BlackBerry Bold 9900 (AT&T)

• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 7 reviews
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• 10 stars

  Blackberry is finally competitive

  by ChromeXenon on August 14, 2011

  Pros: * Fantastic build quality and very thin
  * Very high performance in all apps
  * Browser on par with by iPad for rendering and performance
  * Screen resolution
  * Touch screen
  * Best keyboard on any mobile phone, period
  * NFC

  Cons: * Screen size can be small for some web sites
  * OS 7 takes up a lot of the 768 MB of ram (~190 MB available for apps, which isn't bad as apps usually 1-3 MB, just lower than expected)

  Summary: Performance in virtually all areas of the thanks to the 1.2 GHz snapdragon CPU and Adreno 205 GPU (which is the same GPU in the Sony/Ericsson Playstation phone). ...

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  Summary: Performance in virtually all areas of the thanks to the 1.2 GHz snapdragon CPU and Adreno 205 GPU (which is the same GPU in the Sony/Ericsson Playstation phone). The Blackberry can finally enjoy not only real games based on OpenGL, but all animations in apps also benefit from the GPU.
  
  The screen resolution on my Bold 9000 was very crisp, but the resolution on the 9900 is super crisp at 640x480 on a 2.8" display (287 dpi), which is high enough that you cannot see individual pixels. The keyboard is the best of any phone and I didn't think it could get better than the 9000, but it really is.
  
  Bottom line, the Blackberry 9900 is now finally on par with Android and iOS, but with the addition of email, calendar, BBM and social apps that are so much better on Blackberry.
  
  Looking forward to some great OS 7 apps to take advantage of these new devices.

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  4 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 7 stars

  A great improvement for BB Bold series

  by mohdmasni on September 13, 2011

  Pros: Feels great holding it, Nice built , great design, OS7 n liquid graphic,good HD Video,bigger screen n great new apps

  Cons: Battery Life is the only drawback! Previous Bold models have better battery life. Still not many apps available especially Free ones.

  Summary: A good uprading for those who want to upgrade from older Bold models but must aware of the shorter battery life

  Summary: A good uprading for those who want to upgrade from older Bold models but must aware of the shorter battery life

  2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  Best all around phone

  by Guerllamo77 on August 27, 2011

  Pros: 1. Best keyboard in the world.
  2. Great build quality.
  3. 1.2Ghz processor is 20% faster than iPhone and it does not drop your calls.
  4. It is a world phone on all carriers, many droids and iPhone on Vz are not.
  5. Best e-mail, messaging and security
  6. N

  Cons: 1. Less apps.
  2. Not as good as iPhone on multi-media. Movies, etc. Though it does have great live TV for news etc. Very nice music and will be BBM Music capable.

  Summary: I need a phone that works and works anywhere. I need e-mail and messaging that is secure, fast, reliable. I want a great web experience and finally this Blackberry delivers. ...

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  Summary: I need a phone that works and works anywhere. I need e-mail and messaging that is secure, fast, reliable. I want a great web experience and finally this Blackberry delivers. I need a phone that has power to get things done but does not die on me half way through the day. I want a phone that I can create shortcuts and types fast. Lastly, I want a phone that is build to last and has great speaker, noise cancellation, great camera and HD video. Many phones have great features but unless your main reason to have a phone is watching movies or playing video games this phone is just the best.

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  2 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 7 stars

  Love it, but has a ton of flaws

  by btdoan on March 13, 2012

  Pros: Touch screen with key board, keyboard feels amazing, thin, love the way it looks, graphics are amazing, sounds are perfect, love the organization in everything

  Cons: freezes quite a bit, when on web the mouse seems to sometimes be off track, pressing the lock button multiple times before it unlocks from black screen (freezing maybe?), very few apps, takes FOREVER to sync music, photos, etc. onto the device

• 10 stars

  Unmatched build quality sets this phone apart.

  by exandroid on March 6, 2012

  Pros: Is a premium world class product. Can easily use the phone with one hand. Unbeatable sound quality. The best keyboard anywhere.

  Cons: Screen a bit small for web browsing.

  Summary: I switched from a Samsung Galaxy S2 phone because of the superior sound quality of the Blackberry 9900. Also the Blackberry feels better in the hand. You know you have ...

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  Summary: I switched from a Samsung Galaxy S2 phone because of the superior sound quality of the Blackberry 9900. Also the Blackberry feels better in the hand. You know you have a better product just by holding it. The better apps available in the Android market are not enough to justify keeping the Samsung Galaxy S2 if making calls and sending messages are more important then playing around on the web. The Blackberry 9900 is a far superior communication device. The Blackberry keyboard allows one to enter text with one hand if necessary. The Samsung Galaxy S2 keyboard is nowhere close to the BB and also the sound is no where near the BB's quality and clearness.

