The BlackBerry Bold 9790 was first released in Asia (Indonesia to be precise) to send the message that Research in Motion is serious about the region. Check out our full review of the Bold 9790 touch and type after the break. If you're familiar with the BlackBerry Bold line-up, you will notice that RIM has already two handset variants in this category -- the Bold 99xx series which is normally the flagship variant, and the Bold 97xx which has now become some sort of the smaller and more affordable variant. The two will give you a better perspective on how the Bold 9790 is positioned in terms of design, configuration and marketing. When I asked executives from RIM about the difference between the variants of the BB Bold series, they explained that the Bold 9900 represents their top-tier, premium handset while the Bold 9790 was designed to be more affordable and perfectly fits the smaller, Asian hands. In my opinion, the split is an attempt to fill the gap between the BlackBerry Curve series and the BlackBerry Bold series. The Bold 9790, in some ways, has inherited the design of the popular Curve 9360. In fact, if you just based it from the exterior make-up the Bold 9790 is much closer to the Curve 9360 than to the Bold 9900. Read more in our articles including "BlackBerry Bold 9790 Review" and "RIM launches BlackBerry Bold 9790 in Indonesia".
The BlackBerry Bold 9790 was first released in Asia (Indonesia to be precise) to send the message that Research in Motion is serious about the region. Check out our full review of the Bold 9790 touch and type after the break.
If you're familiar with the BlackBerry Bold line-up, you will notice that RIM has already two handset variants in this category -- the Bold 99xx series which is normally the flagship variant, and the Bold 97xx which has now become some sort of the smaller and more affordable variant. The two will give you a better perspective on how the Bold 9790 is positioned in terms of design, configuration and marketing. When I asked executives from RIM about the difference between the variants of the BB Bold series, they explained that the Bold 9900 represents their top-tier, premium handset while the Bold 9790 was designed to be more affordable and perfectly fits the smaller, Asian hands.
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