BlackBerry Smartphone maker Research In Motion and Porsche Design today launched the elite new Porsche Design P’9981 premium smartphone in India Rs.1,39,990.
Instantly identifiable as a Porsche Design product, the exclusive material choices for this unique smartphone include a forged stainless steel frame, hand-wrapped leather back cover, sculpted QWERTY keyboard, and crystal clear touch display.
The customized Porsche Design P’9981 comes with an exclusive Porsche Design UI and a bespoke Wikitude World Browser augmented reality app experience. The smartphone also includes a premium, exclusive PIN that easily identifies the user as holder of a Porsche Design P’9981 smartphone from BlackBerry.
The Porsche Design P’9981 is built on a performance driven platform that features a 1.2 GHz processor and Liquid Graphics technology, which enables a highly responsive touch experience with incredibly fast and smooth graphics.
It also features HD video recording, 24-bit high resolution graphics, advanced sensors enabling new augmented reality applications, and built-in support for NFC (Near Field Communications). It comes with 8 GB of on-board memory, expandable to up to 40 GB with a microSD card.
Kabir Bedi and Sunil Dutt MD RIM India at the exclusive Launch of Porsche Design BlackBerry P’9981
The new Porsche Design P’9981 also comes with the latest BlackBerry OS that delivers a highly refined and integrated suite of phone, email, messaging and social apps. It includes a next generation BlackBerry browser, which provides a fast, fluid web browsing experience that is among the best in the industry, and comes with a number of pre-loaded applications that keep users connected and productive throughout the day.
The Porsche Design P’9981 smartphone from BlackBerry will be available at select BlackBerry Premium and BlackBerry Exclusive stores in India.
Idris June 27, 2012 at 12:11 am
RiM is frustrated because BBM lost its charm because of Whats app and Nimbuzz, people are connected to all other brands while using Whats app and Nimbuzz, Now RiM is about to shut down the business but they want to make fool of Public, But No one is a fool to spend more than Rs.1 Lac .
Its better people buy a phone for 30K and invest the reset of the 75k.
Soon black berry will vanish from the market, Andriod and Symbian Belle Rocks……….
Abhijith June 23, 2012 at 9:45 am
So RIM indirectly saying to us go and buy 3 samsung galaxy s 3 or two apple iphone dont buy our phones. . . . Its only for price tag. .
Shri June 23, 2012 at 12:17 am
Hahahahaha very funny. I think they have multiplied by 10 to the manufacture cost to get this MRP. Or else they have bring that phone body from moon
. RIM Gone mad. They want to grab money as much as possible before closing their blackberry company. Any brain having person doesn’t pay so much on this useless mobile. Symbian is better than Blackberry OS.
Idris June 23, 2012 at 12:13 am
Aise phone kharidne walon ki waja se desh lut raha hai,,,Its better we donate the money to needy. Desh ka fayda hoga….
Call aur internet use karana hai aur bhi ache options hai…
ashish June 22, 2012 at 8:32 pm
kya ghanta status symbol …dikhne me chinese lgta h
rahulraj June 21, 2012 at 10:19 pm
bro I compared ferrari and dis phone bcoz both of them is associated with status symbol and affordability….the issue is not abt efficiency…..
rahulraj June 21, 2012 at 10:03 pm
*if
rahulraj June 21, 2012 at 10:02 pm
I u own any crore rupee car….dats d reason u should buy dis phone….
JETESH June 21, 2012 at 9:37 pm
Only Wastage of money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
som June 21, 2012 at 9:36 pm
WHY I PURCHASE THIS SET WITH SUCH A PRICE.CAN ANY ONE TELL ME WHAT R THE FEATURES OF THIS SET
Amit June 21, 2012 at 7:17 pm
CAN ANY ONE GIVE ME A SINGLE REASON WHY I SHOULD PAY THIS MUCH FOR THIS BLACKBERRY.