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• 6 stars

  An improvement, but some real flaws as well

  by Hkrodin on December 8, 2011

  Pros: - Return of the wide Bold 9000-type keyboard!
  - Snappy performance
  - Screen looks good and I like the option of having touch screen or touch pad

  Cons: - Call quality significantly degraded compared to 9800 Torch.
  - Mute button is between volume up and down. Too easy to mute phone while just trying to adjust volume

  Summary: My company has supplied me with a BlackBerry for many years, and I have used many different BB models. Our company IT policy gets applied to our BB's, making ...

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  Summary: My company has supplied me with a BlackBerry for many years, and I have used many different BB models. Our company IT policy gets applied to our BB's, making it impossible to use the device for anything other than e-mail, calendar, contacts, and phone calls. In general, that's fine; I don't have use for 10,000+ useless apps on Apple or Androids anyway.
  
  I had the original Bold 9000 a year or two ago, and the keyboard was the best of any BlackBerry I had ever used. I was disappointed when my original Bold 9000 failed and they had been discontinued. My company replaced my Bold 9000 with a Torch 9800. The Torch has its share of issues (cramped keyboard is the biggest problem), but in general the call quality of the Torch was quite good. Voices sound very natural on both ends, and my 83 year old mom that is hard of hearing has no issues hearing me on the Torch. But recently the speaker in my Torch has become very buzzy, so I need to replace it. The question is to replace it with the Torch 9810 or Bold 9900.
  
  I stopped into the local AT&T store to check out the 9900. At first I was thrilled; the nice wide keyboard is even better than the original Bold 9000. The screen looks great, and I like the fact that you can get 5 or 6 of your most-used icons across the bottom; unlike the Torch which only allows 4 icons on the bottom row. Also, the response time of the 9900 was very quick; you can tell there's some real computing horsepower behind it. I also have gotten used to the Torch's touchscreen, so I think I would appreciate the Bold 9900's touchscreen as well, even though it is significantly smaller than the Torch's.
  
  OK, time to make test call. I made a call to AT&T's voice mail system, and put the phone on speaker in the rather noisy AT&T store to see if I could hear. The speakerphone was quite loud and the audio was easy to hear. Also, even though there was a lot of background noise in the store, the speakerphone audio didn't cut out. My Torch speakerphone is rather weak, so I was happy with the Bold's performance. So far, so good.
  
  Then I called my home phone and recorded a message on my Vonage voice mail system (Vonage voice mail audio quality is quite good, and I have found this is a great way to check the quality of new phones). However, after recording my test message, I went to hang up, I noticed the display indicated the phone was muted, so I hadn't actually recorded anything. That's odd, how did the phone get muted? I began searching for where the mute button is. It's not on the top of the phone where it normally is, but instead it is located between the volume up/down keys. It turns out that while trying to increase the call volume, I had inadvertently pressed the mute button. The volume and mute buttons are all right next to one another with no gap in between, so you can't easily tell by feel what button you're pressing. That's really a poor location. I often need to hit MUTE while on conference calls, and I need the MUTE button to be easily accessible, especially while driving.
  
  I called my home phone again and left another message, this time being careful not to press the mute button. Then I called and left another message with my Torch 9800. I just got home and listened to each message a couple of times through my PC speakers. Unfortunately, the Bold 9900 volume is significantly lower than the Torch, and the equalization makes it hard to understand what was being said compared to the crystal-clear message recorded from the Torch 9800.
  
  I work for a global company and need to speak with many non-native English speakers every day. I can't have a phone that makes it hard for them to understand what I'm saying. I find it hard to believe that in late 2011 RIM would come out with a brand new, top-of-the-line business phone that has so-so call audio quality.
  
  Business people use/love BlackBerry's because they are usually great phones with excellent audio quality, and they are workhorse devices for e-mails, calendars, contacts, etc. It's really unfortunate the RIM missed this critical point with the new 9900. It's a deal-breaker for me, and I'm sure will frustrate many 9900 users when the party on the other end keeps asking them to repeat what they just said.

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• 8 stars

  WHERE CAN I BUY THIS MODEL? I LIKE WHAT I SEE.

  by amapshah on September 30, 2011

  Pros: ALL OF OLD AND NEW FEATURES ARE I THINK GREAT...............

  Cons: I CAN LIVE WITH BATTER PERFORMANCE.

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