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Thunder coming soon, Bold delayed again

Posted by Joe on July 16, 2008 | 2 comments | Filed under : New Developments

Leave it to the Boy Genius Report to give us the good news/bad news of the day. While we try not to run with too many rumors on BBGeeks, the ones we’ve heard from BGR have been fairly accurate in the past. So it comes with great regret to inform you that one day after posting a monstrous review of the BlackBerry Bold, BGR is hearing that we might not see the device on shelves until September (I almost typed December there…though it wouldn’t be surprising at this point). They do note that the device could be released earlier, but tests aren’t going that well. So does that mess up things for the supposed July 25th release on Rogers?

For those interested, a Thunder rumor/update after the jump.

While BGR was saying that the BlackBerry Thunder should be released in November, that gets pushed up to October. Actually, it supposedly always has been October, but BGR figured on a few weeks delay. Which, given the developments with the Bold, they should certainly still consider. The marketing push will begin in September.

Still, overall this isn’t great news. RIM talked up the Bold in mid-May, and now we’re at mid-July, with a release not coming for at least another month. There’s something to be said for delivering ahead of expectations.

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1 DavidB July 18, 2008 at 8:12 am

Except TMO Germany is sticking with a July release date for the Bold….

2 mancreep July 16, 2008 at 10:26 am

Man.RIM is doing a great job with the blackberry brand, regardless of delays. If Motorola delayed some of their phones and put some thought into them, they may have had more sucessful phones, and not just the RAZOR(which was insanely popular). Delays aren’t bad, they’re just a chance to get things right, and maybe even add some cool features.

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