Hands-On: BlackBerry Bold 9900
Why??
Also, why is the display still '640x480' when iPhone and Android phones are twice as good, twice as crisp?
Also, why is the camera still 5 megapixels when iPhone and Android cameras are so, so, so much better, 8 megapixels??!!
This is ridiculous. Blackberry is using the same specs form the Bold that I purchased back in 2008. Who is running this compnay? How can they be so stupid? How can they ignore innovation? Very, very disappointing.
The specs are hugely improved over the original: much faster processor, a lot more RAM, built-in memory, and 4G support. If you don't like the form factor anymore, that's different, but personally, I loved the 9000, and this is the Bold update I've been waiting for.
We understand that Blackberries have always been a little media-deficient, but the point of owning a Blackberry isn't the (still-acceptable) media function. Anything over a 5MP camera is almost never going to be needed by someone who bought their phone primarily for email. The phone doesn't need a huge screen to ...
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The fact remains:
1) The BB Bold screen size is the smallest available on a smartphone, and not improved at all! Blackberry could have made it larger, but they chose not to.
2) the screen resolution on Apple and Google smartphones is much, much better. Once again, RIMM chose not to innovate.
3) The camera on Apple and Google phones is much, much better. Blackberry gives us a 5 megapixel camera, when Google has been putting 8 mega pixel cameras in their phones for 2 years now!? And the iPhone camera is terrific. Yes, I use my Blackberry primarily for email, but e...
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You're also wrong that they have not upgraded the camera. The 9000 had a 2.0MP camera. This one is 5, which is the same as the iPhone 4. But it's not even megapixels that determine the quality of the camera; it's the image sensor. The Torch had a very good camera whose low light pictures compared favorably with iPhone 4 and newer Android models, and I expect the new Bold's ...
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Furthermore, this new Bold being released has the same exact inferior camera as the Torch and that was released over 1 year ago.
I have the Torch and the camera and screen are totally inferior.
Why would RIMM choose not to increase the resolution to make it equal with iPhone? Why would they choose not to increase the size of the screen? Why would they give us the same inferior camera as the phone they released over 1 year ago? They are either lazy or stupid.
iPhone 4 pixel density = 326 pixels per inch
Bold 9900 = 287 pixels per inch
Motorla Atrix = 275 pixels per inch
HTC Inspire = 240 pixels per inch
HTC Evo = 217 pixels per inch
That makes the Bold 9900 the second-clearest screen on that list of smartphones. So, again: the screen has seen a huge upgrade, and is right up there among the elite in terms of resolution.
Give us something new RIM. I really want an alternative to android and I'm with Sprint so I don't have the iPhone option that I would love. Plus I'm one of those guys that like to go against the grain so I vowed to not get an android no matter how attractive it looks. So I've been waiting and waiting on someone to come along and sweep me off my feet as a potential new customer. HP? Meh I want a side slide out keyboard. WP7? I want the HTC arrive, just wish it had a front facing camera. BB? Same old ugly a$$ form with that small screen. So it looks like I will get the WP7
- The phone would have to be huge and unwieldy, or
- It would have to be a slider, making it the next Torch and not a Bold, or
- It would have to have no QWERTY, which would make it a Storm, and therefore it would suck.
The Bold 9000 was the best phone I've ever typed on, by a mile. I don't want them to make it two inches longer just to give it a bigger screen. They improved the form factor where it counts: thinness and material quality (metal, Gorilla glass).
And, for the record, the Storm was a POS. I'd take the Bold any day over that horror show.
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