BlackBerry Bold 9650 Phone

July 29, 2010 | By In Technology |

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5 Comments so far

  1. AshleyMonique on July 29th, 2010

    I am a blackberry user through and through. When my Blackberyy curve broke, the verizon store set me up with this new variation of the blackberry.

    I am not impressed. Here are a few of my issues with the phone. Whereas I could put my old blackberry in my purse and not mistakenly call people on accident, this phone calls people on its own all the time. There is probably a lock feature but I never had to use it on the curve model so it irks me that I have to use it now. The battery life is not very good but for all the things that the phone is supposed to do, that is to be expected. I just carry my charger with me everywhere. I find no utility in the wifi feature. The sales associate told me not to keep it on for too long b/ it would use up to battery at a faster rate. Lastly, the big difference between this model and the rest is the trackpad as opposed to the little trackball. I’m told that the trackball breaks or falls out of a lot of blackberries and that this might be a move to deal with the design limitation. I have never had that trouble so I don’t know. The track pad is pretty neat. It’s looks sleek and is very smooth but it takes a little time to get use to. For those of you who love the brickbreaker game, it will take a lot of time to get used to. I still personally prefer the trackball.

    The phone still makes good calls and I love the verizon support team but if they could have given me the blackberry curve over this phone, i would have taken that instead.

    Update: I found the lock button so hopefully, I won’t call anyone by accident anymore. It’s on the top of the phone. Also, after googling the issue I discovered that you can hold down A to get it to lock.
    Rating: 3 / 5

  2. Warren C. Jones on July 29th, 2010

    This is my first BlackBerry, so maybe I was expecting too much. The battery life stinks, the red numbers are very hard to see. The browser is extremely slow- its not worth the wait to get online.

    I would dump the browser function if I could keep just the email. It has locked up a couple of times in the GSM mode even though I was not roaming- FYI don’t allow phone to set GSM or CDMA automatically to avoid this.
    Rating: 2 / 5

  3. Rski on July 29th, 2010

    I think I have had every BB so far between work and personal and this one is by far the best. What is the best, feels the best (quality wise) best speaker, cell phone battery life. Nothing to complain about, it works well. What wy I like to see improved, well the Internet but I know accessing the Internet on a BB sucks so I cannot complain much but boy would it be sweet with a better easier to read browser.
    Rating: 5 / 5

  4. A. Duran on July 30th, 2010

    I miss my Curve, eventhough this phone is more sleek and has many more options. The extra memory, speed and bells and whistles come at a price. Mainly, this Bold 9650 has crappy battery life (loses charge after about 12 hours with little to no use) and call quality (speaker) is worse. The keyboard is also very easy to mistype characters compared to the Curve.

    I have made numerous phone calls with this phone in the past 3 weeks of owning it and I’ve lost track of how many people tell me that they can’t hear me and the sound is poor. I never once had that comment when using the Curve. My wife got the same Bold as a 2 for 1 deal and I often can’t understand her on the phone, just sounds muddy and not clear. I hope there is a firmware upgrade that might fix this, otherwise I’m stuck for 2 years with a phone that can’t make clear calls.

    The good about this phone is the extra memory and speed. I can surf the net, get real websites without too much problem, and stream Pandora. If I fully charge the phone and then start streaming Pandora, the battery lasts about 4 hours.

    Bars – well, I had Tmobile before this and sometimes my old Curve would show no bars of signal but I could still make clear calls. With this Bold and Verizon I often have 3 or 4 bars but no signal or dropped calls – perhaps it is interference with other items in the house? I can’t figure this one out.

    In conclusion, I feel that I would have rather kept my old phone until it died, but unfortunately it was lost. I hope Verizon releases some updates to help make this phone a better product (call quality and battery life are 1st above all other toys).

    Rating: 3 / 5

  5. Craig Barker on July 30th, 2010

    My old curve gave out, so Verizon swapped it for the new Curve 8530. Wow what a piece of junk that phone is. Fells cheap like a toy, and I had all kinds of problems with bluetooth and battery life and freezing, keys sticking. Do not buy that phone. So I went back before my 30 days and swapped for the Bold 9650.

    I really like this phone. It is a bit larger form factor than the new curve, much like the old curve. It feels robust in your hand not cheap like a toy. The keys are bigger, but I still do miss the old curve as the keys were more spread out which is better with my fat fingers. I love the Wi-Fi feature. I keep it off until I need it and then it is easy to fire up when I am ready to use it. Fairly fast connection with it and a great feature to have. I have been getting about 2 days out of the battery which is a bit less than the old curve.

    The coverage with Verizon is the same with brown spots here and there, but generally good. This phone is much much faster than my old curve. Start up is quicker and switching between applications is much faster. Basic functionality is also improved. I use the phone for business and so far it is working great. It would be nice if they would make a phone with a slide out keyboard like my daughters LG. When that comes out I will be ready.
    Rating: 4 / 5

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