through on it also. Most of the people that I know have a BB as a personal phone. I’m not sure what makes the market’s so different.

]]> By: drax_4@hotmail.com http://www.slashgear.com/blackberry-torch-sells-150000-in-first-weekend-1797998/#comment-66073 drax_4@hotmail.com Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:14:55 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=97998#comment-66073 i think it’s a good number of sale…

i don’t know how the markets differts in the usa to europe,
but where i live (belgium) everyone that has a BB has it as a firm phone,
nobody here buy’s one for personal use,
and for htc, i don’t know a person who has one

what make’s the market’s so different?

]]> By: sashoumaru http://www.slashgear.com/blackberry-torch-sells-150000-in-first-weekend-1797998/#comment-66068 sashoumaru Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:20:22 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=97998#comment-66068 Indeed, mostly the carrier’s greedy 2 year contracts. At least Sprint is allowing its customers to upgrade after 1 year even with a 2 year contract as part of their Premier program for existing customers.
I got my Evo 1 year after my Pre with a 2 year contract.

]]> By: cerhardt http://www.slashgear.com/blackberry-torch-sells-150000-in-first-weekend-1797998/#comment-66065 cerhardt Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:05:03 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=97998#comment-66065 No…I’ll tell you why sells are down. They are coming out w/ newer versions of phones too fast. I bought the BOLD 9700 in Jan now the BOLD 9650 is already out. I would LOVE to have the Torch, but in order to be able to afford the phone I need to be able to use an upgrade, which since I got the 9700 in Jan is not available for 2 freakin years!!!! If the carriers would quit requiring you to wait 2 years before an upgrade was available then we could always get the newest versions that come out. Until then, sales are going to be down if they keep making a newer version every 6 mths.

]]> By: sashoumaru http://www.slashgear.com/blackberry-torch-sells-150000-in-first-weekend-1797998/#comment-66064 sashoumaru Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:03:38 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=97998#comment-66064 I think 150K is good enough. You can’t just expect to equal the iPhone’s numbers with so little time of marketing and less fan base.
I still think it is still a step forward on RIM’s road to the hip-smartphone/non-corporate race.

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