Orange may pull BlackBerry Bold

Posted by Mauricio on Jan 2, 2009 at 9:17 PM | Comments

Orange is understood to be considering pulling the BlackBerry Bold from its line-up because of persistent problems with the device.

Return rates are understood to have been uncharacteristically high, with consumers complaining of a number of issues, including dropped calls and poor reception.

Orange had similar problems with the device in October and decided to stop shipping it. It had hoped the issues had been ironed out with a batch of software fixes, but the Bold is still confounding some customers.

The news will be a blow to the device’s maker, Research In Motion (RIM), which has also experienced problems with the Bold’s successor, the Storm.