Hands on: BlackBerry Bold 9700 Commuter Series OtterBox

by The PocketBerry Team

29 December 2009 2 Comments

The OtterBox is personally one of my favorite industrial cases for the BlackBerry. When I feel like having my phone naked, I’ll hook it up with a ZAGG Invisible Shield. A little while back, we told you about the BlackBerry Bold 9700 Commuter Series OtterBox launch. Later after that came the entry level Impact Series for it as well.We finally got our hands on it to see how well it went with the device. As you all know the Bold 9700 is very slim and a lot smaller than the original Bold. Infact, it is currently RIM’s slimmest QWERTY BlackBerry on the market. The Commuter is OtterBox’s mid-range case which is not as bulky as the Defender and not as slim as the Impact.

Being a two cover case, the Bold 9700 feels a lot more full in the hands and very comfortable. As we tested out Commuter cases in the past, we aren’t so surprised by the layers, but more oh so satisfied with the perfect fit. The convenience key buttons feel great and are very fashionable like the Storm 2 OtterBox cases. The rubber silicon fits on really tight and easy covering all corners where a hard shell comes and wraps right around it all. I struggled putting on the screen cover but that’s only because I don’t have the steady hand for it. The screen cover is really heavy duty and thick, but won’t be noticed at all once placed properly.

What we did not like was the cover for the headphone jack as it continues to be hard to keep the cover on it without popping out a little bit. That could just be me as I am very OCD about my BlackBerry looking sleek and uniform at all times. The USB cover didn’t give much trouble as the headphone jack did. Those two components do become necessary though as they will help protect your BlackBerry.

After reviewing Commuter case by OtterBox for the BlackBerry Bold 9700, I’ve decided to keep it on my personal device. OtterBox for BlackBerry starts at $19.99.