I APPOLOGISE IF I AM UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING FANTASTIC IN THIS MODEL
Ganesh June 21, 2012 at 6:24 pm
It’s a status symbol. A show of money power and wealth. Nothing else. It’s idiotic to compare this phone with other phones.
And what are those “advanced sensors enabling new augmented reality applications” ?? I know that only camera and gyro/accelerometer are used for augmented reality.
VB June 21, 2012 at 5:02 pm
+1 . This phone is comparable to phones of Rs10k-15k Just a aluminium body & design making this phone so costly is somthing weired.
5MP cam,(no secondary cam) cpu, chipset is of some 1950s eeewwwww :& flop show!
Absolutely invalid comparison. engine handling etc etc of honda city is far behind than ferraris. its not just the matter of design!
Rohan June 21, 2012 at 2:56 pm
I Sincerely sympathise, rather pity the person who compares this phone with a Ferrari….and fully support Rahulraj’s view.
N A W A Z June 21, 2012 at 1:16 pm
Camera MP ?
Raj June 21, 2012 at 12:55 pm
@rahulraj
dude grow up ferrari is not same as dis crap
Anirban June 21, 2012 at 12:38 pm
@Indah hayfa Nada
Atleast someone says its beautiful.
Indah hayfa Nada June 21, 2012 at 8:25 am
I like thiz one. The design is trully beautiful
Himangshu June 21, 2012 at 7:57 am
I will buy one tata nano car and a normal qwerty mobile ………….
with this money……..
Himangshu June 21, 2012 at 7:57 am
I will buy one tat nano car and a normal qwerty mobile ………….
with this money……..
Himangshu June 21, 2012 at 7:56 am
I will buy one tata nno car and a normal qwerty mobile ………….
with this money……..
Arif June 21, 2012 at 6:40 am
Yes very true. Time will come when blackberry will sell Rs.1200/- type handset.
rahulraj June 21, 2012 at 12:29 am
dude so u mean d ones who like and can afford should settle with honda city in place of ferrari…..???
rahulraj June 21, 2012 at 12:23 am
dude so u mean d ones who like and can afford should settle with honda city in place of ferrari…..???
Suma June 20, 2012 at 11:44 pm
It does not suit for me.
Kaushik Maitra June 20, 2012 at 11:34 pm
not value for money
Rajesh June 20, 2012 at 11:22 pm
Balckberry on the same way like nokia before 2 years………., so nokia on the verge of die…….so next balck….:)
Jay June 20, 2012 at 11:04 pm
ksavai June 20, 2012 at 9:09 pm
If I find this phone with some one. I will know how stupid that person is
Total waste of money.
Saurabh June 20, 2012 at 8:17 pm
Looking at its price tag, I can afford to call Apple iPhone 4S as a cheaper phone.
Ankur June 20, 2012 at 7:59 pm
OMG !! it look so bad.
indrajit June 20, 2012 at 7:38 pm
wastage of money.
Amit.G June 20, 2012 at 7:36 pm
@Socratish
@Srikapardhi
There are certain class of people who buy/use things for luxury, as status symbol..
BB Porsche is launched to target those segments & similarly is the brand VERTU(then subsidary of Nokia) whose phones are priced at 3-8lakhs
Dhiraj kumar June 20, 2012 at 7:35 pm
This phone belongs to Creamy citizens not to “bada pav” people.
SM June 20, 2012 at 7:33 pm
The prices is tooooooooooo high for outdated Blackberry OS. But a person in my circle has recently bought BB P’9981. There is large disparity of income and wealth amongst the people. Buyers of such cell phones must have problems of plenty…
Dhiraj kumar June 20, 2012 at 7:32 pm
@Srikapardhi
you are mango citizen…
Srikapardhi June 20, 2012 at 7:16 pm
Very true
Socratish June 20, 2012 at 6:38 pm
I will buy a motorcycle, a laptop & a economical mobile phone in this price & will call to this BlackBerry P’9981 Smartphone what special in it if found it in someones pocket!!!