Fancy a bargain-basement BlackBerry? The BlackBerry Curve 9320 has dropped in price to less than a hundred quid, as sales fall off a cliff.
The 9320 can be yours for just £99 from Phones4U. That's about £50 less than equivalent Android phones -- cheap as chips considering the 9320 only debuted six months ago. Contract deals are incredibly affordable too, with two-year deals for as little as £10.50 per month bagging you a free phone.
The BlackBerry Curve 9320 is stuffed with social network features, with a dedicated BlackBerry Messenger button right in the middle of the phone that instantly fires up the popular free IM app. Apps for Facebook and Twitter are already aboard too.
BlackBerry builder Research in Motion is desperate to claw back some of the ground it's lost to the iPhone and particularly Android. Android phones come in all shapes and sizes and all levels of price, leading users to abandon their BlackBerrys in droves. In the last year, RIM's share of the market has nosedived from 19 per cent of the market to 8 per cent. The situation is even more parlous in the US, where BlackBerrys make up less than 2 per cent of sales.
RIM is pinning its hopes on BlackBerry 10, the next generation of BB software. BlackBerry 10 will be unveiled in the new year on two new phones. RIM's so confident it's even predicted the next generation of BlackBerry will kill the laptop.
But in the meantime, BlackBerry fans can take advantage of reduced prices. To see if the Curve 9320 is worth dropping ninety-nine sheets, hit play on this 'ere video:
Are you counting on a Curve for Christmas? Is this a BlackBerry bargain or a waste of money? Tell me your thoughts in the comments or on our Facebook page.
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anonymous 5 December, 2012 12:12
This is nothing to do with fighting for market share. Blackberry are dumping stock ahead of the launch of the new OS next year - anybody who buys any of these handsets would be a fool, because they are then stuck with an obsolete OS on a contract phone for 18 months or 2 years...
davefromwales 5 December, 2012 15:01
anonymous 5 December, 2012 12:12
`stuck with a ..... contract phone` errr, maybe you shouldve gone to specsavers. the headline of this article is very clealy about PAYG
anonymous 6 December, 2012 00:23
@davefromwales err maybe you should go to specsavers, like you said with you amazing observation skill the headline is about payg but the article clearly mentions contracts for £10.50 a month. Why jump on someone who is making a sensible and good point FOOL! LOL
anonymous 6 December, 2012 09:28
I have this phone for work and it's a good solid phone. The battery life quoted in the video review is nothing short of a damn lie as it lasts twice as long as any android or Iphone. As a work phone its top notch.
anonymous 6 December, 2012 15:57
@anonymous 09:28 no it's not a damn lie about the battery of course it lasts a long time if it's not used for anything apart for a couple of emails Lmfao
anonymous 6 December, 2012 16:57
great keyboard, ideal for email and texting.Battery life looks poor on paper but the smaller screen means less browsing etc and it seems to outlast my larger (screen and quoted battery) android. And fir emailing etc I'm not that bothered about the operating system. this is a phone you can drop without the sharp intake of breathe when dropping most other phones.
anonymous 27 December, 2012 18:31
I was just wondering, is this phone worth buying and what are the apps like?
I have heard some bad reviews about this but i'd like a comment from somebody who owns the phone.
Thanks :)