BlackBerry Touch 9870 gets a new design

By on May 11, 2011 at 4:15 PM
Whisper May 11, 2011

We spent some time with the BlackBerry Touch a little while back, but we wanted to update you on something that’s changed. We have heard the model number of the device will now be 9870, but that’s not all. On the unit we played with, the four BlackBerry menu buttons were all part of one strip, much like the buttons on the BlackBerry 9700 or Curve. However, we’re told that the buttons on the BlackBerry 9870 have changed in the latest hardware revision, and there are now four separate buttons that are rectangular in shape. We have not been told a reason for the change, but this could definitely be part of the reason the phone wasn’t announced at BlackBerry World last week.

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  • Anonymous

    here’s a whisper, no one cares about RIM. Last I checked it wasn’t 2005 so no one really wants a blackberry anymore.

    • Todd

      Well the good news for everyone is that you don’t speak for all people. I like BlackBerry and the more I try other devices, the more convinced I am that BlackBerry is the device that fits my needs the best.

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GP2WYAHXS6CRUREISWBGPUSUGE Michael

        i found one ! ! ! !!

        everyone said they didn’t exist

        a blackberry fan….. the last one i think… but none the less i found it.

      • Anonymous

        Make it two. =)

        The model # appears to be a minor upgrade over BB 9800, nothing earth shattering.

      • http://twitter.com/manozz Gundruk

        @yahoo-GP2WYAHXS6CRUREISWBGPUSUGE:disqus Remember 28% of current US Smartphones are made by RIM!! They make awesome hardware. Apple comes second, motorolla, htc third and fourth, IMO. take a first hand look at playbook and you’ll believe what I am talking about. And also, compare it with iPad2(hardware).

      • BoLdBurRy

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    • RIMsucks

      Ahem.

    • http://twitter.com/UrbanEnigma Yves

      No one cares about RIM yet you took the time to read this article and comment in it?

    • BoLdBurRy

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    • Pontificus47

      If nobody wanted Blackberries they would stop making them idiot. Some people want more than two hours of battery life and nobody tracking them through their phones.

      • Anonymous

        well I can tell by your comment you have no clue how a BES server works or anything on the RIM side.

    • Jeff9876

      Yeah your right, all the gouvernmental agencys don’t use the blackberry huh? BB Just doesnt need business with consumers such as yourself ;)  

  • http://www.facebook.com/joshwithachance Joshua Pingley

    unless it’s news about the 9900, I’m not all that interested aha.

  • Theneck123

    really BGR, WTF is a whisper?

    • Fatz

      it’s a half ass way to not acknowledge/credit the fact this (the button redesign) was posted on Crackberry a couple days ago.

      • Yesyesyes

        yea they even had the damn picture…

  • Max

    New numbers, blah blah it’s all the same with you BB MORONS. Jebus H can you please move into 2011 and beyond and get out of your mid 90′s curve/pearl era? Please?

    • Anonymous

      MAX the MORON!
      I would do anything to see you in person and break my bberry over your face. Then I’ll use whatever phone you have to call your mom to tell her to come peel you off of the concrete. And when she gets there, I’ll break your phone over her face.

    • Ted

      If you hate BB so much, why do you make worthless comments on bb threads? Why don’t you to to a “DROID” forum where you like the subject matter and can make a positive contribution? Or are you really interested in just kicking up the dust?

    • Yoyoma

      you are an uneducated consumer. Just die.

  • Ripley

    Geez, the fighting between who’s better, Blackberry, Apple, Android… been there, done that. So last week. Who cares if you think Android or Apple or Blackberry is better? Really, who? Buy the phone you like and enjoy it the way you like. The question of who’s better won’t be influenced by random useless comments – the market will be judge and executioner.

  • Anonymous

    I also heard that Max was gay. If he’s not that, he’s just a plain moron.

    • Yoyoma

      he has Down syndrome it seems…

    • Alisangry

      if he’s gay atleast he has one good thing going for him.

  • Anonymous

    I love all the “RIM sucks” trolls on this thread.

  • Scott

    Snooze fest! At least tell us who won the white iPhone 4 giveaway!

  • Anonymous

    LOL I friggin’ LOVE the ‘whispers’ thing. hahaha. psssssssst!

  • Strbanchor

    Right out of the gate we have all the andro-nerds coming out to say “oh Blackberry is so 2005..all the phones look the same..” meanwhile, put 3 HTC phones together and see if anyone, other than you douche bags, can tell the difference between them. PLEASE android fan boys, take the condom off your phone.

    • Anonymous

      Yo, jabroni. It’s the Apple iSheep you need to worry about.

  • Anonymous

    I don’t know if BGR gets all these blackberry leaks because Jonathan is so good, or because he’s the only one asking around.

  • TabBerry

    Pics or it didnt happen

  • Saltyn

    Crackberry had a picture of this a couple of days ago.

    • 9550sux

      And it wasn’t new then! The leaked videos of the BB Touch tutorials clearly show these buttons. That video was pulled from a 6.1 leaked OS how many weeks ago? Long before OS 6.1 became OS 7.

      Either way. Wake me when RIM’s job is done.

  • http://twitter.com/ElisaP13 Elisa Pacheco

    the picture with the buttons seem to be really old. the first pictures that were leaked show the buttons… we shall wait to see what the final product is!! i really do believe that bgr is like months behind on news lmao!!

  • http://profiles.google.com/deathcommand Hans Lee

    Dear Trolls
    Okay but really.
    To all those saying RIM sucks.

    Make some money like they did.
    And remember that without BlackBerry, there probably wouldn’t have been an iPhone or Android to begin with.

    If you trolls don’t care about Android that is fine.
    Go talk about it here tipb or here AndroidCentral
    You can meet other trolls like yourselves.

    <3 Hans

  • Anonymous

    Please bring the BB Touch 9870 to Tmo!

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