BlackBerry Bold 9700 Review

The Blackberry Bold 9700 for AT&T has still not been released. But from the pictures that have leaked out and the little information that we could gather from various sources, this is what the Blackberry Bold 9700 has in store for you. The first thing worth mentioning about the Blackberry Bold 9700 is its name. There has been much confusion regarding the model number and the name of this phone. The Blackberry Bold 9700 is also known as the Onyx or the Blackberry Bold 2. So don't get confused if you are looking for the Blackberry Bold 9700 and land up on a page that reviews the Blackberry Bold 2 or the Blackberry Onyx.

The Blackberry Bold 9700 is a delicious black phone with features that are likely to impress you like the other Blackberries. The phone is otherwise sleek apart from the leather covering at the back which makes it appear a little bulky. Although the leather covering may seem like an added weight to the phone, it actually proves to be very useful. It prevents your phone from getting all the ugly scratches from being kept on the table. It also enhances the grip on the phone making handling the Blackberry Bold 9700 a very simple job. The leather casing is also another trademark of its predecessor, the Blackberry Bold. The basic design of the Blackberry Bold 9700 will in fact, remain the same as that of the Blackberry Bold. There will a few changes however. The major one includes the screen resolution which will increase from the earlier 480 by 397000 pixels to 480 by 360 pixels. The size of the Blackberry Bold 9700 is almost the same as that of its predecessor.

The similarities between the Blackberry Bold 9700 and the Blackberry Bold go beyond just looks and the exterior. The features too, are quite similar. The striking differences are few. A major difference is that the trackball has bee replaced by the optical track pad in the Blackberry Bold 9700. In addition to that, the battery cover has been changed and is said to have bee replaced by one that is an improvement on the earlier one. The memory card in the Blackberry Bold was on the side which has been altered and the memory card is now at the behind the battery cover. A problem with the Blackberry Bold was that the mute and the lock buttons were at the bottom which proved to be major disability of the phone. This has been rectified and the buttons are at the top in the Blackberry Bold 9700. The battery life is rumored to have improved greatly and is now much better than it was in the Blackberry Bold. The Blackberry Bold 9700 also has a flash memory of 256 MB which is another change from the previous 197008 MB which was native.

Overall, the Blackberry Bold 9700 is a great improvement on the earlier model and is tentatively set to release in the winters of 2009. Till then keep your fingers crossed and be ready to grab the phone as soon as it hits the market.