Coming soon to Three – BlackBerry Bold 9900


RIM’s thinnest BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphone, the BlackBerry Bold 9900, with the new BlackBerry 7 OS will be available on Three this summer.

This latest addition to Three’s BlackBerry range features a brushed stainless steel frame and provides an easier and faster user experience with improved browsing, voice-activated searches, the ability to manage personal content separately from corporate content using BlackBerry® Balance™, as well as additional personal and productivity apps out of the box.

The Liquid Graphics touch screen delivers faster, smoother and more responsive touch-based navigation – great for browsing the web, viewing pictures, watching video and playing games. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 also features BlackBerry’s trusted QWERTY keyboard and BlackBerry Messenger.

Sylvia Chind, head of handsets said, “The BlackBerry Bold 9900, with the new feature-packed BlackBerry 7 operating system, is an excellent addition to the Three smartphone range. Our award winning 3G network will bring the new operating system to life so that our customers can be free to browse the web quickly and download apps on this slim new phone.”

Key features include:

  • BlackBerry® 7 operating system
  • Liquid Graphics™ touch screen
  • Support for high speed 4G/HSPA+ wide area wireless networks
  • Orientation Sensor (Accelerometer), Digital Compass (Magnetometer), Proximity Sensor
  • NFC technology
  • 5.0 MP camera, supports 720p HD video recording
  • 1.2 GHz Processor, 768 MB RAM

Notes to Editors

Contact information.

Name Three Consumer PR Team
Phone 020 7234 9150
Email three@cowpr.com

About Three

Three is a communications company. We are focused on challenging the industry to make mobile better for everyone.

We want to give customers a quality mobile experience and address the industry issues that frustrate them.

We were the first UK network to introduce all-you-can-eat data and offer 4G at no extra cost. We let customers roam abroad with their domestic bundle for no extra charge and do not charge for calling 0800 numbers.

We continue to look at ways of improving the experience we offer our customers.

Three carries over 45% of the UK’s mobile data. Our 3G network covers 98% of the UK population.

We launched 4G in 2014 and plan to have 50 cities and 200 towns covered by 4G by December 2014. By the end of 2015 98% of the population will be able to access 4G through a combination of new sites and deploying new spectrum.

Three is a member of the HWL group of companies, with investments in mobile operations in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Macau, Sri Lanka, Sweden and Vietnam.

Three employs over 4,400 people across its offices in Maidenhead, Glasgow and Reading and its 345 retail stores.

For more information visit www.three.co.uk.

 

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