general opinion of the storm 2

[Jamaximum]

Originally Posted by Mrluky

in my opinion,the storm 2 is the greatest phone rim has made to date. some people disagree but the have not taken a real look at this device,It is a phone before its time and is still hanging around because there are people who feel the same way i do.

Agree 100% and after trying the crappy 9860 I agree even more.

[FuzzyB]

Originally Posted by Mrluky

in my opinion,the storm 2 is the greatest phone rim has made to date. some people disagree but the have not taken a real look at this device,It is a phone before its time and is still hanging around because there are people who feel the same way i do.

WOW...while I agree the Storm 2 was a great device it is nowhere near as good as the os7 devices. I had an S2 for 18 months and thought I had found a very unique device that I loved very much...but it is just old technology.

Now if they would have that device with os7 specs I would more than likely own one.

[lssanjose]

Originally Posted by Jamaximum

Agree 100% and after trying the crappy 9860 I agree even more.

I liked the s2, for what it was, but didn't get the right TLC

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[kthhrrsn]

I had the Storm 2 (and the original Storm before that) ever since it came out, and I LOVED it!! It lasted an incredibly long time for me. I'm a very heavy user. I finally upgraded to a Bold 9930 a couple of days before Christmas (OS 7.1) because I dropped it outside (for the one millionth time) and this time the screen broke.

The thing I really like about the Storm 2 is the fact that without a physical keyboard, there's a heck of a lot of screen real estate. That was important for me when reading email, surfing the net, and quite importantly, watching movies. Yes...I would frequently load up my 16GB card with movies for International flights. It had double the storage of the 1st Storm, so I had all of the apps that I needed. Great BB! Those who slam the Storm name didn't use them. I will say that the 1st Storm was a bit buggy, which was surprising for RIM. I had owned several BB's before my original Storm and never had an OS issue. They just worked.

Storm 2 was far better. And I kept mine until it died (or...until I killed it!!). I went right from OS 5.XX to 7.1 on my Bold. I will say, I do now really, really LOVE the Bold!! IT NOW HAS HOTSPOT!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd pick the Storm 2 if you're into an older BB model.

[kthhrrsn]

Originally Posted by Mrluky

in my opinion,the storm 2 is the greatest phone rim has made to date. some people disagree but the have not taken a real look at this device,It is a phone before its time and is still hanging around because there are people who feel the same way i do.

I agree completely! Those idiots out there running around with their iPhones & Androids couldn't compete with what I could do with my Storm2!! I traded in my Storm for the Storm 2 about a month after it was released. I finally killed it last month...just before Christmas! So, my Christmas gift to myself was an upgrade to the Bold 9930. I will say that I've fallen in love all over again...

Since I have a couple of tablets & don't rely on my BB to watch movies on planes anymore, I decided to go back to the physical keyboard. But I'm THRILLED with the fact that the Bold ALSO has a touch screen! I've gotten so used to the touch screen over the years that I wasn't sure I could live without one...and now I don't!! I really do use the keyboard, trackpad, & touch screen! It's nice to have options...

[i7guy]

I've had my s2 going on two years. I have an iPad 2 and an upgrade but I can't see upgrading to an iPhone. Waiting for bb10.

[TurboTiger]

Originally Posted by i7guy

I've had my s2 going on two years. I have an iPad 2 and an upgrade but I can't see upgrading to an iPhone. Waiting for bb10.

I just did it.

Have an iPad2 (Christmas present for my wife)
My VZ contract was up on my Storm2.
So I went with the iPhone 4S

Using iPhone native app for Syncing my Calendar, Contacts and mail with Google.

Using iPhone native Reminders for Tasks (syncs to iCoud with I can access iCloud on my XP laptop
Using iPhone native Notes for MemoPad and it also sync to iCloud.

But most of my memopad items I moved to Google Docs.

All of these are syncing wirelessly with not action taken on my part.

My Storm2 served me well but I couldn't wait and I just need a change. The iPad opened myself to the Apple world.

