BlackBerry Bold 9700

General Information

• Colors:
• Black, White

• SAR:
• 1.55 W/kg (head)     1.39 W/kg (body)    

• SAR EU:
• 1.36 W/kg (head)     1.18 W/kg (body)    

• Price:
• About 90 EUR

Network/Bearer

• Technology:
• GSM / HSPA

• 2G bands:
• GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

• 3G bands:
• HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100, HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100

• Speed:
• HSPA 3.6/0.384 Mbps

Launch

• Announced:
• 2009, October. Released 2009, November

• Status:
• Discontinued

Physical Specifications

• Dimensions:
• 109 x 60 x 14 mm (4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in)

• Weight:
• 122 g (4.30 oz)

• Keyboard:
• QWERTY

• SIM:
• Mini-SIM, Optical trackpad

Display

• Type:
• TFT, 65K colors

• Size:
• 2.44 inches, 18.4 cm2 (~28.2% screen-to-body ratio)

• Resolution:
• 480 x 360 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~246 ppi density)

Platform

• OS:
• BlackBerry 5.0, upgradable to 6.0

• CPU:
• 624 MHz

Memory

• Card slot:
• microSD, up to 16 GB (dedicated slot), 2 GB included

• Internal:
• 256MB 256MB RAM

Main Camera

• Single:
• 3.15 MP, AF

• Features:
• LED flash

• Video:
• Yes

Selfie Camera

• Video:
• Yes, No

Sound

• Loudspeaker:
• Yes

• 3.5mm jack:
• Yes

Connectivity

• WLAN:
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UMA

• Bluetooth:
• 2.1, A2DP

• GPS:
• Yes, with A-GPS

• Radio:
• No

• USB:
• microUSB 2.0

Features

• Messaging:
• SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM

• Browser:
• HTML, BlackBerry maps, Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+, Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp, Organizer, Voice memo/dial

Battery

• Browser:
• HTML, Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery

• Stand-by:
• Up to 408 h

• Talk time:
• Up to 6 h

Tests

• Camera:
• Photo

• Loudspeaker:
• Voice 72dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 73dB

• Audio quality:
• Noise -89.8B / Crosstalk -88.6dB