BlackBerry Style 9670

usability, portability, performance, price, design

72% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Nifty flip form factor. Great voice quality. Strong reception. Cheaper plan prices than with the Sprint version.

Short battery life. Pitiful app store. Few decent apps available.

Multimedia, Camera, and Conclusions Like all recent BlackBerrys, the Style is a good music player and a so-so video player. The standard-size 3.5mm headphone jack and side-mounted microSD card slots are helpful, but you must pull the battery cover...

Great build quality. BlackBerry 6 OS. Excellent voice quality.

External screen doesn't do enough. Weak selection of apps. Keyboard is a bit flat for a BlackBerry.

Conclusions Sprint offers an excellent array of texting phones and smartphones, and the Style fits neatly into the middle of that lineup. It requires a monthly plan that's more expensive than texting phones like the LG Rumor Touch ($49, 4 stars), but...

Nifty flip form factor. Great voice quality. Strong reception. Cheaper plan prices than with the Sprint version

Short battery life. Pitiful app store. Few decent apps available

As Research In Motion's lineup continues to age, the BlackBerry Style may be the nicest way yet to enjoy the platform; we're particularly fond of Boost Mobile's inexpensive plan prices.

Smartphone features in a flip format, fanstasic email service, easy setup, battery life

Browser slow compared to rivals, not as media savvy as many rivals, external screen could have been put to much better use, some services require the phone to be open to use

Overall, the BlackBerry Style is an excellent choice for BlackBerry users looking for a phone with reliable hardware, excellent voice features and basic web computing capabilities. Running on 0S 6, it has similar speed to its touchscreen cousin, the...

The BlackBerry Style isn't the most exciting BlackBerry device to hit the carriers, but it is affordable (in the US, at least). The Style might be a good fit for people who miss flip-style phones and want a handset with relatively compact dimensions,...

Comes with BlackBerry OS 6 ; Full QWERTY keyboard ; Browser faster than previous BlackBerry browsers ; Good call quality

Bulky ; Small selection of apps ; Short battery life ; Keys are flat

Clever external display ; Surprisingly good 5MP camera ; Responsive, comfortable keyboard ; Bright main display ; BB6 a major boost to web accuracy and more ; Price is right if on a cheap plan

Short battery life ; Android and iPhone more advanced for the price ; App store, browser, maps not quite up to par ; So-so call quality

Design and the secondary displayThe Style in many ways feels like a wide version of the short-lived Pearl Flip, although that's not a bad thing here. In the pocket, the clamshell isn't practically larger than its ancestor and is very easy to pul