BlackBerry Torch 9800 Disadvantages

 

 BlackBerry Torch 9800

Introduction

The BlackBerry Torch is not the first phone to give you both a full hardware QWERTY keyboard and an ample touchscreen in a smartphone setting. But it’s a debut for BlackBerry and one that will probably shape the future for the next generation of RIM phones. The supplied 6th version of the BlackBerry OS is looking to balance user-friendliness and performance, tradition and creativity in the latest BlackBerry touch products..

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 is the usual impressively built gadget, the ultimate email machine.

One would think RIM is among the lucky few phone makers that could’ve for ever pretended the iPhone didn’t exist. When your devices are in a class of their own and you’re a household name in corporate services, it’s easy to believe you’re special.

Key features

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• 3G with HSPA support
• 3.2" 16M-color multi-touch capacitive touchscreen of 360 x 480 pixel resolution
• 5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and VGA video recording
• BlackBerry OS 6
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• Built-in GPS with BlackBerry maps preloaded
• 4 GB internal storage and a hot-swappable microSD card slot
• Nice design and build quality
• 3.5mm standard audio jack
• Accelerometer sensor for screen auto-rotate
• Bluetooth v2.1 and microUSB v2.0
• Document viewer
• Optical trackpad
• Good audio quality
• DivX and XviD support

Main disadvantages:

• Comes pricey
• No document editing without a paid upgrade
• Interface needs more polishing
• No FM radio
• No web browser Flash support
• No dedicated video-call camera
• No email support or BlackBerry maps without BlackBerry Internet Service account
• Loudspeaker way too quiet