written by Secularian on 20/04/2010
The Blackberry 9700 is a sleek, solid, well built luxury phone. It doesn't try nor need to try to compete with the iPhone as they are aimed at different markets.
This is the phone you want on the boardroom table. There's no gimmicks like the iphone and apps can run in the background. Its smart, stable and reliable. I totally believe this is the best business phone on the market, though none business users can make great use of apps like facebook, twitter myspace etc, which run much better on the blackberry (they can run in the background continuously) and you cant do this with the iPhone! I had an 3G Iphone for 9 months and hated it, battery life and restricted access annoyed me! Now I have the BB Bold 9700 i dont think i will ever change back!
NEGATIVE Points
Only the one, and thats that I find the keybad a tad too small. IF you are new to blackberry and you have FAT fingers like me, then I advise you go to a store and try typing out an email. The bold 9000 was much bigger but with the track ball rather than the track pad, and had keys spaced out better. Other BB to consider is the storm 2, but watch out for battery life too on that one.