Comments on: Vodafone BlackBerry Storm pricing revealed: Crazy expensive [Updated]

By: chris

chris — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:04:54 +0000

YOUR INFORMATION IS WRONG.

This phone is NOT expensive for what you get.

I payed £25 a month for free internet, free mobile , 250 cross network mins and 100 texts. Phone was free on 2 year contract.

I can increase mins or texts if I require. I guess it depends where you buy it.

That is cheaper than iphone, n96 and few others and its so much better.

Awesome phone. Very pleased so far.

By: ahrew

ahrew — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:27:59 +0000

the reason why vodafone ireland didnt choose the handset to be wi-fi is simple… the package plan comes with 1gb of mobile internet useage. i use my handset constantly for youtube/email etc etc and never come close to exceeding 500mb of internet. thankfully the handset is hsdpa and works wonders with the net. unlike o2 falsely advertising there iphone speed. unless ya have a wi-fi connection ya could be waiting a while for a page to load up. grrrr…… if only vodafone bring out the iphone, i would be happy.

By: ianm

ianm — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:41:42 +0000

….thats pretty cheap. thats $70 a month. That is what you would be paying for an iphone anyway. BGR is against RIM as you can see from all of their ‘reviews’ of any blackberry product. They went against every other review to say that the tactile touch response was disappointing. However, even they couldn’t deny how beautiful the storms screen was. That means even against blackberrys they had something good to say. Keep an eye on what they report, they aren’t fans of blackberrys.

By: uniqueGifts

uniqueGifts — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:39:29 +0000

Ouch. That one hurts the pocket. Seriously!

By: Chris Davies

Chris Davies — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:55:35 +0000

Thanks Tony – and I’m sorry you guys over there have to pay so much more! I’ve updated our post accordingly.

By: Tony Reilly

Tony Reilly — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:42:40 +0000

(Note, while a network may operate under the “vodafone” brand, it is essentially run separately from the “mothership”. I know for 100% fact that Vodafone IRELAND, assess their own handsets for launch as well as the content available in their protal. Granted, vodafone branded handsets will get preference, but if you compare the handsets available in the UK Vodafone, they will be different (and usually a lot less selection). SO just because one of Vodafones networks sets a certain price doesn’t mean it’ll be the same for all Vodafone networks. Infact, Ireland’s prices will more than likely be the most expensive option, just wait and see!)

By: Tony Reilly

Tony Reilly — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:36:48 +0000

OK..
Everyone is reading this completely wrong. Siliconrepublic is an irish site and is quoting the IRISH prices. Ireland is known for it’s very high mobile rates (both the monthly fees and the cost of the handsets) until very very recently, there wasn’t even a way to get a handset for “free”.
So, PLEASE do the research properly, the prices that Vodafone are offering are very good when compared with the current offerings (i’m paying 85euro a month for 400mins, 400sms and 1gb of data – so for an extra 5euro I get 1gb of “live” access, 10 music tracks and Blackberry email, and that’s fine with me) on the IRISH market (Vodafone, to my knowledge hasn’t confirmed prices for anywhere else in Europe. Please correct me if i’m wrong)

Seriously, If anyone from slashgear would like to contact me directly please feel free to do so!