BlackBerry Bold 9700
memory
How are they gonna make a Bold 2 and have the memory be smaller??? thats retarded! After they made the quality of the screen better, the camera better, and the battery life better, and then leave you with on 128mb of memory to start off with!
I honestly think that BB would do so much better if they built in the memory like the i-phone does! Then they could compete even more!!!!
Well theres my two cents(sense)! 😛
I honestly think that BB would do so much better if they built in the memory like the i-phone does! Then they could compete even more!!!!
Well theres my two cents(sense)! 😛
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You can put up to a 32 GB card in it, and memory cards are getting to be cheaper every day.
Also, some carriers may elect to include a memory card, so it still may come with 1GB or more of memory right out of the box.
...which is part of why they do it that way. It gives carriers the flexibility to offer it with a lot of memory, or offer the phone cheaper. Carriers like having that kind of flexibility, and the opportunity to differentiate against other carriers.
Also, some carriers may elect to include a memory card, so it still may come with 1GB or more of memory right out of the box.
...which is part of why they do it that way. It gives carriers the flexibility to offer it with a lot of memory, or offer the phone cheaper. Carriers like having that kind of flexibility, and the opportunity to differentiate against other carriers.
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Limited internal memory would not be a such a big deal if you could run applications from the memory card. Even the iPhone only has 128mb ram, but it has tons of storage for applications.
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http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/blackberrybold9 ... »
Looks like if you go directly to the RIM website it does show the phone has a full 256 MB onboard.
Looks like if you go directly to the RIM website it does show the phone has a full 256 MB onboard.
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That's the raw hardware number. About half of that it taken up by system files you can't delete. That's why we show 128 MB in our specs, which is about the amount actually available to the user.
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There's nothing wrong with half and it shouldn't cause any problems. I didn't mean to imply otherwise.
It's quite normal for all phones to have that kind of difference between raw hardware memory and the amount actually available to the user.
It's quite normal for all phones to have that kind of difference between raw hardware memory and the amount actually available to the user.
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128mb may not be right. Crackberry is reporting 256mb which is more in line with what higher line Blackberrys have been coming with lately.
http://crackberry.com/blackberry-bold-9700-review »
http://crackberry.com/blackberry-bold-9700-review »
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Just go to the RIM Website and you will see that it does have 256mb. Crackberry is correct. Phone Scoop made a boo boo. Wish it was the same size as the Bold1, still not convinced the Bold2 is that much better than the Bold1 to make me want to re-up my contract for another 2 years. This is the first time I have a phone that I like so much that I don't feel I need to upgrade and am now off contract and like it that way.
MIF
MIF
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256 is the raw hardware number. That's not the number we use in our specs, because it's deceptive. We try to list the amount actually available to the user (not taken up by system files). To us, that seems like the more useful number.
We have a Bold 9700, and trust us, 128 MB is what's actually available to the user.
We have a Bold 9700, and trust us, 128 MB is what's actually available to the user.
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Thanks for clearing that up. Having 128 mb left after the OS is very good 😁
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Hi Rich,
That is admirable but I think in your review you should write 256mb (128mb available user memory). This would be more accurate, stating just 128mb gives the impression there is only a total of 128mb that can be used for both system files and the user. Probably should do that in all reviews. If this is stated somewhere else then I must have missed it, I tend to go right to the specs. Thanks for all the time you put in giving us all these reviews.
MIF
That is admirable but I think in your review you should write 256mb (128mb available user memory). This would be more accurate, stating just 128mb gives the impression there is only a total of 128mb that can be used for both system files and the user. Probably should do that in all reviews. If this is stated somewhere else then I must have missed it, I tend to go right to the specs. Thanks for all the time you put in giving us all these reviews.
MIF
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