Review: BlackBerry Bold 9900 — Tragically beautiful

Pictures, with their limited one thousand word, vocabularies belie the BlackBerry Bold 9900;s breathtaking design aesthetic. The 9900’s design is Research In Motion’s crowning achievement to date, a bright burning flame in these trying times for the legendary smartphone manufacturer from Ontario. In contrast, the 9900’s operating system, BlackBerry OS 7 is more of a greatest hits album, than a “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, but it has some significant updates that will no doubt delight the BlackBerry faithful.

Overall design
The design philosophy for the 9900 drew heavily from luxury brands such as BMW, Panerai and Prada leather boots. It shows.

The display is made from extra hardened glass, the carbon fibre looking back is actually constructed from a glass composite and the iPhone’esque brushed metal band that circles the phone, contributes to an extremely solid feel overall.

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