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Blackberry Bold 9000 by cre4rt on Sketchfab
 

The BlackBerry Bold 9000 comes in the form of a curved rectangle that fits in the palm of the hand, with about a centimetre of silver aluminium covering the edge, appearing on the front of the phone. On the sides, the aluminium trim has buttons on the right side and the left side has concave parts to connect the phone with different wires. Aside from the aluminium trim, the rest of the front of the phone appears to be a black plastic. At the top of the front of the phone is an indented space with a netting, and the BlackBerry logo right below it. Below the logo is the screen that takes up half the front of the phone. Below the screen are a row of buttons. In the centre is a rolling ball that has a silver trim embedded in the phone. To the left of the ball is a green phone icon and a group of curved shapes that represent the BlackBerry logo seen at the top of the phone screen. Then, to the right of the ball is a curved arrow and a red phone on top of a power symbol. Below the ball and buttons row, are an array of keyboard buttons that spell out the alphabet in white. On the same buttons, the buttons on the right side have numbers in red printed as well.

On the back of the phone, the texture looks like leather that takes up the majority of the backside. At the top centre of the back is an aluminium rectangle with an embossed BlackBerry logo, in the leather back. Within this rectangle are two parts that look like a flashlight and camera function. Below the aluminium rectangle, near the bottom third of the back area, is a white sticker. Printed on the sticker is ‘this is not a toy’ in english and different languages following in rows below the english. In a thin black marker at the bottom right corner of the sticker is handwritten: 2012. 3. Contrary to other cell phones which were actually in use, this display model does not contain any logos of service providers, making it apparent that it is for advertising only.

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