Sprint BlackBerry 9650 Bold

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

5
Average:

3
Bad:

1

Pros:

Best keyboard in the review; best battery life.
Fast and fairly easy to use, Nice extras included, Lots of features, Great business phone, Decent close up pictures, Well made phone
Good call quality, excellent keyboard, solid battery life, sturdy build

Cons:

Need to link instant messaging and email.
Battery life is a bit low with heavy usage, Keys are cramped, No touch screen, Screen is small

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Last revision on August 15, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Best keyboard in the review; best battery life
Fast and fairly easy to use, Nice extras included, Lots of features, Great business phone, Decent close up pictures, Well made phone
Good call quality, excellent keyboard, solid battery life, sturdy build
The RIM BlackBerry Bold 9650 adds Wi-Fi and double the onboard memory. The smartphone offers world-roaming capabilities and the SIM can be unlocked. Nice form factor
World roaming and other solid business features, Excellent full QWERTY keyboard
Great voice quality, speedy. Optical trackpad is wonderful
Great design with comfortable keyboard, Easy-to-use optical trackpad, Sharp 3.2-MP camera
Excellent call quality. Good battery life. Sharp camera

Reviewers Didn't Like

Need to link instant messaging and email
Battery life is a bit low with heavy usage, Keys are cramped, No touch screen, Screen is small
Poor application store, stale operating system, dated web browser
BlackBerry browser is clunky to navigate and limited in functionality compared to others
No WebKit browser with BlackBerry OS 5.0, Lack of trackball may disconcert some users
Small screen, middling reception, not much sex appeal
Lackluster web browser, Doesn't support 802.11n, Low-res camcorder
Relatively tiny screen. Fewer apps compared to other platforms

Expert reviews and ratings

The BlackBerry Bold 9650 is well made, runs smoothly and comes with a good assortment of features. Almost all of the drawbacks to the device will be resolved when it gets the upgrade to 6.0, but who knows how it...

By BrightHub on May 27, 2011

For my first time using a BlackBerry I can say I’m impressed overall, it’s a great phone for business use I’m sure, but not one for personal use. If you’re someone who travels a lot and need to have an office in your pocket then...

By Testfreaks on July 11, 2010

The BlackBerry Bold 9650 is the follow-up device to the Verizon Wireless (and Sprint) BlackBerry Tour 9630 smartphone. Much of the device remains very similar, including many of the specs and overall design, but the Bold 9650 also offers twice the...

By MobileBurn on July 03, 2010

Verizon customers looking for a messaging smartphone with world roaming capabilities have a solid choice in the RIM BlackBerry Bold...

By cnet on June 22, 2010

With an excellent keyboard and a strong set of enterprise features, the Bold 9650 is ideal for business users—even though it is lacking a bit in the innovation department....

By PCWorld on June 08, 2010

If you're a BlackBerry person, the Bold 9650 is tops in the carton. It's got a very good keyboard (though small, especially compared to the relative behemoth Bold 9000), good looks, good build quality and rock solid stability. We find the small,...

By MobileTechReview on June 07, 2010

Sprint’s first BlackBerry Bold serves up Wi-Fi and a better navigation experience than its predecessor in a compact and sexy...

By LaptopMag on June 03, 2010

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9650 smartphone is sophisticated in both style and performance. This World Phone with optical track pad and Wi-Fi® capability allows you to switch easily between applications and multitask. Download, view and...

By LetsTalk on May 30, 2010

Sprint's latest BlackBerry update is a reliable and respectable messaging phone, but it just doesn't have any "wow"...

By PC Mag on May 24, 2010

BPros: Best keyboard in the review; best battery life.Cons: Need to link instant messaging and e-mail.With Version 5 of the Research in Motion Blackberry operating system, the Bold ushers in a new set of features that would make the traditional...

By Government Computer News on September 01, 2010

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