Rogers BlackBerry Bold: price x2 of $199 8GB iPhone 3G

The Apple iPhone 3G may be the hottest cellphone right now but then there are many brands out there with phones of equal specifications hoping to take a slice of the iPhone lead.

The BlackBerry Bold is RIM’s aim at getting more consumers on the Blackberry boat, while the previous Blackberry’s have always been aimed at the business user, the Bold does more entertainment than any other Blackberry device.

Rogers have become the first carrier in North America to ship the Blackberry bold and with it also the first device from Research in Motion that has 3G for GSM-based phone networks.

The Canadian edition of the Blackberry Bold has a much sharper 480×320 LCD, a two-megapixel camera with flash and video capture, 1GB of onboard storage, Wi-Fi and GPS.

Rogers have priced the BlackBerry Bold at $400 (that’s with a combined BlackBerry data and voice plan worth $45 per month), when comparing this to the iPhone 3G, its double the price.

The Apple iPhone 3G costs just $199 for an 8GB model. So the Bold becomes a direct competitor of the BlackBerry 8820 and 8800. We also hear that AT&T may also have a similar price for its launch within the next few weeks. You can read more iPhone 3G news here or BlackBerry.

Source: Read