This post is for all the blackberry fanatics out there and by extension the Digicel Network fans and users. In this post I will be looking at Digicel's line of blackberry phones that they are currently marketing, prices and plans available for them. Digicel is popularly known around the Caribbean, since they currently operate in twenty five different countries including Trinidad and Tobago, of which their headquarters is located in Kingston Jamaica, after opening operations there in April, 2001.
The first blackberry phone to be looked in no particular order is the Blackberry 8520 which is very popular in Trinidad and Tobago since nearly everyone has one after they sold like 'hot bread' when they now came into the Trinidad market. Although they have been marketed in Trinidad for quite a while they still continue to sell mainly due to it's low price compared to other blackberry phones prices in Trinidad and Tobago. The Blackberry 8520 is currently priced at $1199 TT dollars pre-paid because of a current promotion at Digicel (25/06/2011) where you are required to sign up for a one month prepaid Blackberry Unlimited Plan and you will get the second month FREE, but other than that it's $1599 TT dollars and $699 TT dollars post-paid. Some of the main features of the Blackberry 8520 is that it has a memory card slot expandable to 32 GBs via microSD card with 256mbs internal memory, QWERTY keyboard, Touch-sensitive optical trackpad, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels camera, Blackberry OS with a 512MHz processor, an HTML browser, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM messages, and Java for apps and games.
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| Blackberry 8520 currently marketed by Digicel!! |
The second blackberry to be looked at in no particular order is the Blackberry BOLD 9000 which is also being marketed by Digicel. It is currently priced at $2999 TT dollar pre-paid and $1799 TT dollars post paid. Some of the main attractions and features of this phone is that it has a full QWERTY keyboard
as nearly all blackberries do, Trackball navigation, 3.5 mm jack to listen your favourite tracks, loudspeaker, 1GB internal storage but only has 128mb RAM which may cause slight delays and lags between apps and other programs on your phone, external memory up to 8GBs via microSD, GPRS/EDGE,
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g, bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, LED flash, Blackberry OS which runs on a 624 MHz processor, SMS, MMS, Email, IM messaging, HTML browser and Java MIDP 2.0. In my opinion this phone should be cheaper because when compared to other blackberries they have almost the same or nearly the same features.
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Blackberry BOLD 9000 currently being marketed by Digicel!!
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The third blackberry phone to be looked at in no particular order is the Blackberry Pearl 9100 wich is also in Digicel's marketing mix. It is currently priced at $2199 TT dollar pre-paid and $999 TT dollars post paid. Some of the main attractions and features of this phone is that it has a Half-QWERTY keyboard, Loudspeaker, 3.5mm jack, Touch-sensitive optical trackpad, 256mb internal memory, external memory expandable up to 32GBs via microSD memory card of which a 2GB SHOULD be included, notice I said SHOULD, GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, camera with LED flash and autofocus, BlackBerry OS running on a 624 MHz processor, HTML browser, SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM,and GPS.
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Blackberry Pearl 9100currently being marketed by Digicel!!
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The fourth blackberry phone to be looked at in no particular order is the Blackberry Curve 9300 which is also included Digicel's marketing mix. It is currently priced at $2399 TT dollar pre-paid and $1199 TT dollars post paid. Some of the main attractions and features of this phone is that it has a full QWERTY keyboard, Touch-sensitive optical trackpad, Loudspeaker, 3.5mm jack, 256 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM, microSD, up to 32GB, GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, bluetooth, 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels camera, Blackberry OS 5.0, which is upgradable, SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM messaging, HTML browser, GPS, and Java.
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Blackberry Curve 9300 currently being marketed by Digicel!!
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The fifth blackberry phone to be looked at in no particular order is the Blackberry Storm 9500 which is also part of Digicel's marketing mix. It is currently priced at $1999 TT dollar pre-paid and $1599 TT dollars post paid. Some of the main attractions and features of this phone is that it has a 360 x 480 pixels, 3.25 inches touchscreen, be warned it's slightly more like a 'press screen' if you know what I mean and those of you who owns one know where I'm coming from, Loudspeaker, 3.5mm jack, 1 GB internal storage, with 128 MB RAM, 192 MB ROM, external memory expandable up to 16GBs via microSD memory card of which an 8GB card SHOULD be included, notice I said SHOULD, GPRS/EDGE, NOTE it has NO WIFI, Blackberry OS running on a 528 MHz ARM 11 processor, Adreno 130 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7600 chipset, SMS, MMS, Email, IM messaging, HTML browser, GPS and Java.
