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BlackBerry Bold 9900

By RIM
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Verge score: 6.5

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 is RIM's flagship BlackBerry for GSM networks, with a large physical keyboard and a 1.2GHz processor, running BlackBerry 7 OS. What's changed is is the thickness and the inclusion of a touchscreen. Also, the NFC based BlackBerry Tag technology will be available within the BlackBerry 7 OS update, allowing users to touch theirs phones together to share contacts, documents, and URLs, or become BBM contacts.

Description
  • Status: Available
  • Availability date: Aug. 31, 2011
  • Price at launch: $299.99

Availability
  • Alias: BlackBerry Bold Touch

Also Known As...
  • Height: 4.53 inches
  • Width: 2.6 inches
  • Thickness: 0.41 inches
  • Weight: 0.29 pounds
  • Form factor: Slab
  • Color: Black / Silver
  • Slide orientation: Portrait
  • Physical keypad: QWERTY

Hardware
  • Screen size (diagonal): 2.8 inches
  • Technology: LCD
  • Pixel arrangement: RGB
  • Resolution (Y): 640 px
  • Resolution (X): 480 px
  • PPI: 286
  • Touchscreen type: Capacitive

Display
  • Carriers: T-Mobile
  • GSM: Yes
  • GSM frequencies supported: 1900, 1800, 900, 850
  • UMTS / HSPA: Yes
  • UMTS frequencies supported: 2100, 1900, 850
  • WWAN data standards supported: UMTS, EDGE, HSPA+, HSUPA, HSDPA, GPRS
  • Wi-Fi: Yes
  • Wi-Fi support: 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b
  • 802.11n frequencies: 5GHz, 2.4GHz
  • GPS: Yes
  • Bluetooth: Yes
  • Bluetooth version: Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
  • NFC support: Yes
  • Tethering / mobile hotspot: Yes

Connectivity
  • Manufacturer: Qualcomm
  • Brand / family: Snapdragon
  • Model: MSM 8655
  • Clock speed: 1.2 GHz

Processor
  • RAM size: 768 MB

Memory
  • Internal size: 8 GB
  • External: Yes
  • Max external size: 32 GB
  • External type: microSD

Storage
  • Resolution: 5 megapixels
  • Flash: LED
  • Video resolution: 720p

Rear Camera
  • Operating system: BlackBerry OS
  • Launch OS version: 7

Software
  • Headphone jack: 3.5mm
  • Other ports: Micro USB

Interface

Compass (Magnetometer)

Sensors
  • Capacity: 1230 mAh
  • Quoted use time: 354 min
  • Removable: Yes

Battery
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