BlackBerry Bold 9900 review: Thin Bold flagship 2011.
Bold 9900 metal-leather.
Bold 9900 was BlackBerry's 2011 flagship — stainless steel + leather + QWERTY at peak BBM era.
01Display
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker display results among mid-range phones of 2011 — 12 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Performance
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker performance results among mid-range phones of 2011 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Camera
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker camera results among mid-range phones of 2011 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
64/10064/100 is one of the weaker battery results among mid-range phones of 2011 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Software
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker software results among mid-range phones of 2011 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- Stainless steel + leather build.
- Hybrid QWERTY + touch.
- NFC at $600.
- BBM peak.
- Outdated BB 7 vs iOS/Android.
- 1,230 mAh small.
- Tiny display.
- Aging ecosystem.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 31-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .