Comments on: Rumor: RIM To Announce BlackBerry Manufacturing Plant in Brazil Tomorrow? http://www.berryreview.com/2010/03/10/rumor-rim-to-announce-blackberry-manufacturing-plant-in-brazil-tomorrow/ BlackBerry News and Reviews You Can Use Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:07:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RIM Confirms Plans To Bring Manufacturing Plant To Brazil http://www.berryreview.com/2010/03/10/rumor-rim-to-announce-blackberry-manufacturing-plant-in-brazil-tomorrow/#comment-48153 RIM Confirms Plans To Bring Manufacturing Plant To Brazil Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:33:45 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2010/03/10/rumor-rim-to-announce-blackberry-manufacturing-plant-in-brazil-tomorrow/#comment-48153 [...] have been rumors floating around that RIM was going to start building BlackBerry devices in Brazil.  Looks like those rumors were [...] [...] have been rumors floating around that RIM was going to start building BlackBerry devices in Brazil.  Looks like those rumors were [...]

]]> By: Diego Nei http://www.berryreview.com/2010/03/10/rumor-rim-to-announce-blackberry-manufacturing-plant-in-brazil-tomorrow/#comment-47966 Diego Nei Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:57:07 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2010/03/10/rumor-rim-to-announce-blackberry-manufacturing-plant-in-brazil-tomorrow/#comment-47966 Tell me about it! I will be able to get half my friends to join the chear joy of BlackBerry! We have a large market, both consumer and business wise. Navita (you know them, the guys from the Translator app in Appworld) made a trade of selling the BES solution to big corps in São Paulo. The consumer market is looking for phones that will do more: most people are deluded with the 'xing ling' phones with TV that break in weeks and waste your money and are ready to jump into smartphones. Carriers are not strong when it comes to BlackBerry and we see no ads AT ALL. Shame on them, as very very soon Brasil will be just as anywhere: data plans being where the real money is. I disagree with the strategy thou. I would, together with the factory, install a Latin America NOC and deal with the carriers so they drop BIS to something closer to what people pay in the US/UK. Nobody would have a good reason to get another phone after that, since general dataplans would be as cheap as BIS. Also, only 8520 is aiming too low. 9700 should go into production line as well. Worse can happen is RIM exporting products that costed them less than usual (they would not come here if labor was as expensive as, woud they?). OI (a local carrier) would love bragging about offering unlocked 9700s. Claro's getting the device but their service... well... Great news indeed. Tell me about it! I will be able to get half my friends to join the chear joy of BlackBerry!

We have a large market, both consumer and business wise. Navita (you know them, the guys from the Translator app in Appworld) made a trade of selling the BES solution to big corps in São Paulo.

The consumer market is looking for phones that will do more: most people are deluded with the ‘xing ling’ phones with TV that break in weeks and waste your money and are ready to jump into smartphones.

Carriers are not strong when it comes to BlackBerry and we see no ads AT ALL. Shame on them, as very very soon Brasil will be just as anywhere: data plans being where the real money is.

I disagree with the strategy thou. I would, together with the factory, install a Latin America NOC and deal with the carriers so they drop BIS to something closer to what people pay in the US/UK. Nobody would have a good reason to get another phone after that, since general dataplans would be as cheap as BIS.

Also, only 8520 is aiming too low. 9700 should go into production line as well. Worse can happen is RIM exporting products that costed them less than usual (they would not come here if labor was as expensive as, woud they?). OI (a local carrier) would love bragging about offering unlocked 9700s. Claro’s getting the device but their service… well…

Great news indeed.

]]> By: AJ http://www.berryreview.com/2010/03/10/rumor-rim-to-announce-blackberry-manufacturing-plant-in-brazil-tomorrow/#comment-47963 AJ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:22:07 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2010/03/10/rumor-rim-to-announce-blackberry-manufacturing-plant-in-brazil-tomorrow/#comment-47963 this will be great for them and us here in latin america... for example Venezuela it is one of the first consumers of Blackberrys in Latin america. will be a relief for us, and cheaper when the time comes to bring new phones.. they shoudl bconsider as well put at least 1 customer center there.. venezuelans had the fever with the BB. this will be great for them and us here in latin america… for example Venezuela it is one of the first consumers of Blackberrys in Latin america. will be a relief for us, and cheaper when the time comes to bring new phones.. they shoudl bconsider as well put at least 1 customer center there.. venezuelans had the fever with the BB.

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