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08-15-2011, 07:26 AM
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| |  The official I got my 9850/9860 thread
Just to keep things a little more organized. Post up your stories, first impressions, unboxing pics here!
Tell us what you like about the device and what you dont like....
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08-15-2011, 05:33 PM
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I have had mine for over a month. I like it.
That is all.
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08-16-2011, 02:56 AM
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Greg - After a months use, how do you feel about the bottom buttons?
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08-16-2011, 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by greggebhardt  I have had mine for over a month. I like it.
That is all. | wanna sell/trade it to me??
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08-16-2011, 04:58 PM
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I think we also need a thread for those that can't get it, cause MTS in Winnipeg has no idea when or if it will be available. 
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08-18-2011, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by NobleSix Greg - After a months use, how do you feel about the bottom buttons? | The buttons do not bother me. I am also a Samsung Galaxy S2 that is all touch except the home button. Both work well and I find nothing wrong with the 9860 buttons. Others it is driving them crazy! Quote:
Originally Posted by dictoresno wanna sell/trade it to me?? | I am keeping mine but if you really want one, I can get a new AT&T units with factory plastic for $1k plus shipping. That is what my contact charges me. These are not test units but full AT&T units with all of their AT&T stuff installed.
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08-18-2011, 10:30 PM
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Just wait a few more days... they will be on craigslist and kijiji for 500 bones unlocked!
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08-19-2011, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by greggebhardt The buttons do not bother me. I am also a Samsung Galaxy S2 that is all touch except the home button. Both work well and I find nothing wrong with the 9860 buttons. Others it is driving them crazy!
I am keeping mine but if you really want one, I can get a new AT&T units with factory plastic for $1k plus shipping. That is what my contact charges me. These are not test units but full AT&T units with all of their AT&T stuff installed. | how do u like the SGS2?
any pics?
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08-20-2011, 12:24 AM
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I can't wait to add my comments to this thread come Sunday morning. Whoohoo! I'm insanely paying full price as I'm NO WHERE near upgrade yet, but I don't care. I had a Torch for a while, but couldnt' stay with ATT...so I'm definately excited about this...
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08-21-2011, 03:55 PM
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Where are all the sprint users that were saying they wanted this phone and couldn't wait and were gonna get it as soon as it comes out?
It would be nice to hear some real world reviews on build quality and how this thing really functions from real people.
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08-21-2011, 05:41 PM
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Got mine today, so far only let down is no Weatherbug on BB AppWorld. Everything so far so good, jives with the Playbook on both tether and bridge, virtual keyboard is way better than I thought it was going to be! Very Happy :-)
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08-21-2011, 06:00 PM
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Those of us still up in the air about getting the new bold or torch demand some pictures lol
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08-21-2011, 06:57 PM
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Hey guys. I know lots of us Storm users are disappointed in the Crackberry reviews of this device. I want a review from a pure touchscreen user perspective. Would anybody do the honour of write an extensive re-review of the Torch 9850/9860 directed towards touchscreen users only? It would be much appreciated!
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08-21-2011, 09:10 PM
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The request for a non partial review is going to be difficult if us Sprint people have never had a touchscreen. I personally only had a EVo for about a week before I went back to my 9650. Not because I didn't like the touchscreen, but because it was NO blackberry. I am a faithful blackberry addict. And so far, the 9850 is everything that I wanted it to be. The touchscreen is easy to use, responsive and as accurate as any other touch screen I've seen. The people that say its hard to use in portrait I can't agree with. I wouldn't think it any harder to use than an iPhone keyboard in portrait. So...yeah, I got one...I'm happy.
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08-21-2011, 09:15 PM
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| | Bought my 9850 today
I purchased my 9850 today from Sprint. I'm moving up from a AT&T 9700.
So far, I like it. It's definitely lighter than the 9700, and I'm used to not having a physical keyboard since my wife has a Galaxy S.
The activation over WiFi to my BESX server was smooth, although for the first time ever (over 5 years), I had an activation error - two saved messages (out of four) didn't migrate. I don't think I'm going to miss them. 
For browsing, I have noticed the browser "lock up" for about 5-10 seconds, but only when in landscape mode, and only on one particular site. It's probably because of some heavy javascript, and when I switched to portrait, the issue went away. Take this with a grain of salt, as this is not a statistically significant sample size to make any determination as to the performance of the browser.
Flipping through pictures on the SD card is VERY snappy, especially when compared to the stuttering from my 9700.
BIS email setup through the setup wizard was very easy for one of my Google Apps email accounts.
I also have Google Voice, and I love the integration Sprint has with GV. No longer will I have to select "call from google voice" when I make an outbound call - when I added the Sprint phone number to my GV account, it asked me if I wanted to change my GV number to my Sprint number OR make it so my phone defaults to using my GV number for calls and texts. VERY nice.
One minor issue here - the Google Voice app (downloaded from m.google.com) is not ready for the 9850. The main screen is tiny, and when I exit, it "blanks" the screen. I can click the application key, and it'll pop up the menu and let me switch to an application, and then select home to get back to home. I suspect this behavior is one of the reasons why many of the apps that I had on my 9700 are showing as not available for my 9850 in the App Store.
My SiriusXM app doesn't work - I put in my login information and it says the service is temporarily unavailable. Still works on my 9700.
Application Storage space is showing 156.1 MB. I have probably around half my applications loaded, but almost all of the big ones (Facebook, AstraSync, etc) are already on. I haven't cleaned up any of the pre-loaded stuff from Sprint, and I've actually installed some of them to take a look.
Sprint/RIM did not include any holster or sleeve for the phone, and I'll be taking a look through shopcrackberry.com to find something for it.
So, final verdict? I like it. It's fast, the important (for me) apps run, and I'm no longer jealous of my wife's Android device.
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