Manufacturer Research In Motion Related | Availability by country December 2011 | |
Compatible networks Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks: 850/900/1,800/1,900 MHz
Tri band 3G UMTS networks: 850/1,900/2,100 MHz Successor BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9982 Form factor Wide-set physical keyboard smartphone | ||
The BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9981 is a high-end luxurious smartphone by Research In Motion and Porsche Design. Released in December 2011, it resembles the latest model of the Bold 9900, even sharing most of its hardware components. They both share the same Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8655 CPU clocked at 1.2 GHz, 768 MB of RAM, a 2.8-inch (71 mm) TFT capacitive touchscreen (built on 88µm pixel) capable of multi-touch with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels and the same 5.0-megapixel EDOF rear camera capable of 720p HD video recording with and an LED flash. The major visual differences, are with the styling which include a unibody full stainless steel frame and authentic leather rear door. Porsche Design changed the aesthetics of the device by adding a uniquely styled metal QWERTY keyboard laid across four straight rows that are set into the steel frame, each row of keys divided by a space, along with custom menu buttons.
It runs the BlackBerry OS 7 upgradeable to 7.1 and features a custom user interface, modified by Porsche Design. Aside from this, the software contained within the device itself is parallel to that of the Bold 9900.