SpecEagle review · BlackBerry

BlackBerry Bold 9900 review: Thin Bold flagship 2011.

Item: BlackBerry Bold 9900
Rating: 55
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2011·$600

Overall

55/100

Class rank

#1 of 1

Tier

Mid-Range

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Bold 9900 metal-leather.

Bold 9900 was BlackBerry's 2011 flagship — stainless steel + leather + QWERTY at peak BBM era.

01Display

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2011.

TypeTFT touch

Size2.8"

Resolution640 x 480

02Performance

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2011.

ChipsetSnapdragon S2

RAM768 MB

Storage8 GB + SD

03Camera

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2011.

Main5 MP

04Battery

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2011.

Capacity1,230 mAh

05Software

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2011.

What works

Stainless steel + leather build.
Hybrid QWERTY + touch.
NFC at $600.
BBM peak.

What doesn't

Outdated BB 7 vs iOS/Android.
1,230 mAh small.
Tiny display.
Aging ecosystem.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 1-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .