Released in December 2011, it was a variant of the latest model of the Bold 9900, sharing all of its internal hardware components.
[1][2] They both shared the same Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8655 CPU clocked at 1.2 GHz, 768 MB of RAM, a 2.8-inch (71 mm) TFT multi-touch capacitive touchscreen (built on 88μm pixel) with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels, and the same 5.0-megapixel EDOF rear camera capable of 720p video recording, and an LED flash.
The major difference was the exterior case, which included a unibody stainless steel frame and leather rear door.
Porsche Design changed the aesthetics of the device by adding a metal QWERTY keyboard laid across four straight rows that were set into the steel frame, each row of keys divided by a space, along with custom menu buttons.
It ran the BlackBerry OS 7 and featured a custom user interface, modified by Porsche Design.