BlackBerry wants you to trade you iPhone for a BB Passport

[JoaoPRSousa]

BlackBerry really wants your business, enough so that it's willing to offer a nice discount this holiday season to iPhone consumers who "trade up" for the BlackBerry Passport. The promotion begins December 1, 2014 and ends on February 13, 2015, and the catch is that customers must purchase the Passport smartphone first before getting the refund.

 

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/blackberry-black-friday-discount-trade-up,news-49302.html

 

 

The trade-up promotion includes the iPhone 4S up to the iPhone 6. All iPhone trade-ups receive a BlackBerry "Top-Up" credit of $150; thus, if customers turn in their iPhone 6, they receive up to $400 for the phone and the $150 discount, totaling up to $550. The older iPhone 4S is worth up to $240, the iPhone 5 up to $300, the iPhone 5C up to $280, and the iPhone 5S up to $385. (...) Customers are required to purchase the BlackBerry Passport from the BlackBerry online store in Canada or the United States, or Amazon. Once the phone is purchased, customers pack the iPhone with a Passport's proof of purchase and ship them off to BlackBerry. Customers will get their money within six weeks after BlackBerry inspects the phone and proof of purchase.

 

I still think this was a nice move, but come on, screwing others is not funny...

[LukaP]

hahahah that is quite a good move to get back taht corporate marketshare from Apple. kinda douchy since they are probably not getting any money from those passports, but still, clever

[Guest]

Please make the title less of a clickbait.

[JoaoPRSousa]

Please make the title less of a clickbait.

 

Ah ok

[WittItDew]

I don't think you guys realize how large that Blackberry actually is. It is ridiculous.

[Guest]

I don't think you guys realize how large that Blackberry actually is.

It's the size of a passport. Plenty of people have passports. Almost everyone has seen one.

[TJ_Hack3r]

If I had an iPhone I would probably turn it in for a passport. It looks like an interesting device

[LukaP]

@ShadowCaptain, you have a few iphones right? would you be interested in this?

[dclassb]

Personally, I would be more interested in the upcoming Classic model.  http://crackberry.com/blackberry-classic 

[ShadowCaptain]

@ShadowCaptain, you have a few iphones right? would you be interested in this?

 

nope because then I would have to want a blackberry

[LukaP]

nope because then I would have to want a blackberry

Shots fired

[Mooshi]

I thought BB went under already...

 

Anyway, that thing looks wide as balls. Still, something admirable about an actual keypad vs on screen.

[Suika]

I have to be honest, the Passport does look like a decent phone to play with.

[Bsmith]

that thing, the passport, it looks not ugly, but also not pretty, i can't put my finger to it.