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RIM BlackBerry 9790 Bold

Based on 30 reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

7
Average:

13
Bad:

7

Pros

Excellent size and great battery life.
Great incall audio quality, Premium feel, Nice physical keyboard
Physical keyboard, worthy business apps, excellent battery life...
Great productivity suit, Decent touchscreen experience despite small screen, Excellent media playback

Cons

Screen too small for touch, no HD video recording
Web browser needs more work, Outdated, uncomfortable interface
Ropey touchscreen, stilted web browsing, fewer apps compared to rivalsLook and Feel...
Battery life is fair, QWERTY keypad is not up to the standard set by Blackberry phones, Flimsy bundled earphones

By Tbreak.com on June 04, 2012

Overall, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 is a great secondary phone. If you want to carry just one device and if that has to be a BlackBerry then I would recommend the Bold 9900 which continues to be the best phone RIM has ever made. However, if you’re...

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By T3 Magazine on June 01, 2012

The £350 price tag of the BlackBerry Bold 9790 is a major sticking point for one of the most basic smartphones on the market. The £99 Android contenders like the Huawei Ascend G300 beat the BlackBerry Bold 9790 in all areas. Worse still, the...

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By evogadget.com on June 01, 2012

The BlackBerry 9790 features all the connectivity, multimedia and communication support that you need and offers all this in a slim and attractive design. You only have to wait a few more weeks for it to launch is Europe too and then you can see for...

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By TechSmart.co.za on May 07, 2012

Research In Motion looks to boost the sales figures of its BlackBerry smartphones by expanding the number of devices available within its ranges, including the classy Bold line-up. The new Bold 9790 comes in at a slightly lower price-point, but does...

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By PCQuest on April 27, 2012

Excellent design with touch-n-type experience is the USP of this phone, which could have been made grander with a bigger display.Page(s) 1 I am interested in more information about this productI am interested in buying this...

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By Expert Reviews on March 23, 2012

This smartphone is a little fiddly to set up and not as fun to use - or as good value - as an Android or Apple smartphone...

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By itreviews.com on February 23, 2012

Review date: 23 February, 2012. Review by: IT Reviews Staff After a short break in their release cycle, Research In Motion has now brought us the BlackBerry Bold 9790 - which was first announced back in November, 2011. This phone was unveiled along...

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By DigitalVersus on February 16, 2012

Who's going to buy the new BlackBerry Bold 9790? Business users are, and so will die-hard BBM fans and anybody who likes a good physical keyboard or not having to charge their phone twice a day. It's nippy, but the latest Bold isn't up to...

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By IT PRO on February 08, 2012

The Bold 9790’s lower price makes it a more tempting proposition than the 9900 for BlackBerry owners looking to upgrade to BlackBerry OS 7, but as with that other device, it otherwise offers little to attract defectors from other platforms....

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By ZDNet UK on February 08, 2012

The BlackBerry Bold 9790 doesn't offer everything that the more expensive Bold 9900 does. It's smaller, which results in screen and keyboard compromises, and some usability issues, and has a slower processor. But it runs BlackBerry 7 OS and...

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