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"Voice calls sounded excellent: crisp, clear, and with plenty of gain in both directions. Reception was average. The Bold 9700 came out on top in back-to-back comparisons with an iPhone 3GS, and about the same as an LG Shine II."

"Call quality was good...audio was mostly clear with plenty of volume and minimal background noise. There were a couple of occasions, however, where the audio cut out, but these were isolated incidents and didn't prevent us from continuing with the phone call. Friends were also fairly pleased with the sound quality."

"Call quality is good, and the volume is nice and loud, though we can't help but feel the speaker phone is a bit weaker than the 9000's, but that could just be our weakening hearing, of course."

"Call quality is excellent, with plenty of volume available from the earpiece, and clear noise-free audio from the microphone."

"The actual ear speaker seems less recessed than previous BlackBerrys and we could hear callers loud and clear using the ear speaker."

"During our test calls, voice quality was very good. When talking to a friend on a landline, she said we sounded clear, and that she couldn’t hear any background noise. Likewise, we were able to hear her without any missed words."

"The smartphone does quite a nice job as a multimedia smartphone. Though the built-in media player isn't very flashy, music playback sounded rich and had a nice balance of treble and bass across several genres, including hip-hop, classical, and pop."

"The Bold 9700 is a great music player. Out of the box, it syncs with both PCs and Macs, including syncing unprotected iTunes music and playlists—still an awesome feature. The Bold 9700 comes with wired stereo earbuds, and a side-mounted, standard-size 3.5mm headphone jack makes upgrading simple."

"The Bold 9700’s crisp display made watching videos a pleasure, and it comes with a 2GB microSD Card for loading your own music and videos."

"BlackBerry OS 5.0's fairly plain native music app lets you view your library by song, artist, or genre. During playback, a miniature album thumbnail appears. The app also has playlist and shuffle features, and a headphone equalizer."

"All the functions you'd hope for [in a media player] are there: shuffle, repeat, playlists and categorising by album/artist etc.... Couple that with a nice-looking album art displaying interface, and it's perfectly feasible the MP3 player on the 2 9700 could replace an MP3 player, providing you use a big enough microSD card."

"The Bold 9700 doubles as an adequate multimedia device for playing music and videos, and it comes with a 2GB microSD card for loading up your own conten.... The Bold 9700 syncs with music on a PC ."