Good Luck

[jayberrys]

Originally Posted by bbmad

i was thinking of either getting the storm 2 or a torch to replace my bold 9700.
what does everyone think

stay as far from the storm series as you can! I broke mine into a thousand peaces and mailed it to RIM! It never worked properly! Always had problems with all 5 replacements! Its the worse phone to have!

[n1smo]

Ha! Just bought a Droid 3 from one of my guys at work for 100 bucks. Verizon gets no new contract from me, and I finally get to say goodbye to this POS Blackberry. Rooted and wifi hotspot activated and surfing the Internet typing this post out on the iPad 2. So much win. Still haven't decided what I want to do with the 9550 but no matter what, it will involve the phone ending up in a million pieces recorded on video and uploaded to YouTube. Heck, I'll probably be using the HD camera on this Droid3 to record and upload the death of the BB. If only it is that easy to kill RIM...

[BadGoliath42]

Wow, so many haters on this forum. The Storm 2 is certainly not the best Blackberry out there, but if half the time you took to write this post was invested on finding a solution on internet, it would have avoided you a lot of trouble and anger.

I have a Storm 2 since 2009, and even if I had some problems with it, I still like what it can do. I think SurePress was a good idea for it's confirmation function, but wasn't used at it's full potential. A big screen back then a a big plus to watch movies and surf internet, and still is, but you have choice today. OS 5 is a bit laggy at times on this platform, but it's got at least all the new generations apps.

When it was becoming too laggy to type due to memory leak, I would soft reset, and once a year, hard reset. Was good as new after that for a couple of months, no lag at all. Rest of the time I use MemoryBooster to speed up a bit. All these steps are certainly not user-friendly, and most people won't bother, but at least I can still enjoy my phone without paying for another one.

Keep in mind that these problems are mostly about the Storm, and should not be generalised to all Blackberries, as some here seems to do. I would not suggest you a Storm, it's a bit out of date, but all Torches and the Curve 9380 are equivalent for the big screen touch experience.

[bmw328i]

I had storm 1,2 My BB storm 2 was the best!!!! I had reception everywhere,my kids have Android they always had bad reception at the mall. I have the BB Torch 9850 A.K.A storm 3 in my opinion get the BB 9850 you will be happy with the phone and yes I loved my storm 2 (I still have it)but 7 software is great and don't forget to buy your playbook too and bridge them together ! That's how I roll

[snowindec9]

the storm series was the most hated upon.they were rim's worst product release.the torch 9850/60 is good but the bbx london will be the device you should buy.

[n1smo]

^^^
Agreed, unfortunately for RIM, it is the first product I've purchased from them and it will be the last because of it. I send a lot of hate out there and it is therapeutic for me after putting up with this thing for 2 years. My wife is still running hers and I'll probably give her this Droid 3 after I upgrade to a iPhone 5 or something. This android is pretty awesome, very responsive and does everything I want it to do. Google nav is pretty amazing too.

[pengweiliang]

The S2 was my first BB and I did love it at first. However, over a period of about 19 months owning one, I've developed some sort of a love-hate relationship with it. Next month I'm going to trade it in for an iphone!

I'm not going to say that the fans were wrong. There is no doubt that the S2 is a good looking phone and it functions satisfactorily enough for me to make calls, type emails and sms's. If you install opera browser, you can even get a rather impressive web browsing experience.

What killed the S2 experience for me was the fact that the phone would just go into one of its moods and start resetting at random or becoming so painfully laggy due to the memory leaks. The memory leaks happened to me once every two months. Throughout my time with the S2, it's been a constant ritual of battery pulls and reformatting software. Over the last few months, i've also been getting white screens with error messages and then crash.

I liked my BB very much and i wanted it to function as best as it could. I tried methods like getting bejoose and batteryplus to make it better, but the fact that i needed to purchase 3rd party software to make the phone better made me think that the phone wasn't as good as it should have been.

I've avoided the iphone like the plague because i wanted something unique, unfortunately, the S2 for me was unique in a way that it was mainly a full-time problem and a part-time phone, which i didn't need.

[chisler]

I had an S2 prior to this 9930. The storm 2 was a workhorse for me. I had the home screen configured so I rarely had to leave it, the reception was better than on this 9930, the music player was rather good also. For me, I loved it, and still use it for music.

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