BlackBerry may quietly (or perhaps not so quietly) be finessing its plans for world domination with its upcoming BBX
handsets, but it's not letting the other operating system go to waste,
with a stream of BB7 devices being churned out right now, among them the
BlackBerry Bold 9790.
Up until now, the cock of the school has been the BlackBerry Bold 9900, the premium BB offering that showcased the then new BB7 OS and replacing the tired Bold 9700 and 9780 lines. We
were slightly unsure why the BlackBerry Bold 9790 exists, since it's
very similar in all but size to the Bold 9900 and makes it feel like RIM
is over-saturating its own market here.
However, this
is a ploy to 'sex up' the Bold line and make it attractive to the
younger, non-business focused market - plus some people always prefer
smaller designs.
At
the time of writing, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 is yet to be released,
but it's expected to cost around £360 in the UK or $450 SIM-free in the
US on pre-order, which makes it a good £100 cheaper than the larger Bold
9900. And
yet, with a 2.45-inch touchscreen, 8GB of onboard memory, 5MP snapper
(with flash), GPS, Wi-Fi, NFC, HSPA and 1GHz processor (smaller than the
9900's 1.2GHz), it's certainly not short of bells or whistles, and can
competently compete with the likes of the credible Nokia E6. And
of course, it'll be up against the Bold 9900. Which you go for may
quite simply depend on whether you prefer a big smartphone or a small
one (plus a few extra pennies in your pocket.) As for the BlackBerry Bold 9790's design, this baby is small. If you've held a 9700 or 9780,
then we're talking that small, although the handset also feels ever so
slightly thinner. That's partly due to the tapered design we first
encountered with the BlackBerry Curve 9360. The actual dimensions are 110mm x 60mm x 11.4mm. Like
the Curve 9360, we have four buttons below the screen, which are
completely separate and surround a touch-sensitive trackpad. This
distinguishes the BlackBerry Bold 9790 from the Bold 9900, which had
four touchpads beneath its screen instead. Indeed,
the BlackBerry Bold 9790 looks almost identical to the Curve 9360, and
the only thing that really sets them apart to look at is the keyboard.
While the Curve 9360 uses the Curve's separate keys, the Bold 9790
employs the Bold's signature keyboard where the buttons are all crammed
in together. There's
little of interest on the sides other than a volume rocker and
convenience key on the right and a headphone jack on the left. The lock
button is up top, while the micro USB charging and syncing port is down
below.
There's a flash of silver around the sides and
the back and a rear cover made of a matt rubber, which quite frankly
requires a degree from Oxford, fingernails from Jurassic Park and the
brute strength of Samson to pull off. Until you figure that it slides
down. Oops. At 107g it's light, so you won't be worrying about putting your back out carrying the BlackBerry Bold 9790 around.
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