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Sprint To Offer An Unlocked BlackBerry 8830 In July

April 26, 2007 by Robb Dunewood 20 Comments

Verizon isn’t the only CDMA BlackBerry carrier offering the BlackBerry 8830 world phone. Sprint will start selling the BlackBerry 8830 in July and get this… the Sprint version comes SIM unlocked.

Check it out…

Sprint BlackBerry 8830

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  1. Hawk says

    April 26, 2007 at 12:40 pm

    Annunciato anche da Sprint il lancio commerciale dell’8830 previsto per Luglio 2007.
    Bell Mobility, Verizon e T-Mobile inizieranno la commercializzazione a partire da Maggio: 14 Maggio la commercializzazione alle aziende, il 29 Maggio la disponibilita’ anche per il mercato consumer.

    La versione commercializzata sara’ unlocked dando quindi la possibilita’ di utilizzarlo con SIM di altri operatori mobili.

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  2. Rob says

    April 26, 2007 at 1:05 pm

    What’s the practical difference between SIM unlocked and SIM locked? I’m on Verizon and am thinking of getting the 8830 from them when it goes on sale in May.

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  3. FireHazzrd says

    April 26, 2007 at 1:44 pm

    The difference is that when you roam internationally, you can use any provider you want, possibly saving you a lot of money. Verizon, being owned partially by Vodafone, wants you to only use a Vodafone sim, giving you less options.

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  4. Rob says

    April 26, 2007 at 4:35 pm

    Interesting. Thanks for the explanation. Typical Verizon.

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  5. Thought says

    April 26, 2007 at 7:49 pm

    I would imagine that some vendors will offer unlock codes for the VZW version for a relatively small fee, like they do with virtually all other GSM phones.

    I applaud Sprint for going the unlocked route…however, they almost have to try something, because they are bleeding customers and are really losing out in the marketplace right now. There is no way right now I would trust Sprint with my cell service.

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  6. jwheels says

    April 27, 2007 at 9:53 am

    Does anyone think Sprint will still bring the Pearl as previously suggested?

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  7. mary says

    May 3, 2007 at 3:13 pm

    How much is this phone going to be when it’s released??
    w/o any plan??

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  8. Dave says

    June 15, 2007 at 6:01 pm

    I heard from a dealer just a bit ago that was taking orders for them Monday, June 18th. No joke! I met this dealer on ebay offering blackberrys with activation cheap.

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  9. Dave says

    June 15, 2007 at 6:02 pm

    I heard from a dealer just a bit ago that was taking orders for them Monday, June 18th. No joke! I met this dealer on ebay offering blackberrys with activation cheap….

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  10. Will says

    July 31, 2007 at 11:11 pm

    So does this mean the 8830 does have PTT capability? It seems like I am getting conflicting answers. We are required to have the PTT feature for emergency response, but I would like to update the features of my 7520. Any thoughts? What other PDA is available for sprint/nextel with PTT?

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  11. tom says

    September 22, 2007 at 5:43 pm

    i bought the 8830 world phone from sprint and i was told that t would work in canada with any sim card but when i got to canada and tried it using Fido and rogers sim cards it didn’t work. i was ripped off and was told told by fido and rogers that the 8830 will not work in canada unless if you use only a sprint sim card .

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  12. Sam says

    September 26, 2007 at 12:45 am

    diddo. Same thing happened to me. I only tried Rogers. Why is this? No, its not just the band. Rogers uses 1900, and the 8830 support 1900. So why is it not working? Anyone know of a hack? When I do a scan of networks i find nothing.

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  13. FireHazzrd says

    September 26, 2007 at 8:25 pm

    The 8830, as listed on the BlackBerry website, only does 900/1800 GSM/GPRS service. Canada uses 1900MHz GSM, just like the USA, but the CDMA portion of the phone should still work up there, there is still a decent amount of CDMA in the larger towns and cities.

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  14. Caveman says

    September 30, 2007 at 3:01 am

    I wouldn’t mind getting a Blackberry 8830 World Edition but the phone I have now doesn’t even work. See, I’m with Telus and I have a Samsung a720. It’s got a few bells and whistles but when I go to use them, say for example to send a picture/recorded audio clip or video clip text message it seems to work quite rarely. Most of the time I can’t connect to the internet and the phone freezes and I have to pull the battery out because it won’t get out of the trying to disconnect mode. So I definately won’t be shelling out $500 for more features that won’t work. A phone is only as good as the network and mine has really let me down.

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  15. Johny says

    May 5, 2008 at 3:50 pm

    I have travel to mexico and used the 8830 worked fine with movistar and in here with Tmobile worked perfect, my friend did something with it, and I dont know what, but the dam thing works great!!! even ATT….

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  16. bob says

    May 9, 2008 at 6:15 pm

    i bought a black berry 8830 world edition on ebay it is a sprint phone. will it work with a rogers sim card (winnipeg)

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  17. SLEDGE HAMMER says

    August 12, 2008 at 5:48 am

    I AM IN POSSESSION OF A BB 8830 SPRINT UNLOCK OVERSEAS ON VACATION AND I AM USING A LOCAL SIM CARD IN IT WHICH WORK LIKE A CHARM, AND I ALSO HAVE THE SPC CODE FOR THE CDMA SIDE ##OOOOOOSEND, THAT I NEED SOME HELP WITH SIGNAL IS POOR OR NONE I MIGHT NEED PRL

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  18. Josh Telecsan says

    March 1, 2010 at 10:22 pm

    Im trying to find a hack to get a 8830 world edition by verizon to work with my ATT sim card in the US. anyone know of a hack or how to reload the os or something???
    compnerd01@gmail.com

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  2. Bell Canada Announces the BlackBerry 8830 | RIMarkable | The official, unofficial BlackBerry Weblog says:
    April 27, 2007 at 3:57 pm

    […] looks like Sprint and Verizon aren’t the only North American carriers offering the the BlackBerry 8830. Bell […]

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