Phones 4 U and Carphone Warehouse add Orange and O2 to their pre-order list

Phones 4 U and Carphone Warehouse have had the BlackBerry Bold 9900 available for pre-order for a while now but only via the Vodafone network. Since Vodafone themselves now have the Bold 9900 available on pre-order7, CPW and Phones 4 U have now added Orange and O2 UK to their list of networks the device can be purchased on.

Phones 4 U has a delivery date of August 24th. While Carphone Warehouse gives us an expected delivery date of August 18th, though forum users have reported that some Carphone Warehouse stores seem to have their dummy displays up already.

On a separate note, I spoke to a Vodafone customer service representative earlier today and they said the Bold 9900 would be delivered on August 15th if pre-order through their website or over the phone. Vodafone store availability should be the same but going on what usually happens, it seems some stores will get priority over other stores.

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