Comments on: Overheating BlackBerry Bold is a Japanese conspiracy

By: brian

brian — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:15:17 +0000

pft the blackberry bold issue where it over heats has nothing to do with the japanease only that these DEFECTIVE products just so happen to be sent to MOSTLY japan. I’m a canadian and also own a blackberry bold and have a bb that is overheating just like the japs, is there a canadian consperacy to? maybe aliens are running the government aswell. Get a clue, these are just defective units and there everywhere, but the japs got it the worst.

By: brian

brian — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:15:00 +0000

By: brian

brian — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:15:00 +0000

By: BlackBerry News From The Wire for the week of 3/2/2009 | BB Geeks

BlackBerry News From The Wire for the week of 3/2/2009 | BB Geeks — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:16:10 +0000

[...] the device completely. RIM released the device on NTT DoCoMo in Japan recently, and it has been pulled from shelves due to overheating concerns. The complaints started early, and the company sold only 4,000 before the problem became widespread [...]

By: BoldinJapan

BoldinJapan — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:17:30 +0000

A Bold user here-and I am Japanese.
I haven’t had the overheating problem with my unit so far, but some people reported the problem in Bold user communities online (Japanese), before DoCoMo made the decision to suspend its sales.
As for your ‘conspiracy theory,’ as much as I acknowledge that many Japanese industries have a protectionist tendency, I find your theory unfounded and unconvincing. There was quite an excitement among smart phone lovers when it was announced that Bold would be introduced to Japanese market. And considering the rivalry between DoCoMo and SoftBank (to whom they lost the exclusive sales deal of the iPhone) and how much efforts and money have gone into marketing and creating the hype, I doubt that they would cave in to the pressure from other domestic manufacturers or government just like that.
Whatever the cause is, I really hope they’ll fix the problem and start selling the Bold soon. There are lots of Japanese people wanting to become early adopters of this wicked technology!

By: BoldinJapan

BoldinJapan — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:17:00 +0000

By: Berry Reporter - NTT DoCoMo Pulls Bold from Shelves Due to Overheating

Berry Reporter - NTT DoCoMo Pulls Bold from Shelves Due to Overheating — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:41:53 +0000

[...] via BlackBerry Cool [...]

By: NTT DoCoMo will bring back the BlackBerry Bold | BlackBerry Cool

NTT DoCoMo will bring back the BlackBerry Bold | BlackBerry Cool — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:22:17 +0000

[...] Now if they can just figure out their overheating BlackBerry issues. [...]

By: JapanBolduser

JapanBolduser — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:18:35 +0000

As for the point about Blackberry vs local Japanese products, the Blackberry was brought in due to pressure from the Global companies etc. As most global companies are rolling out Blackberry devices as a global deployment.

By: JapanBolduser

JapanBolduser — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:18:00 +0000

By: JapanBolduser

JapanBolduser — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:18:00 +0000

By: JapanBolduser

JapanBolduser — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:18:00 +0000

By: JapanBolduser

JapanBolduser — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:18:00 +0000

By: JapanBolduser

JapanBolduser — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:15:34 +0000

I am using the Japanese Bold, I have a suspicion it could be due to the new 700ma charger. Initially when I charged it I was using the 700ma charger and the device felt “hot”, but since I had the previous NTT 8707h charger lying around which is rated 1000ma I’ve been using that and it doesn’t seem to have the heat problem. A colleague of mine is charging via USB and don’t have the heat issue.

I’m suspecting the 700ma 100-240V charger hasn’t been tested properly.
Japan is using 100V 50/60Hz.

By: JapanBolduser

JapanBolduser — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:15:00 +0000

I’m suspecting the 700ma 100-240V charger hasn’t been tested properly.
Japan is using 100V 50/60Hz.

By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:17:50 +0000

I have a bold and live in italy where 3G coverage is very good. And my bold does get really hot after some time on the phone. I actually have to end calls because it becomes unbearable. It never happened wqith all my prev bb’s.

So I believe this.

By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:17:00 +0000

So I believe this.

By: MarvinK

MarvinK — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:54:48 +0000

Hasn’t Orange (UK) stopped selling the Bold on 2 separate occasions because of heat and reliability issues? AT&T was many months late releasing the Bold because of heat/battery/performance issues. Neither of those countries have protectionism anywhere near the levels of the far east.

By: MarvinK

MarvinK — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:54:00 +0000

By: MarvinK

MarvinK — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:48:37 +0000

I think part of the issue with overheating Bolds has to do with the 3G networks they are talking on. I’ve been some places (San Luis Potosi, Mexico was the worst) where my Bold will drain in less than 12 hours… doing the same sorts of things I’d do at home in the US. Some of our BlackBerry Bolds run hotter than others.. and warmer than it seems a cell phone should run. I think RIM is definitely pushing the limits of the device.