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Don't get this phone if you value your sanity
30th January 2012, By R Webster
RIM seem to have fallen victim to the Microsoft-like temptation to develop and complicate their trusted products until they no longer the serve the purpose for which they are intended.
The Bold 9900 is the fourth model of BB I have had, going right back to the earliest models. This one is by far the worst. The battery life is dismal - expect to have to keep it more or less permanently on charge when not in use otherwise, with moderate-heavy use, it will expire within a day, sometimes very quickly and unexpectedly. My provider's customer service agent told me, without realising the irony of what she was saying, that in order to preserve its battery life, I should just turn off all its functionality when not using it. Brilliant.
Perhaps because of the hopeless battery, the first BB software update bundle download (all 40Mb of it) and installation killed the phone completely, requiring acquisition of a new handset. Brilliant.
As well as the pathetic battery life, the design of the quick-key on the top and sides of the handset is such that, when putting it into or removing it from its standard soft case case, you are more than likely to accidentally turn on the key lock, which is annoying, or the camera, which is even more annoying and will kill the dismal battery even faster than usual. Brilliant.
If you are looking for a handset that is will provide you with reliable messaging, calls and emails, with a long enough battery life to last a train journey, then this is not it - though there is no doubt another BB that would be fit for purpose.
Shame on you RIM for launching this dysfunctional machine onto the market.
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Don't get this phone if you value your sanity
30th January 2012, By R Webster
RIM seem to have fallen victim to the Microsoft-like temptation to develop and complicate their trusted products until they no longer the serve the purpose for which they are intended.
The Bold 9900 is the fourth model of BB I have had, going right back to the earliest models. This one is by far the worst. The battery life is dismal - expect to have to keep it more or less permanently on charge when not in use otherwise, with moderate-heavy use, it will expire within a day, sometimes very quickly and unexpectedly. My provider's customer service agent told me, without realising the irony of what she was saying, that in order to preserve its battery life, I should just turn off all its functionality when not using it. Brilliant.
Perhaps because of the hopeless battery, the first BB software update bundle download (all 40Mb of it) and installation killed the phone completely, requiring acquisition of a new handset. Brilliant.
As well as the pathetic battery life, the design of the quick-key on the top and sides of the handset is such that, when putting it into or removing it from its standard soft case case, you are more than likely to accidentally turn on the key lock, which is annoying, or the camera, which is even more annoying and will kill the dismal battery even faster than usual. Brilliant.
If you are looking for a handset that is will provide you with reliable messaging, calls and emails, with a long enough battery life to last a train journey, then this is not it - though there is no doubt another BB that would be fit for purpose.
Shame on you RIM for launching this dysfunctional machine onto the market.
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