BlackBerry Bold 9900 Review
(9900) Score: 52.3 / 100
BlackBerry Bold 9900 is a little bit outdated cellphone released back in the year 2011, packing a 5 megapixels back camera, a 1200 MHz processing unit and a small 2.8" multi touch capacitive screen.
Blackberry ships this device with a good performance 1200 megahertz CPU and 768 MB of RAM memory. Graphic rendering often consume lots of processor time, so this cellphone also uses a 320 megahertz ARM Mali-400 MP1 graphic processing unit to take some work out of the CPU. A good point of this cellphone is the 8 GB quite large internal memory and a slot for an external memory card, allowing you to install a couple hundred apps without running out of space.
The BlackBerry Bold 9900 is quite slim and comfortable, even though it's not close to being one of the thinnest cellphones out there, with a thickness of 0.41". This phone is 4.53 inches long, but it is only able to pack a way smaller 2.8" screen. This cellphone feels a bit heavy for a cellphone of this size, weighting 4.59 oz.
The BlackBerry Bold 9900 is equipped with only a 5 mega-pixels back side camera. It can also shoot videos in HD 1280x720. In addition, the camera counts with some good features like digital image stabilization, flash, geo tagging and face detection shooting.
This cellphone includes a very good 480 x 640 (VGA) 2.8 inches screen, providing this device with a detailed graphic quality. Its screen uses TFT capacitive technology, and allows multi-touch for gestures like pinch and zoom.
The BlackBerry Bold 9900 packs a 1230 mAh medium sized Li-Ion removable battery providing this phone with a below average battery life. This phone has an aproximate 6.3 hours talk time and a 307 hs stand by time according to Blackberry.
The BlackBerry Bold 9900 provides Wi-Fi capability (which it can provide to other devices acting as a mobile hotspot) and 3G fast data connection, supported by HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 uses a SIM card to connect to GSM networks.
This cellphone also comes with a few interesting characteristics such as NFC (to trigger actions, transfer data or make payments by holding your device close to another NFC device or tag), Bluetooth (2.1) and GPS Localization, and plenty of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.
Blackberry is selling the BlackBerry Bold 9900 for $ 99, which is a really high price for this type of cellphone.
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Specifications
| Device Type: | Phone |
| Brand: | Blackberry |
| Operating System (OS): | BlackBerry 7.1, 7 |
| Also Known As: | BlackBerry Dakota |
| Product code: | 9900 |
| Dimensions: | 4.53 x 2.60 x 0.41 inchesMetric11.51 x 6.6 x 1.04 cmImperial |
| Weight: | 4.59 ouncesMetric130.12 gImperial |
| Release date: | 2011-05-02 |
| Price: | $ 99.00 |
Display | |
| Screen Type: | TFT (16M colors) |
| Size: | 2.8 inchesMetric7.1 cmImperial |
| Resolution: | 640 x 480 pixels (VGA) |
| Pixel density: | 286 pixels per inchMetric112.6 pixels per cmImperial |
| Touch screen: | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
Hardware | |
| Processor: | QC 8655 (Single-Core 1200 MHz) |
| RAM Memory: | 768 MB |
| Graphics Processor: | ARM Mali-400 MP1 (320 MHz) |
| Internal Memory: | 8 GB |
| SD Card Slot: | microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) |
Battery | |
| Battery type: | Li-Ion |
| Removable: | Yes |
| Capacity: | 1230 mAh |
| Stand-by Time: | 307 hours |
| Talk Time: | 6.3 hours |
Camera | |
| Back camera: | 5 megapixels |
| Flash: | Yes |
| Max video resolution: | 1280 x 720 (HD) |
| Camera features: | Digital Image Stabilization, Face Detection Shooting and Geo Tagging |
Networks | |
| Wi-Fi: | Yes |
| Mobile Hotspot: | Yes |
| SIM Card Type: | SIM |
| UMTS Bands: | 850, 1900, 2100 |
| GSM Bands: | 850, 900, 1800, 1900 |
| Technologies: | HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE and GSM |
Other Features | |
| Bluetooth: | Version 2.1 |
| GPS: | Yes |
| NFC (Near Field Communication): | Yes |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |