Thread: First images of the BlackBerry Bold 9790 leaked!

Have a look, fresh images of the Bold 9790 have hit your screen today! There have been a lot of rumors of a Onyx device and whether RIM would market this smaller Bold touchscreen. It now looks as though that may become reality as these images show a rather recent prototype of the device running OS 7. What do you think about the 9790 (Onyx?)? Is it your type of device?

source:RealityMirror

Big question is why?
Why make this while you just announced the 9900/9930?
I think they build this to see if they can make the integration between phone and tablet better. 1 OS for all devices.
Can't imagine this being released, if ever, before 2012. Seeing the model numbers I think this should be a lower end model then the 97** line, or is it just me japping?
I love new models leaking though, but Cookie is waiting for his 9900/9930 Some nice old school 9000 look a like.
Man I loved my 9000:07:

I think they want to see if a smaller Bold will appeal to the market.

I think this a waste of time, they should be working on their next gen phones that will finally run QNX. Besides a smaller screen would suck for a touch screen.

Originally Posted by RICO123

I think this a waste of time, they should be working on their next gen phones that will finally run QNX. Besides a smaller screen would suck for a touch screen.

I agree about making a suckie touch screen with a smaller screen.

Originally Posted by Joe Jerde

I think they want to see if a smaller Bold will appeal to the market.

You mean that this would be a "let's see how the market reacts" model?
Could be, they leak pics and see the reactions.

Originally Posted by Poita316

You mean that this would be a "let's see how the market reacts" model?
Could be, they leak pics and see the reactions.

I think there is a lot of this that goes on. Instead of a secluded group of fanboy employees, leak a few devices and see what the masses say.

I believe it is called "running a test on Blackberry and non-Blackberry users and fanatics to see if it is worth making a buck of it, or better yet let people see "that new bb quantum infinity 12430squared," get feedback-run a simple analysis of comments from us and then make 2 bucks instead of one. Torch 5 soon? I swear someone told me it was on the way, and it has a coffee maker built in too! On that note I will stick with the 9700 I like for now and hit Starbucks. RIM then says well lets release a 6 without a coffee maker and we win. Done. Business 101..