RIM BlackBerry Bold 9930

performance, usability, portability, design, price

social network, connectivity

68% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Solid design ; Snappy performance ; Battery life

Small display ; BlackBerry 7 already feels dated ; No LTE

The best embodiment of what BlackBerry is today, but it's just not up to snuff with the rivals of today.

Nice physical keyboard ; Slim, premium build ; Very clear display

Screen size limits function ; Sluggish UI at times ; App World is terrible ; Limited to 3G service ; Little available space

Sleek design. Sharp screen. Sublime QWERTY keyboard. Unlocked SIM card slot for overseas travel.

No 4G. No mobile hotspot mode. Few compelling apps available.

Multimedia, Camera, and Conclusions The Bold 9930 is a great music player, but just a so-so video player and camera. First, the music part: there's a standard-size 3.5mm headphone jack, 8GB of internal memory, and a microSD card slot that accepts 32GB...

Thin, sleek design. Sublime QWERTY keyboard. Very sharp screen. Faster CPU makes a real difference. Excellent battery life.

Expensive. No 4G. Balky app store lacks compelling programs. Archaic BlackBerry OS is largely unchanged, even in version 7 guise, and is slated for extinction anyway. MicroSD card is buried behind the battery.

I wish I could say the same about BlackBerry App World, which is Research In Motion's single biggest problem right now. It's slow to load, difficult to browse, and full of mediocre apps that are generally clunky and not as powerful as their iOS and...

Gorgeous industrial design ; Best-in-class physical keyboard ; Speed and graphics performance greatly improved

BlackBerry OS is dated and clunky ; Software selection is abysmal ; Cramped display can be troublesome

This is a die-hards-only phone, one of the last of its breed

Thin, sleek design. Sublime QWERTY keyboard. Very sharp screen. Faster CPU makes a real difference. Excellent battery life

Expensive. No 4G. Balky app store lacks compelling programs. Archaic BlackBerry OS is largely unchanged, even in version 7 guise, and is slated for extinction anyway. MicroSD card is buried behind the battery

Despite its classy design and fast CPU, the BlackBerry Bold 9930 for Verizon is essentially a middling attempt to keep RIM afloat ahead of its long-delayed QNX software platform.

As with the Torch 9810, there’s a sense that the Bold 9930 is RIM’s answer to criticism of previous Bold devices. Users wanted a spacious keyboard in the style of the original 9000, as well as a more premium-feeling chassis, and that’s just what...