Blackberry Tour, Who’s Buying?

There is finally a new CDMA phone coming out next week for Verizon.  What is the big deal and why would I buy this phone?  First of all to recap for all those who don’t know the difference between CDMA, and GSM.  CDMA is the cell phone band that Verizon and Sprint operate off.  GSM is what ATT, T-Mobile, and all the rest operate on.  This means that phones can’t work between the two bands.  Hence why you don’t see an iPhone on Verizon’s network; it just simply won’t work.

I have been loyal to Verizon for as long as I can remember.  A few blips here and there, I had been on T-Mobile and Cingular/ATT for a short period of time.  They were both terrible compared to Verizon.  However, the one complaint I have is the type of phones Verizon has on its network.  Well now some are claiming the best CDMA phone ever is coming out next week, the Blackberry Tour.  After looking at the review at Engadget here.  I am simply unimpressed with this phone.  I don’t understand who would pay the up front cost of this phone just because it looks cool and has some better features.  I have a Blackberry Curve 8330 and there is really nothing that looks inspiring about this phone at all.  Let me know if all you Verizon loyal’s are just waiting it out for the LTE (4G) iPhone on Verizon?