I recently migrated from 9700 to 9780. To be honest it was not the experience that I expected. I know I should have known better since we all know what major improvements have been made. I thought to post my fndings thus far:
The good:
1. Memory: the fact that you can install enough applications is great. Running OS6 on 9700 would limit the amount of apps, but on this machine, I never have to look at my memory bar.
2. Camera: the 5 megapixel camera is awesome. you may not notice much difference on the phone itself when you look at a picture, but once transfered on to bigger screen, you realize how cleaner it is.
The bad:
1. Slow: I cannot tell the difference between the 9700 and the 9780 in terms of speed. They're both sluggish and not up to par
2. OS6 bugs: OS6 still has a few bugs and needs some tweaks.
Bottom line: if I was able to reverse what I've done and stay on the 9700 waiting for the Dakota, I would have done it.
If you can live without a 5megapixel camera and the fact that you don't need all that memory, then you can definitely hold on to getting the 9780.
A) Memory - they both have the same amount of memory so the amount available for apps and such should be a moot point.
B) OS 6 - This surprises me as the 9780 was designed around OS 6 whereas the 9700 got it as an "afterthought". I'd have thought the "bugs" would have been worked out.
Thanks for sharing your impressions.
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I must admit that I haven't seen enough improvement between the 9700 and 9780 to warrant switching. It's not as significant an upgrade like the 8700 to the 9000 was. The improvement between the 9000 and 9700 wasn't that great either, but I went for the 9700 to get away from the 9000's trackball.
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Sorry you aren't pleased with your devices new features. The good side is once the Dakota drops, you could sell the 9780 for a nice chunk of change torward it. Then you'd have a new (and awesome) device and still be working on that upgrade.
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yeah application storage has literally quadrupled.. my phone has been on for 3 consecutive days and i still have 259.8 MB of free space. Whereas, on the 9700, I'd be hanging by a string of a couple of megs at the end of the day. Still, I only upgraded to the 9780 because I had sold my 9700 prior to a short intermezzo with an HTC Desire HD and I wanted to switch back to Blackberry.. If you're willing to put up with an occasional battery pull, sit tight with the 9700 and wait for better things to come.