BlackBerry Torch 9810 hands-on!

By on Aug 3, 2011 at 10:01 PM
mobile August 3, 2011

In addition to getting some hands-on time with a retail version of the BlackBerry Bold 9900, we also got to spend some time with some other devices RIM just made official. The BlackBerry Torch 9810 packs the same form-factor as the original BlackBerry Torch, but updated specs help give it a nice boost compared to the first version. The Torch 9810 will launch on AT&T later this month with 4G HSPA+ connectivity, and it packs a 1.2GHz processor that was noticeably faster as we navigated around the BlackBerry 7 operating system. Rounding out the feature-set is 8GB of on-board storage and a somewhat disappointing 640 x 480-pixel display. Despite the display, we’re big fans of the faux metal finish on the back and the sharp metal accents around the whole phone. As far as the keyboard is concerned, it’s comparable with the original Torch, which wasn’t quite as easy to type on as a Bold or a Curve but definite;y got the job done. We wish RIM tweaked the design a bit — a high-end smartphone in this day and age should be a bit thinner — but we’re happy with it after some quick one-on-one time. Check out the rest of hands-on photos in the gallery below.

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  • Anonymous

    RIM has perfected mediocrity.
    Meh.

    • http://twitter.com/computer_tweets KW

      This phone definitely has advantages over the iPhone though.  We probably won’t see a 4G iPhone in several years, plus the processor on this BlackBerry is more powerful.

      • Anonymous

        And exactly what are the advantages over the iPhone4 or the newest Android handsets?  Clunkier OS that really was a 6.1 upgrade but marketed as 7 and will be replaced (and thus not upgraded) by a completely new QNX OS in 1 year?  A 1.2ghz CPU that would have been hot a year ago but right now isn’t dualcore.  A small screen with relatively low resolution?  A form factor that wasn’t that popular (based on sales of Torch 1).

        It’s got a nice keyboard…thats about it.  All the traditional advantages Blackberry enjoys – excellent battery life, good email, messaging and frugal data usage – aren’t advantages anymore as technology progresses.  

        For example, why do you want to be data frugal on a 4G network?  - thats good for the network carrier, not good for the owner of the phone (esp when web browsing).  

      • http://www.facebook.com/hunterdeuling Jean Robert Hunter Deuling

        Baopham.  I am currently using an iPhone 4.  And I can tell you the Messaging on a BB is second to none.

        if you want apps and to surf the web, etc, then the iPhone is for you.  but if you are a hardcore message person, then maybe the BB.  

        I miss my BB.  I had a 8900, 9650 and a storm2.  I do not miss the storm.  But I miss the others.  As I use my phone for messaging and mostly writing emails on the go.  And that is its advantage.

        The phone is made for basic web surfing.  But I do not do that.  I have a iPad and Galaxy Tab for that as well as a MacBook Air.  I use my phone to stay in touch, phone calls and emails. 

        I have not found a phone yet that competes with BB on that front.  

        So it depends on what you want.  Every phone has advantages and disadvantages.  And believe me I tried most of them.  I currently on my desk, have a Motorola Milestone, Sony Ericsson X10, Nokia N8, Nokia 6700, iPhone 4, iPhone 3G, Nexus S, original iPad and a original Galaxy Tab.  I like them all for different reasons.  I gave my BB away to friends. and I honestly miss my keyboard and the BB message stream.

      • Anonymous

        Hey turdboy, who gives a fcuk about dual core except you Android nerds that need specs to make you feel like you made a great decision on your phone purchase?

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  • http://twitter.com/bradleyjp Bradley Petrik

    A hands-on of an entirely mediocre device that will not function properly.

  • C B

    How many times can you RE-release the same phone? Move over P. Diddy,
    there’s a new “King of the Remix” Official press release statement from
    Research In Motion on claiming the title: “Takethat, takethat”

    • Anonymous

      The iPhone always looks the same. It even looks like my iPod.

    • BlahBlah

       If Apple would have patented the “re-release of the same thing” idea as they have been doing in the last while, they could be making even more.

    • Anonymous

      But HTC releasing 8 phones that all look exactly the same is ok with you?  Or the Iphone that hasn’t changed one iota since inception?
      So sick of this stupid nonsense.

    • zacamandapio

      The changes from the iphone 3g to the 3gs were the most revolutionary of all time.
      /s

  • Anonymous

    Always thumb-in with your grips on these phones. It’s weird.

  • Guest

    “…wasn’t quite as easy to type on as a Bold or a Curve but definite;y got the job done.”
    So where’s the sem on the new Torch, eh?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DYCDEGW7TZVMRDGCWZU72JTOYA Jillian Vaughan

    I just paid $22.84 for an iPad 2 (64 GB) and my girlfriend loves her Panasonic Lumix GF 1 Camera that we got for $38.76 there arriving tomorrow by UPS. I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $674 which only cost me $62.81 to buy. Here is the website we use to get it all from, CentHub.com

  • Max

    who gives a shit?

    • Applesucksfatties

      hey knobgobbler…just admit that you are a closet BB fan and get on with your life.  You have to be, considering all of the time you spend posting about RIM on iBGR.

    • Anonymous

      There he is!  The TRUE RIM fanboy!

    • Steve Jenkins

      Max, how do you keep getting out of your straight jacket?

  • Applesucksfatties

    i don’t see why AT&T brass have such a hard on for this phone….personally (imo), the 9900 is the Rolls Royce of smartphones and AT&T should be pushing it instead of the Torch.

    • Eduardo Especial

      Because it’s the best of both worlds — touchscreen slab and physical keyboard BBs — instead of just the best of one, as with the 9900. Plus it’s got a better camera than the 9900. 

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