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BlackBerry Bold 9790 review: Bold and the budget
BlackBerry Bold 9790 review: Bold and the budget
27, Jan 2012.
Now, let's play spot the difference. The Bold 9790 is powered by a different processor and HD video is one of the first things scrapped. To make amends, the phone has what's probably the best BlackBerry still camera to date. Both the screen size and resolution have taken a cut but we haven’t told you the best part yet. The Bold 9790 looks no worse than the Bold 9900 and costs less.
Now, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 is merely the next-in-rank. It doesn't have the premium features of the flagship but it makes sense as a potential replacement of the year-old Bold 9780. What it does is add touchscreen to a classic package, aiming to keep the BlackBerry experience up to date.
Key features:
• BlackBerry OS v7
• Enhanced email and data security with BlackBerry Internet Service
• 2.45" 16M-color TFT touchscreen of 480 x 360px resolution
• QWERTY keyboard
• Quad-band GSM support and quad-band 3G with HSDPA
• Dual-band Wi-Fi b/g/n connectivity
• NFC support
• GPS receiver and BlackBerry maps preloaded, digital compass
• 5 megapixel auto-focus camera, LED flash (surprisingly good camera, too)
• VGA@30fps video recording
• 1GHz processor
• 768MB RAM
• 8GB of inbuilt storage
• Optical trackpad
• microSD card slot (up to 16GB)
• DivX and XviD video playback support
• Office document editor
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• Smart dialing
• Compact body and solid build quality
Main disadvantages:
• BlackBerry Internet Service account is a must to enjoy all phone features
• No HD video recording
• No front-facing video-call camera
• No Flash support
• No FM radio
• No haptic feedback
• Super stiff lock button
• Poor audio output quality
• Poor loudspeaker performance
• Wobbly back panel
The 9790 is part of the premium Bold line but comes across as more mindful of budget than your average high-end BlackBerry. It pretty much does the same job as the flagship but charges less and is not without charms of its own.
Via[gsmarena]