BlackBerry Bold doesn't handle pavement well

Always looking to make lemonade out of lemons, the self-proclaimed BGizzle took the opportunity to inform prospective (and current) BlackBerry Bold owners of the handset's fragile nature. To no one's surprise, the naked Bold didn't stand up too well to pavement when dropped from about two feet -- maybe this is where a real metal bezel would come in handy? Anywho, we're not told whether or not the essential functions were fubared, but we'd recommend taking his advice and snapping up a skin / case before welcoming it to the world.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 17th 2008 8:03PM]

dang only 2 feet? i know that had 2 suck. but naturally thats the payoff in this era of anorexic thin mobiles... i still welcome the skinnies

[Orangecat Posted Aug 17th 2008 10:28PM]

well 2 feet may be a little low but I would expect my phone to have a few scratches or so if I dropped it on the street

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 17th 2008 10:54PM]

Didn't this come out July 11th? Oh ya, that was that other phone. This ones still not out a month later with no release date yet?
That sucks

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2008 9:13PM]

Agreed. I am also not enjoying seeing all these celebs getting their hands on the Bold while I am stuck with my 8700. How about a release date!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2008 1:57AM]

I love my Blackberry Curve and in a year when my contract expires I am thinking of getting the Bold for T-Mobile. But wow that is a really fragile piece of phone, I would hate to drop my Curve phone as it is, but these devices are starting to cost the price of a weeks worth of work soon to be so fragile is a shame...

http://www.tranharry.com/

[Pdexter Posted Aug 18th 2008 3:13AM]

Well they could use actual metal like E71 example.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2008 11:10AM]

I work for the Wireless Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC), a federally funded organization dedicated to promoting accessibility to wireless communications for people across the whole range of disabilities, both severe and moderate.

The issue of durability and toughness of wireless handsets is perhaps especially important for people with visual or motor function limitations (include the rapidly increasing numbers of elders in the developed world and elsewhere) who may have a greater likelihood of dropping things. Indeed, durability and toughness was identified as an important device feature by 62% of the respodents to our ongoing Survey of User Needs. It was the second most frequently identifed device feature after long battery life.

This concern with durability and toughness may become more pressing with the proliferation of touchscreen devices, though as OrangeCat noted above, any phone dropped onto the pavement from 2 feet will not look very good (I have direct evidence).

Anyway, details on our survey can be found at: http://www.wirelessrerc.org/for-consumers/survey-of-user-needs.html, and at our community site at: http://www.mywirelessreview.com/.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 23rd 2008 6:46PM]

well at least it has to be dropped..seems iphone does well cracking on their own. How is your doing by the way did they give you an exchange?