BlackBerry Torch 9800 spotted, priced

Spotted this afternoon at one of the gadget stores in Virramall, Greenhills is the new BlackBerry Torch 9800. I’ve been told it has been selling there for about a week now.

The BlackBerry 9800 is the newest smartphone from RIM. It combines a full touch screen and a sliding full qwerty keyboard.

BlackBerry Torch 9800 specs:
3.2â€³ display @ 360Ã—480 pixels
512MB RAM, 512MB ROM
4GB storage (up to 32GB via microSD, 4GB included)
3G @ 384Kbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1
5MP autofocus camera w/ LED flash + video
BlackBerry OS 6.0
GPS w/ a-GPS support
1300mAh Li-Ion battery

The grey market price of the BlackBerry Torch 9800 is Php38,500USD 656INR 55,617EUR 625CNY 4,778.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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27 Comments

mjne_19 says:

15 years ago

@abeolandres sir do you think it is worth it for the price? Im planning to get one…
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Calvin says:

15 years ago

*whistle* 38,500. pumunta ka pa ng virra mall after mag tagaytay?
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MyMaria says:

15 years ago

Sweet! If I were to get my first Blackberry, this would be it! Let’s just hope Smart will offer this for their retention plans soon! :)
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tipler says:

15 years ago

P38,500? I bet that’s the funniest thing I’ll have read all week. I wouldn’t pay 20k for this.
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Andre Marcelo-Tanner says:

15 years ago

Where did you see this? and was there a logo on it? the question is what operator is it from? and how much is the $ price on it from AT&T
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mr. bogus says:

15 years ago

not worth it… over priced and bulky piece of @#$%
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Whatif says:

15 years ago

Pangit na mahal pa… Kahit specs olats

Tama si tipler joke time ata to… Lol
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Val says:

15 years ago

too pricey for what you get. Only BB fanboy will bite it (if there are) :)
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Manuel says:

15 years ago

hi abe, so how does it feel to the touch? I know the specs and seems like quite thick, but nothing like the real feel assessment. Been thinking to upgrade from BBstorm2 to iPhone4 or BBtorch. Thanks.
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yodz says:

15 years ago

overpriced. Ang daming alternative phone to this. made for the old school oldies!
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