[kaip911]

What's this big hyped over the 9650???
Is it going to be better than the 9700?
Is it going to be the next flag ship Blackberry?

I'm not getting this...maybe its because I have the 9700...

[fonejunkie]

I guess it doesn't really matter... the 9650 will be a CDMA phone... 9700 is GSM... apples and oranges.

[MidnightDraven]

The big hype is, it will have wi-fi, which the 9630 doesn't have.
And many 9630 users want wi-fi.

In regards to the 9700, it doesnt really compare as fonejunkie pointed out.

[rambo47]

It looks like RIM is making the 9650 the CDMA-version of the 9700. Aside from the network on which both devices operate, they look almost identical.