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BlackBerry Bold 9700 Phone (AT&T)

(21 Customer Reviews)

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Technical Details

• Access all your email and messaging as well as social networking sites; full QWERTY keyboard with touch-sensitive optical trackpad
• AT&T Visual Voicemail and AT&T Wi-Fi Hotspot access included; compatible with optional AT&T Navigator GPS and AT&T Mobile Music
• Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g); 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music; microSD memory expansion to 32 GB; access to personal and corporate email
• Up to 6 hours of talk time, up to 456 hours (19 days) of standby time
• What's in the Box: handset, rechargeable battery, travel charger, USB cable, wired 3.5mm stereo headset, swivel holster, quick start guide, User Tools CD

 

Product Details

Product Weight: 1.22 pounds

Shipping Weight: 0.01 pounds

Model: 9700

Manufacturer: BlackBerry

Sales Rank: 19

 

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Customer Reviews

AMAZING! FULFILL MY NEEDS!,
by Brandon Harris, 2010-03-09

I recently upgraded my phone from a feature phone to this. I use to hate blackberry but when the trackpad came out, I knew I had to get it. The shipping is fast too! Cool gifts you get with the phone, so yea! :D

 

one of the best so far,
by M. phillips, 2010-02-25

this is one of the best out there, I'm a tech savvy person that explore lot of phones and other devices.this blackberry 9700 rocks. i did lot of research into it and trust mi it pass my test. i have test many phones in all DIFFERENT OS. 9700 stand out for itself and have its place in the market,the updated browser, the keypad layout, nice bright screen, light weight and the track-pad makes navigation smooth and nice.if you are thinking of email, text-in multimedia battery life longer than i phone,i normally change my phones 3 - 4 times a year but this 9700 blackberry win my heart.this is a must have for person who want all their service in one place.
when you get your new 9700 if you want to run the IM OR FEW OTHER PROGRAM YOU MUST INSTALL THE CD THAT COME IN YOUR PACKAGE. THAT IS ATT . their is so much i can say about this item. but i will just update as i use it. through its various test.

GREAT DEVICE WILL RECOMMEND TO FRIENDS AND ANY ONE WHO NEED TO HAVE A GOOD PHONE.

 

Best BB to date, but needs a couple improvements,
by Deanomite, 2010-02-23

I agree with mostly everything in "Always Samsung's" review but I'd like to add what I think are the major Pros and Cons on the Bold 9700 compared to previous Blackberries.

Pros:
3G
Optical Trackpad (no sticky trackballs anymore!)
Great high resolution 480 x 360-pixel screen
Threaded Text Messaging
New BBM with new features like contact pictures/icons and ability to send messages to multiple friends all at once
New 5.0 Operating System (Runs much quicker without lag)
Hot swappable MicroSD up to 32GB capacity (awesome for movies and all your music)
Wi-Fi (super fast! watching Youtube has zero lag)
Super quick Email (almost instantaneous if you use Gmail)
IM (I use Beejive)
Improved Multimedia Player
Improved memory to 256MB RAM
Visual Voice Mail (see each message listed on your phone and choose which one you want to listen to)

Cons:
1. Web surfing
I upgraded from a Curve 8300 to the Bold 9700. I'm on AT&T. Surfing the web on the 9700 is really slow when on EDGE and not on 3G(as the Verizon commercials point out, AT&T does not have 3G all over the place). Oddly, it is slower than my Curve 8300 when on EDGE. I'm really not sure why this is the case but I'm assuming that maybe it has to do with the new OS and how it is only optimized for 3G? I've set all my settings in browser Options correctly so that it loads the quickest whether or not I'm on 3G or EDGE, and it doesn't matter even if I turn off loading images, etc. Therefore I use Opera Mini because it is definitely faster than the default BB browser. On Wi-Fi, both Opera Mini and BB browser are nice and fast, takes about 4 secs for Opera and about 6 seconds for BB browser to load pages.

2. Speakerphone
Also, for some odd reason the speakerphone on the 9700 is not as loud as my 8300. I'm not sure why this is the case. At its max volume it is probably 70% of what my old 8300 can do. And the sound quality is not as good as the Bold 9000. The Bold 9700 distorts at max volume. The Bold 9000 has a really good stereo effect to the sound when playing music stored on the media card or off Pandora. The Bold 9700 sounds a little monotone, even after adjusting the "EQ".

