Since the announcement of the BlackBerry Torch 9800, it would appear that everyone has been trying to find out who will be official carriers of the latest BlackBerry smartphone.
It was revealed a few days ago that it would be heading to Vodafone UK (Sign up for updates on the device over at the official Vodafone website) and now it has been announced via a tweet that it will also be making its way to Orange UK:
Good news: The new BlackBerry Torch 9800 with BlackBerry 6 will be coming soon to Orange UK. We will keep you posted with details…
The new BlackBerry Torch runs on the latest Blackberrry OS version 6. The phone sports a 3.2 inch capacitive LCD touch screen with not so impressive 360×480 resolution. It also offer the facility of using track pad or QWERTY for navigation. Another impressive feature is the availability of universal search facility. You just have to enter a search term and your entire phone will be scanned for retrieving the relevant information. Torch 9800 also has the usual bells and whistles such as Bluetooth 2.1, 5 MP camera and 4 GB of built-in storage. The phone uses a little archaic 624-Mhz Marvell processor, which in the world of Ghz processors leaves a lot to be desired.
The official UK release date has not been announced however we expect it to be near to the US release date which is 12th August. Prices in the US have been confirmed at around $200, however there have been no prices revealed from the UK carriers, so we’ll keep you updated for more information.