AT&T Blackberry Release Date: Wireless Carrier Announces New Blackberry Bold, Torch and Curve

By Elton Jones, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, November 01, 2011

AT&T has officially announced the latest additions of BlackBerry smartphone models that will soon be a part of the company's lineup.

The BlackBerry Bold 9900, BlackBerry Torch 9860 and BlackBerry Curve 9360 will soon be available to AT&T customers.

The cellphone carrier announced that the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Torch 9860 will be available starting Nov. 6. The Bold will be priced at $199.99 with a two-year contract and the Torch 9860 will go for $99.99 on a contract.

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As for the Curve 9360, it will start being sold on Nov. 20 for the price of $29.99.

The BlackBerry 9900 comes with these specs and features: a standard QWERTY keyboard, a 2.8-inch touchscreen display, a 1.2GHz processor with 768 MB of RAM, 8GB of on-board memory, a memory card slot and support for AT&T’s 4G network.

The Bold also comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera capable of video capture in 720p. The BlackBerry 7 operating system is said to be running the device. The phone has earned MasterCard’s PayPass NFC certification as well, so users can make payments with the device.

The BlackBerry Torch 9860 will be the first all-touch BlackBerry to hit AT&T. It sports a 3.7-inch touchscreen, and has similar specs to the Bold 9900, save for the PayPass certification.

The BlackBerry Curve 9360 has a flash-enabled 5-megapixel camera capable of video capture in 720p. It also boasts a 2.44-inch display, 480x360-pixel non-touch display along with an 800MHz processor.

The BlackBerry 7 OS will also be the main software system running this smartphone. AT&T says that a version of the phone will be available without a camera, but hasn’t specified whether or not the price will be cheaper for this model.

All three phones run BlackBerry OS 7 and are compatible with AT&T's HSPA+ network.

AT&T's own 4G LTE handsets will be sure to offer some competition to its new BlackBerry handsets. The company will soon be releasing the Samsung Galaxy S II and the HTC Vivid on Nov. 6.