Elephantine BlackBerry Bold promo kit arrives for Rogers

We understand the need to catch eyes these days, and while Rogers will certainly not be the first nor last to promote a new piece of kit with an obscenely large version of said kit, this one just takes brobdingnagian marketing to a new plateau. The absolutely gigantic Rogers Bold launch kit includes a plethora of Bold flyers, informational pamphlets and all sorts of other goodies that'll be handed out to prospective buyers shortly. The real question is: who gets to take this thing home once the buzz dies down?

[Thanks, Michael]

[Alex @ Aug 13th 2008 1:12PM]

+1 for the correct use of brobdingnagian

[CraigJ @ Aug 13th 2008 1:34PM]

Shift + F7?

[jacubious @ Aug 13th 2008 1:12PM]

This is the anti-zoolander phone.

[High Ranks make you sterile @ Aug 13th 2008 1:27PM]

It's going to give that huge Nokia they used on "Trigger Happy TV" a run for its money.

[BuddyBoy @ Aug 13th 2008 2:09PM]

For those who are going waaaat? Trigger what??? What did he say??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21lOpV5c2OQ

[Kiteless @ Aug 13th 2008 1:14PM]

Dude! I totally want one of these! I woudl wear it on my belt, big, proud and loud! Heh...

- K

[Bratan @ Aug 13th 2008 2:09PM]

Belt? You'd need to wear this thing like a backpack :) But just imagine how cool this thing be for a back massage, just set phone to vibrate...

[opus7 @ Aug 13th 2008 2:41PM]

Typing would be like whack-a-mole

[BradS @ Aug 13th 2008 3:27PM]

I already have something big, proud and loud near my belt.

[neofolklore @ Aug 14th 2008 7:48AM]

I would get this phone and tell the ladies I'm undercompensating

[farfisa @ Aug 13th 2008 1:15PM]

Looks like it should be able to weigh you.

[CUBSWILLWIN @ Aug 13th 2008 2:22PM]

I think it would be totally badass for people to see me on the street talking into a ginormous blackberry.

[Todd @ Aug 13th 2008 1:20PM]

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW!?!?!?!?

[Darwin @ Aug 13th 2008 5:50PM]

Cuz I'm the JUGGERNAUT, BITCH!

[whowhatme @ Aug 13th 2008 1:23PM]

finally! a blackberry with a keypad i can actually use :3

[apa @ Aug 13th 2008 1:26PM]

They also have the huge iphone 3g version in some of their store.

[Andrew @ Aug 13th 2008 2:36PM]

They do. I'm surprised the giant Bold got attention but the giant iPhone didn't, as much as Engadget loves the iPhone. (And I love mine too dammit!)

But, I wonder if this giant bold is more than the giant iPhone was. The giant iPhone is just an LCD screen hooked up to something like a Mac Mini (not certain).

Actually, looking closer at the pics in the read link, the giant Bold is just cardboard.

[7on @ Aug 13th 2008 1:29PM]

Dom Jolly

[tawak @ Aug 13th 2008 1:29PM]

FULL qwetry keaboard takes on a new meaning

[martin @ Aug 13th 2008 1:45PM]

yep, it means your qwerty keyboard is broken

[Ryan @ Aug 13th 2008 1:33PM]

I do believe I saw this phone in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.

[patriotsn1 @ Aug 13th 2008 1:41PM]

I always knew Zack Morris was still cool!

[Derek @ Aug 13th 2008 1:43PM]

I would take this into the movies and pretend like im talking on it, and keep says things like "I cant hear you, im in the movies!"

[patriotsn1 @ Aug 13th 2008 1:48PM]

yeah, so would trigger happy TV

[Colin @ Aug 13th 2008 1:44PM]

Finally, a phone proportional to Rogers' pricing!

[Blake @ Aug 13th 2008 1:47PM]

HELLO! YEAH, I'M IN THE CINEMA

[giantenemycrab @ Aug 13th 2008 1:50PM]

Yao Ming's Blackberry.

[Sylvanus @ Aug 13th 2008 1:53PM]

HAHAHA, I can only imagine the radiation danger of holding this up to your ear.

[slowburn @ Aug 13th 2008 1:54PM]

wow, it's close to being the same size as the actual Bold... :/

[BuddyBoy @ Aug 13th 2008 2:13PM]

That's just a really small man with a standard phone.

[neofolklore @ Aug 14th 2008 7:49AM]

and a macro lens on my photoshopped D90

[bUTTFACE @ Aug 13th 2008 2:25PM]

That will NOT fit in my pocket at ALL.

[phanbouy @ Aug 13th 2008 3:33PM]

what happened to your MC Hammer pants?

[Dan Halen @ Aug 13th 2008 8:08PM]

You can borrow these.

http://blog.kayak.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/jared-pants.jpg

[riggs @ Aug 13th 2008 2:42PM]

i see blackberry are trying to capture the 17-22 year old giants market

[Jhongerkong @ Aug 13th 2008 3:01PM]

Hey, its Shaqs phone

[visualpurple @ Aug 13th 2008 3:19PM]

someone's compensating for something...

[Al @ Aug 13th 2008 3:33PM]

That phone will go well with my Randy's Donuts.

[rreddy @ Aug 13th 2008 4:27PM]

finally, a phone big enough to let people play dance revolution

[webbles @ Aug 13th 2008 7:36PM]

wow thats a big clit.

[yo-mama @ Aug 13th 2008 8:24PM]

yo mama is so fat, her fingers are still too big for this phone

[Greg @ Aug 13th 2008 8:35PM]

This is nothing new. I'm not sure about other carriers, but Blackberry has been sending oversized cardboard Blackberries to Rogers for years. The oversized Blackberries were boxes that contained marketing and promo material like pamphlets, pens, paperweights, etc. I believe the first model they did this with was the gray 7100 (http://www.widgetsandgadgets.com/images/blackberry-7100-02.jpg)

If any readers work in retail wireless, hit up your Blackberry rep for some merch. They send GREAT stuff. I once asked my rep, who was based in Toronto, if he could send me some swag for a golf tournament my Rogers dealership was hosting. He sent me a bag with about 500 very nice pens, a box with about 100 sunglasses holders, a carton of golfballs, a few windbreakers, and nicest of all, some beautiful golf towels. All Blackberry branded.

[kamikaze @ Aug 13th 2008 11:36PM]

Watching pron on your phone will never be the same.

[edspecks2004 @ Aug 14th 2008 3:39AM]

Just doing something different these days is probably making a market already :-) so whats next? and by the way, what BIG has made it BIG in the market already? So many possibilities. After minimizing the size of our gadgets, here comes a new approach to make some BIG(?) money. awesome!!!

[Seth @ Aug 14th 2008 12:03PM]

So this is the 'soviet russia' model they've been talking about...

[wildstar @ Aug 15th 2008 11:37AM]

in soviet russia phone pockets you

[Rhonda Martin @ Aug 23rd 2008 1:26PM]

This is just too funny~! What a blast this would be~! My friends wouldn't believe it. Nice conversational piece for sure.