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Not to be left out in the Pearl Flip party, UK carrier O2 has announced the availability of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220. Like their Rogers counterparts, O2 is offering the Pearl Flip for peanuts, and even free depending upon your contract. You can find out more by heading to www.o2.co.uk or by checking out O2′s highly informative Pearl Flip page.
Rogers officially announced the release of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 for tomorrow, along with some pricing information. However, as regular readers of BlackBerry Cool, you already knew both these facts on Friday. Regardless, here’s the official word for you:
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone will be available in black from Rogers starting November 4, from $49.99 with activation on any combination of 3 year voice and data plan with minimum combined monthly service fee of $35 per month from Rogers. Some conditions apply. The pink BlackBerry Pearl Flip will be available in the coming weeks.
You can read the full press release after the jump, or go to http://www.rogers.com/pearlflip for more information, starting tomorrow.
We already told you how much the Rogers BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 is going to cost, and now we can tell you the official release date: November 4th. We just received an email directly from Rogers with the news.
I wonder if Rogers will sell as many Pearl Flips as AT&T is hoping to sell BlackBerry Bolds on the 4th?
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 has successfully shipped to Rogers stores, arriving late in the day. While the image above displays the sassy pink model, Rogers has also received the black Pearl Flip as well. Our good friend, RogersDude69, tells us that the final pricing will be $50 on a 3 year contract, what we originally predicted for you waaaay back in the day.
Unfortunately, RogersDude69 couldn’t tell us when the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 would be available for sale, but he did say it would make an appearance in this week’s flyer, making a release sometime next week highly likely. I wonder if the flyer will include the promotional image we showed you earlier this month.
So you’re interested in purchasing the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 – maybe for yourself or as a Christmas present for a loved one. But in this current economic climate, money is tight, and you’re not quite willing to purchase the Pearl Flip from T-Mobile for $150 on a 2 year contract, or from Rogers for (possibly) $150 on a 3 year contract. The BBCool crew has compiled a quick guide of other venues to purchase the Pearl Flip 8220 at a reduced price.
Best Buy: Our friends at BlackBerry News have photos today showing Best Buy offering the Pearl Flip 8220 in both red and black for as low as $79 on a 2 year contract with data plan over $59.99 or for $99 on a 2 year contract with data plan under $59.99.
(Best Buy BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 – discount price not yet listed)
Future Shop: We had previously told you that Future Shop was looking to sell the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 in both red and black at the magic $50 price point, and recent photos from MobileSyrup only confirmed it. Be forewarned: both models come with a 3 year contract.
(Future Shop BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220)
The Source: Our friends at MobileSyrup have tipped us off to a Source flyer showing the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 in black for $99 after an in-store credit. The discount requires a 3 year voice and data plan totaling $45 or more.
(The Source BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 Flyer)
If you know of any other stores offering the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 at a discounted price, please post about it in the comments section.
For a device that should be released any day now on Rogers, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 sure does have a lot of price points floating around. The accidental Pearl Flip promotion published around CTIA by Rogers indicated $150 on a three-year contract, while MobileInCanada got their hands on a Rogers Christmas promotion which shows a $50 price point, something that we told you about waaay back in August.
Now, our boy Troy at BlackBerry News has some screen captures of the inventory system at Future Shop showing the Rogers BlackBerry Pearl at a $50 price point and $350 unsubsidized (no contract or upgrade price point). If the Rogers BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 doesn’t launch at $50, BlackBerry Cool recommends holding off a few weeks until it hits that magic $50 number.
(via BBNews)
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