3. Mini USB?
So yah, they switched to Mini USB. It comes with one wall charger and one mini usb cable. Which sucks because now you have to buy extra mini USB cables including a new mini USB car charger.

4. Applications
Not as many applications as iPhone obviously but there are some good ones.
If they had the same amount of applications for Blackberry as they do the iPhone, it would totally own the iPhone.

Summary:
-All in all the Bold 9700 is a great phone and I will always love it over the iPhone because I like to read and web surf while driving. You can't do that with an iPhone or any touchscreen only phone because you need two hands. haha
-Blackberry Messenger is the best hands down. What other phone gives you free texting?? Saves me lots of $$ each year on texting. Majority of my friends are on Blackberry so the texting is free. I only have to buy 200 text messages every month or $5 worth to be able to text my friends not on Blackberry.
-I have a 16gb microSD card in my phone so it makes my iPod and Zune obsolete basically. Plus if the battery runs out I can just put in a new freshly charged battery. You can't do that with the iPod or Zune.
-Being able to sync with my Outlook calendar is a plus too. Having to carry only one device for multiple uses makes life easy!

 

I have a problem: Crackberry Addiction ...wasting my life,
by Brian K. Klein, 2010-02-21

If there's a way for me to be overly productive, and have so much less use for a computer, it's because of the Blackberry Bold 9700.
Previously, I owned a different smart phone running windows mobile OS. It was actually pretty good, however, I never knew I was living in the dark ages. The Bold 9700, in comparison, is much quicker, more responsive, has a ton of support, apps, and updates (when available). My work demands access to email, GPS, sometimes web browsing, and a camera, and by far this phone is best suited out of any phone. It's very well balanced, has many options and ways to customize your phone, so you can have it extra personalized. In fact, all these capabilities is why it is a crackberry for me, because I can get lost using so much time going through my Bold 9700.
For a stable and fast connection, I use the wifi a lot. Otherwise I use the 3G service, but it doesn't work as well as wifi.
I'm a huge fan of the optical track pad, replacing the trackball, and not nearly as painful to use as a touch screen phone. I also love full qwerty keyboards, so keep 'em comin! This is not the perfect phone, but most certainly the highest quality phone I have ever used before. It's also the perfect size and weight, slightly thin, not too wide, and light. Though it's light and a little slimmer than other smart phones, the build quality feels solid and sturdy.
The screen on this thing is super hi-res. I feel like I'm watching TV when I watch videos on it. The menu system, it's functionality, and customization makes the phone easy and pleasant to use. Pictures taken by its camera usually come out very good in situations with sufficient light, but low light causes washed up pictures, and the camera flash only works well in close range.
There are a couple of glitches I've dealt with already, and hope to see a fix for that. Once the security manager, which asks for permission to trust new apps, kept repeating it's prompt and froze the phone. The other thing is that the blackberry menu button sometimes changes its options, leading to missteps in functionality. This has been rare so far, but hope to see a fix for it. The micro-SD card in the back of my phone is a pain to get out (I had a larger card to put ins). It took me forever! Sometimes the multiple uses on this phone can be overwhelming to novice users. I'm also not too crazy about paying from the Crackberry plan ...it should be the norm for all phones to have access to inernet by now, and extra charges should not be associated with smart phones.

Now, with all that information aside, I would highly recommend this product to anyone, as it is easily the best phone I have ever had, and I imagine I would be keeping it long time (like over a year)
I'm not too excited about

 

Well worth it to upgrade to the Bold 9700,
by W. Wong, 2010-02-20

I upgraded my Curve 8310 to the Bold 9700 and I have never looked back - I think the upgrade is worth it for the following reasons:

1) 3G - MUCH faster I actually use the internet now vs. the very slow Edge network
2) Faster CPU - this Bold is much faster than the Curve no wait times
3) New OS 5.0 - it really is nicer and easier to use - especially with text messages
4) Beautiful screen - you need to compare the Curve and Bold side by side to really see the difference
5) Optical trackpad - for those who have had your trackball wheel get stuck (or fall out) you will appreciate this new trackball

So far I haven't had any problems with the Bold and would recommend it - one thing, if you are switching from the Curve to the Bold it's going to take awhile to get used to the keyboard layout - be patient, you'll get used to it but in the beginning I made alot of typing errors. And yes the browser is still bad but load Opera Mini and you'll be good to go -