An Honest Dilemma, Would Appreciate Your Thoughts
First of all, don't flame me, bro. I've been a Blackberry user since 2010 after switching to a Bold 9700 from an iPhone 3G. I did it because I needed the productivity of the combined inbox and loved the keyboard, and I didn't (and don't) regret that decision. I also got my then girlfriend, now wife, to switch to a Blackberry, and she had a bit of a difficult time with it but we have enjoyed using BBM to talk with each other. By the way, I also bought a Playbook 64gb at full price the summer it came out only to see prices plummet months later.
Here's the dilemma. Her Torch is falling apart and my 9900 is falling apart. I've had Tmobile replace it twice in the last year, but I'm at the end of my patience even still.
She needs a new phone, she's on a different carrier too making it more difficult, and I am pained to say it but I can't figure out if it is worth waiting a month for the Z10 or just switching us both to an iPhone family plan. She needs a reliable phone because I work a lot and she needs to be able to get hold of me in an emergency. I'm not kidding when I say the Torch has slowed down to a crawl.
I want to give Blackberry a chance and the Z10 looks awesome. But I'm not sure I can wait a month... maybe more. I was really excited about Blackberry 10 and waited until this point because really, we both needed to switch to something new a month or two ago. But it's getting old. The delay is really unnecessary and not helpful to customers (like me) who are really wanting Blackberry to have a shot at success. They're not making it easy.
I'm sure I'll get attacked for just posing the question, which is a shame.