BlackBerry Bold 9930 by RIM Review – Specification, Features, Price

The BlackBerry Bold 9930 from Verizon Wireless is identical to the Bold 9900 from T-Mobile. The phone is available from Verizon Wireless since August 15, 2011. RIM is positioning the Bold 9000/9930 as their primary work horse to showcase the strengths of RIM. It is based on the classic Bold design and sports a Four Row QWERTY keyboard like almost all RIM devices. This smartphone was known as Montana.

Blackberry Bold 9930 verizon

Specifications

• Display: 2.8 inch (640 x 480) 16 Million Color Capacitive Touch TFT
• Operating System: BlackBerry OS 7.0
• Processor: 1.2 GHz Single Core
• RAM: 768 MB
• Storage Internal: 8GB
• Storage Removable: microSD, microSDHC (32 GB Max)
• Network 2G: Quad Band GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz; Dual Band CDMA 800, 1900 MHz
• Network 3G: Tri Band HSDPA; CDMA200 1xEV-DO
• Data 2G: GPRS, EDGE
• Data 3G (Downlink): HSDPA 14.4 Mbps
• Data 3G (Uplink): HSUPA
• Data 3G (CDMA): 3.1 Mbps Rev.A
• Wireless: WiFi 802.11 b, g, n, Dual Band
• Wireless Tethering: WiFi Hotspot
• USB: microUSB 2.0 with Charging Support
• Geo Location: GPS with A-GPS
• Sensors: Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor
• Camera: 5 Megapixel (2592 x 1944 pixels)
• Flash: LED
• Video Recording: 720p HD at 30 Frames per second
• Battery: Li-Ion 1230 mAh

Features

The Bold 9930 comes with an elegant candy bar design with a four row QWERTY keyboard with the classic chiseled key faces that’s been a mark on Blackberry since ages. It carries the premium expensive head-turner look with intelligent selection and use of high quality plastics and metal highlights. The 2.8 display is in a landscape mode which allows for more text per line on the display. Below the screen the four standard buttons surround the BlackBerry’s iconic optical track pad. The keyboard on this BlackBerry is well spaced and sized, and responds very well to the fingers. There are not many improvements to the OS 7.0 and it comes with the standard features and software that accompanies all BlackBerry smartphones. The touch screen on the BlackBerry 9930 adds a new refreshing dimension to the classic looking phone. The camera software is not much different than before and daylight photography and 720p HD video recording gives it a definite step up from its older siblings. There are Verizon applications also bundled with the device, software like the VZ Navigator, Backup Assistant, V CAST Music and Videos, V CAST Song ID, VZWTones.

BlackBerry Bold 9930 Verizon

Verdict

If you are deciding to go for a BlackBerry for yourself, then, the Bold 9930 is definitely the smartphone for you. The phone sports premium design features and has with improvements in overall entertainment value, it becomes attractive to those not using this set for business only. The Bold 9930 comes with the NFC support for mobile payments. There are some issues with the BlackBerry also, however minor, like the phone has a fixed focus instead of an auto focus. The Phone is a great option for those who are already using a BlackBerry device; however, perhaps this phone does not do enough to woo customers from Android or Apple. The price is comparable with the Dual Core processor driven or $G LTE enabled smartphones.

Price

Verizon Wireless has this phone in its lineup for $250 with new contract.