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Blakberry Storm 9500 currently marketed by Digicel!!
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The sixth blackberry phone to be looked at in no particular order is the Blackberry Bold 9700 which is also part of Digicel's marketing mix. It is currently priced at $2699 TT dollar pre-paid and $1999 TT dollars post paid. Some of the main attractions and features of this phone is that it has a full QWERTY keyboard, Touch-sensitive optical trackpad, Loudspeaker, 3.5mm jack for headphones, 256mb internal storage, 256mb RAM, external memory expandable up to 16GB via microSD of which a 2GB card SHOULD be included, noticed I said SHOULD, GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, bluetooth, 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels camera with autofocus, and LED flash, Blackberry OS v5.0, upgradable to v6.0, 624 MHz processor CPU, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM messaging, HTML browser, GPS, and Java.
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| Blackberry Bold 9700 currently marketed by Digicel!! |
The seventh blackberry phone to be looked at in no particular order is the Blackberry Bold 9780 which is also part of Digicel's marketing mix. It is currently priced at $2899 TT dollar pre-paid and $2399 TT dollars post paid. Some of the main attractions and features of this phone is that it has a full QWERTY keyboard, Touch-sensitive optical trackpad, Loudspeaker, 3.5mm jack, 256 mb internal storage, 512 mb RAM, external memory expandable to 32GBs, of which a 2GB card SHOULD be included, notice I said SHOULD, GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, bluetooth, 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels camera with autofocus, and LED flash, BlackBerry OS 6.0 which is the latest out right now but soon blackberry will be releasing BlackBerry OS 7.0, 624 MHz processor CPU, SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM messaging, HTML browser, GPS, and Java.
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Blackberry Bold 9780 currently marketed by Digicel!!
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The last phone in Digicel's Blackberry marketing list is the well known blackberry torch 9800 that promises the best of both worlds for blackberry smartphones. It has a full QWERTY keyboard and touchscreen. For complete specs of this phone scroll down to the post below or click on this link
http://mytechsngadgets.blogspot.com/2011/06/blackberry-torch-9800-review-specs.html . The blackberry torch 9800 is currently priced at $4499 TT dollars pre-paid and $3899 TT dollars post-paid.
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Blackberry Torch 9800 currently marketed by Digicel!!
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As new blackberry phones are brought to Trinidad and Tobago and is being marketed by Digicel I will create a new post. But these are the blackberry smartphones that Digicel are currently selling.
Digicel offers both pre-paid and post-paid Internet plans for it's blackberry phones. For the pre-paid plan the prices run like this; Unlimited Blackberry (1 day) is priced at $12.50 TT dollars, Unlimited Blackberry (7 days is priced at $50 TT dollars, Unlimited Blackberry (14 days) is priced at $95 TT dollars, and Unlimited Blackberry (30 days ) is priced at $180 TT dollars all are VAT exclusive. For the post-paid plan the prices run like this; Unlimited Blackberry is priced at $195.65 TT dollars, Unlimited Blackberry (1 mb) is priced at $73.91 TT dollars, and Unlimited Blackberry (5 mb) is priced at $100 TT dollars vat exclusive.
Digicel also offers Blackberry Social Services for it's blackberry phones. For the pre-paid plan the prices run like this; Blackberry My Mail (7 days) is priced at $25 TT dollars, Blackberry My Mail (30 days) is priced at $80TT dollars, Blackberry Social (7 days) is priced at $25 TT dollars and Blackberry Social (30 days) is priced at $80 TT dollars vat exclusive. For the post-paid plan the prices run like this; Blackberry My Mail (30 days) is priced at $69 TT dollars and the Blackberry My Social (30 days) is priced at $69 TT dollars vat exclusive.
For Digicel's Blackberry terms and conditions click on the following two links
http://www.digiceltt.com/en/services/blackberry_services and
http://www.digiceltt.com/en/postpaid/postpaid-blackberry-plans.
Rate (VAT exclusive) |
Unlimited Blackberry (1 day) | 12.50 |
Unlimited Blackberry (7 days) | 50.00 |
Unlimited Blackberry (14 days) | 95.00 |
Unlimited Blackberry (30 days) | 180.00 |
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