Funny how one person posts a story, and the entire tech-loving Internet picks it up. Turns out that the Boy Genius dropped his BlackBerry Bold over the weekend. Nevermind the fact that he actually has one. He says it happened while opening his trunk, and that it was from two feet high. Unless he has a smart car, then no, it was higher than two feet. And guess what? It cracked. That’s usually what happens when an electronic device meets asphalt. So a ton of articles pop up on various blogs, asking if the Bold can really hold up. The moral of the story (and BG agrees): get a skin for your BlackBerry. And not just the Bold. Or, at least, if you don’t get a skin, don’t complain when you drop the thing and it breaks. If you want to see the damage for yourself, head over to the photo gallery. It actually doesn’t look all that bad.
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I have an 8830, which is awfully slippery without a case. I’ve dropped it ad least twice. The one that really sticks out to me- because my heart about stopped- was when I was typing one-handed (so the device was about chest-height) and it squirted out of my hand onto a hard, tiled floor. My device has several dings on the edges, but it’s still whole and functioning. Though it’s on the heavier an bulkier side compared to all the latest BlackBerry devices, I have grown to really appreciate the hardiness of the 8830.
Not sure what kind of car you drive, but when you are opening your trunk, it starts from the closed position (lid meets the rear bumper) which is only a couple of feet from the ground.
The amount of money we spend on these smartphones and we’re too cheap to buy a little insurance (skin, case, whatever)? Not me. It’s downright LUDICROUS to expect a Blackberry to survive a drop to asphalt or concrete or tile or ANY hard surface people! Protect your shxt or don’t whine later when you drop it! I tried to convince my wife of this when she got her Pearl, but NO, she just HAD to have it “skin free”. And dropped it at least a dozen times. It was beat up something AWEFUL. Lucky for her it developed other problems, and when VZW insurance provided a free replacement unit I was able to convince her to protect it this time around.
Oh, and folks, invest the two bucks (or less) in some screen protector films! Heck, my wife got 15 pre-cut and perfectly sized to her Pearl screen for like $8 shipped, well worth the money.
i dropped my bold twice..on concrete and (thank god) it’s still working perfectly…
i just bought my BBB(bold)
and my stupid colleague
dropped it on the table,
but it was not that high.
no worry.
OKAY – I have a Blackberry BOLD 9700 Series and LOVE IT!! Went thru 3 Curves in a 6 week period…Bold is much more durable.
I have it in a case and the case came unclipped and dropped on a wood floor….not a nick, scratch or bump an it works perfect!!!
Unless you beat the hell out of your phone and don’t take care of it, don’t post false facts.
I flung my BB Bold from the back of a motorcycle going about 45 mph down the road. It was like a cartoon moment as I watched it crash to the asphalt and the case crash open with the BB flying. When I went back to retrieve it, I could ALMOST see the scratch on the case. BB was working like a champ!!! I’d say that’s pretty darn durable.
I dropped my mums blackberry bold, i was doing my hair and i had it under my neck then i dropped it on floorboards and the red light wont stop flashiing but it works fine