Comments on: BlackBerry Bold 9700 Review, Verdict: Success

By: logan

logan — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:25:29 +0000

great unlocked blackberry. easy to use, smaller than the first, wifi is great, 3G is nice. pretty happy with it. great for my business too. got my last one on gsmauthority.com and it’s pretty sweet. gonna get another for the kid. 2 thumbs up

By: Freddy

Freddy — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:53:45 +0000

to the guy that is thinking from Android to Blackberry. I personally have had a G1 until yesterday when i called to get the new Blackberry Bold 9700. I LOVE Android to the max, but i personally wasnt going to go with ANY ONLY touchscreen phones. I NEED to have a QWERTY keyboard and i need something fast. My G1 was amazing at web browsing and the touch screen, but i just couldnt take the fact that it was slowing down and i cant take the fact that the rest of the Android phones arent going to come out with qwerty keyboards so i decided to go with the Bold. I say go for it

By: chuck

chuck — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:56:31 +0000

Has anyone with the random booting problem have opera on their phone? I have had 2 9700′s in 3 months and they only seem to have the problem after I load opera, and it seems to clear up after I uninstall opera. Just curious if this is the problem or coincidental.

By: David

David — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:17:54 +0000

I have had a 9700 since the day they came out. Started with an 8900, then got all hot and bothered for the Behold II (a total turd phone) and then went back home to mama with the 9700.

I really love Blackberry……well, until now.

My phone randomly reboots.
My phone will do this – ‘Call Failed’ – randomly.
Certain emails that come in as new (whether I have my email as POP or IMAP) will display as read and I have no clue that I have a new email.
My voice mail indicator doesn’t work, whether I use Visual Voice Mail os standard settings. Apparently since I am on a family plan using family allowances, there is an internal glitch. Whatever. This sucks.
My screen goes white randomly.

All of these are known issues with the phone, which kills me because i LOVE the phone…..and if they fixed these issues and get that browser fixed, I will not leave BB for another phone (most likely a Nexus One or HTC Bravo/Passion or whatever they’re going to call it).

The new OS and trackpad are heaven.

Oh, who else has read that BB is coming out with a Palm Pixi-like device (a BB 9700 with a touchscreen as well)? THAT would be the ultimate. Also, who else likes the Plam WebOS? I find that really, really, REALLY nice to use.

By: erasable

erasable — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:27:38 +0000

ive had my g1 since the presale. i was going to get a cliq but decided to wait until the nexus one came out. now that it looks like it would cost me 530, the bold is looking really good to me. any advice or suggestions as far as switching from android to blackberry?

By: abe

abe — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:15:16 +0000

@ TOURNSTONE

you need to talk to them about the $10 uma plan that is unlimited text and calling over uma.i know cause i have the 8900 and i have unlimited uma. ……though dont know if i should get the nexus and see if android has a voip or just upgrade to this 9700 and get an ipod touch 3g 32. good luck!

By: Cyberpyr8

Cyberpyr8 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:46:08 +0000

Am I the only one that hates that Bold style keyboard? I love my 8900 and I want that phone (screen resolution & camera resolution) with the optical trackpad. I like my Curve style keyboard much better than the 9700 keyboard. But the trackpad is a huge improvement over the track ball.

By: T

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:50:08 +0000

Really? Im in Clearwater Florida, and the 3G coverage isint very strong… Even on the highways I don’t seem to have full bars very often. The service is probably better in the bigger city’s (Tampa, Jacksonville)

By: eli_the_great89

eli_the_great89 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:06:59 +0000

This phone is really amazing.
To reiterate what every review says, its literally every amazing bit the Bold 9000 bought to the plate but in a smaller, sleeker design.
With that said, although many people despise the “huge” form factor of the Bold 9000 (I guess the more modern prefer smaller?) I should say that the Bold is actually a great device since my buddy is a pretty big guy and his hands simply don’t cooperate with such a curve-esque phone.
The Bold, as the huge phone that we all know is, gives him more comfort to text and email, so I’d say its a WIN WIN for RIM. Especially for those on At&t who can choose from the Bold 9000 and Bold 9700 for their own likes/reasons.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:27:34 +0000

YEAH, someone mentioned the preloaded ‘demo apps’ that no one want but WILL come preloaded. I called tech support and you can only hide them and not remove them REALLY. They cost too if you accidentally enable them! My 8900 from a year ago had none of these!

Oh, why was this even call the Bold 2? It’s nothing like the bold! Catering to AT&T folks again. This is basically a 8900 with 3G, a trackpad and a mix of bold/curve keyboard. I like it though but it should have been the Onyx or the curve 9700.

The phone performs great and I like it. BB website says its battery lasts longer than the 8900 on their website but I didn’t see this as logical since it has to power a 3g receiver AND i have been right…and the battery last about 10% less than the 8900 but I can live with that to have 3G. And from what I hear it’s MUCH better than the Bold 9000 battery life!

The bb web browser kinda sucks…I downloaded both Bolt and Opera mini browsers and it works better. ALSO you have to do manual batter pull to reset the OS every other day or so to clean up memory. I think they need a little bit of a OS rewrite.
Quickpull app is a free way to do a virtual battery pull…but it should be part of the OS if their OS is so buggy that it needs rebooting so often.

All in all…i use it for voice and email the most and blackberry does this the best.