Introducing the new Blackberry Bold 9700. Due to be released on 21st October 2009 to the United Kingdom, the new Blackberry Bold 9700 codenamed “Oynx” is a brand new device upgraded from its older brother the Blackberry 9000. The Blackberry Bold 9700 will be released under the carriers T-Mobile and AT&T to start off with

Differences from the Blackberry Bold 9000?

• Bold 9700 is confirmed to have both the trackpad and the Bold-style casing (leather back)

• The device will be about the same size as the 8900 with a keyboard that is the same as the Bold.

• The battery cover has been changed once again and apparently it is also an improvement.

• Memory card is behind the battery cover and not on the side like the Bold 9000 did

• The mute and lock buttons are on the top (finally!)

• 256mb of flash memory rather than the native 128mb

• The device came to the field with SW 5.0.0.169 on Platform 5.1.0.30.

• Battery life is said to be greatly improved from the Bold 9000

Video of the Comparison between Blackberry Bold 9000 and the Blackberry Bold 9700

What are the Blackberry 9700 Specifications?

To this day , RIM has still no announced the offical specifications of the phone , but we can only speculate as follows

• Quand-band GSM/GPRS/Edge

• UMTS/HSDPA

• 468 x 360 Resolution Display

• Wi-Fi A,B,G

• OS 5.0

• QWERTY Keyboard

• 256mb of Internal Memory

• GPS Reciever

• 3.2 Megapixel AF Camera

• Bluetooth

Specifications from T-mobile

Standby time (in h up to	500	Talk time (in min.) Up to	300 300
Weight (g) ca	120	Size (H * W * D in mm) approx	109 x 60 x 14
Battery	1500 mAh	SAR value	1.18
Number Memory	available memory	Display	TFT display
Number of Colors	65,536	Resolution (in pixels)	480 x 360