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Updated: Read - BlackBerry Storm available Nov. 21 for $199
Ahead of its expected launch later this month, Verizon Wireless has released some details about its voice and data plan prices for Research In Motion's BlackBerry Storm, including its email data plan.
Verizon said that its GlobalEmail data plans for the Storm will be $69.99 per month for a stand-alone data plan and $64.99 per month when added to any voice plan.
Verizon also said that its Global Value Plan will offer discounted roaming charges in 130 countries for $4.99 per month. Actual retail pricing for the Storm itself has yet to be released, but Nov. 16 is the rumored launch date.
For more:
- see this release
- see the Storm in FierceWireless' Holiday Handset Guide
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Comments
Posted by HeyAnonymous | November 17, 2008 - 1:36am
To the person complaining about the pricing info, re-read the article. It's about the GLOBAL data plan... not domestic (this is the thing that will prevent us from the problem which caused ATT customers to come back from trips abroad to $5,000 wireless bills. VZW > AT&T, in terms of common sense).
Also, I think you may be off on the 29 dollar figure. I've heard it's going to be $39/mo for the VZW Blackberry data service.
Posted by P'Od | November 21, 2008 - 5:58pm
UNBELIEVABLE!!!
I am extremely disappointed, frustrated, and shocked at today's (11/21/08) highly publicized "big release" of the new Blackberry Storm phone.
I don't even know where to begin in explaining today's circumstances so I'll just try to summarize the details...
None of the store's phone recording's mentioned the "promotional" 7.am. store opening, so needless to say when I called a few minutes before what I expected was the opening at 9a.m., all of the Storms were already sold out!
3 of the stores in my area had less than 100 units?! (5, 20, & 75)
On the phone, I was lied to by 2 different store representative's: 1 saying they were receiving another shipment later in the day so to come on by; the other saying if I came by they'd waive the overnight shipping fee and I'd have the phone by tomorrow a.m., plus there was "nobody in line" so I could place the order right away...
After going to the store, (5 mins. away) there were about 10 people in line and 20 or so already in queue or in the store!
After waiting about 30 mins. or so, still nowhere nearing being helped or getting any answers, the word from the store reps. was that now everything is on back order and it could take up to 5 days to ship if I ordered it today.
The whole scene was a mess and everyone had a different answer so I eventually left to go home and figured I'd just order it online...
Of course, that led me nowhere because the icing on the cake was that your website was down!
For a nationally-publicized, long-running ad campaign, high-profile product release, blogs all over the place about the hype...
What in the world happened today???
Didn't anyone learn from the iPhone releases that there is a huge demand out here for these devices?
It's hard to believe that it appears Verizon was not prepared for today's release in even the slightest degree.
I do not even know what else to say but this is absolutely ridiculous.
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