6 11 2009
Part 1: 10 Reasons Why the Blackberry Bold 9700 is the Better Choice – Blackberry Bold 9000 vs. Blackberry Bold 2 9700 (Review)
Being an avid Blackberry user, I’ve used several devices including the 8700, 8100, 8300, 8320, 8800, 8900 and the 9000 within the past 5 years.
I’ve had the Bold 9000 for the past year and have the privilege to create a thorough video review on the Bold 9700 vs. the Bold 9000 with a temp model that I received yesterday.
I saw a contest on Crackberry for an unlocked T-mobile Blackberry Bold 2. All you have to do is comment on why you think the Bold 2 9700 is better than any other Blackberry device out there. I was tempted to hold back and to let my video speak on my behalf when it is completed, but I had to regurgitate a few words, which ended up being too many words.
For those of you contemplating whether or not the Bold 9700 is a worthwhile buy, take a read through here and you’ll have a better idea.
Blackberry Bold 9000 vs. Blackberry Bold 9700
Trackpad:
1.) Although this is not the first Blackberry with the trackpad, it is my first time having the opportunity to play around with it. It makes life on my Blackberry a lot easier, allowing me to process my business orders quickly and more accurately. It kind of reminds me of those IBM laptops with the cylindrical rubber mouse in the middle of the keyboard where you just move your finger on it. However, the trackpad is actually a lot smoother than the trackball and even the IBM mouse.
Weight & Feel:
2.) It’s significantly lighter than the bold 9000, yet it still has the same keyboard design. The weight is a huge factor for both men and women since no one really likes carrying around heavy weight. For women, the 9700 provides a lighter solution than the Bold 9000 for your purse, handbag etc. For men, lighter on the belt clips. In fact, every morning when I go to Starbucks to grab my morning coffee, I leave in sweatpants and sweatshirt with the weather cooling down. The Bold 9000 actually has enough weight to pull my pants down a little, but from this mornings encounter with the 9700, the pants stayed up just fine :)
Display:
3.) The resolution is a little bit higher on the Bold 9700 (480×360) compared to the bold 9000 (480×320). Even with such a small change in resolution, since the screen is small compared to your desktop monitor, it makes a world of a difference!
Battery Life:
4.) Battery life is significantly better especially with 3G on. On my Bold 9000, which I still love, my battery would die anywhere between 12pm-4pm if I left it on 3g. So far from the 9700, with a full charge and unplugged at 8am EST this morning, it’s at 75% and it’s 2:00pm. With the bold 9000, I had to revert to EDGE in order to use my battery for the full work day. The 9700 provides a method to sustain your battery life for high talk-time users and high e-mail/data users.
Wireless Info – 3g, Wifi, GPS:
5.) The phone has 3G, wifi and gps! Finally RIM has a package for all 3 with the compact size!
Text Messaging – Firmware 5.0:
6.) Text messaging looks like Blackberry messenger now! I think it’s the 5.0 firmware update, but regardless, since the 9700 come stock with 5.0, it’s beautiful with the changes
Processing Speeds:
7.) Processing speed is SIGNIFICANTLY faster. I think this will mean a lot less battery pulls for those of you who can’t stand doing it!
Better support on ASP.net Websites:
8.) In order to make some web orders, a lot of the modern websites are adopting asp.net. With the Bold 9000, ALL of the dropdown menus were all bunched up and you couldn’t read any/all the text to select the appropriate option. The 8300s, 8800s and anything produced before these are even worse for asp.net sites! Since a lot of the websites I go to are asp.net format, the Bold 9700 has provides all of the dropdown menus in perfect sync and does not distort properly optimized sites. This can all be done on the built in web browser now instead of using third party apps like Opera.
Media – Pictures:
9.) On to the media! I tested the bold 9000 vs. the bold 9700 for pictures in low light and day light. The bold 9000 created some what of a “rainbowy” effect in low light while the phone was completely stationary taking the picture. The 9700 had much better light balance, resulting in a much better picture. In day light, they were very similar, but with the 3.2 megapixel camera on the 9700 compared to the 2.0 megapixel camera on the 9000, the difference is evident.
Media – Video Recording:
10.) As for the video recording, I recorded myself walking to the bank with the Bold 9000 in 1 hand and the Bold 9700 in the other hand. Although some people would look at me funny, it was definitely worth the venture! The quality on the Bold 9700 was significantly better on both video and audio. The biggest difference I found in the video is with the audio. From previous concerts and/or events that I’ve been to, the Bold 9000 resulted in some choppiness in the audio. I think the 9700 will have a much clearer sound in loud settings.
CONCLUSION:
For the past year, I thought that the Bold 9000 was the best phone that RIM has ever made, hence, I didn’t stay with the 8900 for very long and all the other previous Blackberries I used, nothing compared to it.
Now that the 9700 has been released in Canada, and soon in the USA and worldwide, I can confidently say that it will be the best phone that RIM will have out for a very long time. RIM has truly outdone themselves and I cannot wait until they attempt to outdo the Bold 9700 in 2010!
Post Script:
We will be uploading our video as soon as it is completed for you to see the difference between the Bold 9000 and the Bold 9700 in more detail. We’ll also have an unlocking tutorial for the Bold 9700 as well. The Blackberry Bold 9700 Unlock Codes are available on our site now.
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