[Speedygi]

I just did! But I wouldn't recommend moving to Android either... their brand image is no good...
INQ CEO: Android is for geeks - Pocket-lint

There's a reason why People are flocking over to Android, you know, it being the equivalent to IOS...Its customizability...Its spec game...

Don't those things factor in?

[belfastdispatcher]

Look, I realize it's your money and all that, but WHY WHY WHY would anyone who's informed waste his money on an OS7 device right now with BB10 showing up in perhaps 3-4 months time?

I don't buy the argument of 'OS7 is the best Blackberry EVAR!!!'. Yes, it's the best of an increasingly stale lot but it's practically outdated now. During the last Blackberry JAM dev conference, NOT ONE article on Crackberry was dedicated to new apps coming on OS7. Every bit of (good) news concerned the Playbook and BB10.

In a few months you should have a new wave of blackberry with far more beautiful UI, intuitive OS, better camera tech, better cameras, faster CPUs, better RAM and most likely an end to the laggy, unstable experience many of us have with our OS7 devices.

Not to mention that BB10 will support LTE from Day 1!

So go ahead and buy a 9900. In 4 months time the people egging you on to buy one now will be bragging and crowing about browsing at LTE speeds with their shiny new, high res BBs with loads of killer apps.

It's simple, BB10 is high end, OS7 is low end, a person on a budget will buy OS7 even 1-2 years from now, not everybody wants the latest and greatest and not everybody wants to be an early adopter.

Is that really so hard to understand?

PS it will be 1-2 years after BB10 gets launched that the corporate world will adopt BB10, everything moves a lot slower for them.

[jakie55]

You are using a Curve 8520 which was released with OS 4.6, 256MB RAM and EDGE speeds. If you try a Bold 9900 with OS 7.1, 1.2GHZ Scorpio Snapdragon Processor, 768MB RAM, and HSPA+ speeds then you would probably reconsider leaving BlackBerry.

Granted, the BB form factor is not shiny nor are the specs spectacular, but the devices do what they were designed to do. My move from my 8530 to android, was because I lost too many calls when I moved to a new location. The company did not fail me...my circumstances changed. Now that I am in an area where the "weaker" curve will work, I am back happily using it. IF I had gotten better advice, and not been swayed by the bling of the specs, I would have properly upgraded my bb for another bb. Too soon old...to late smart. As far as upgrades are concerned, do not think that samsung is any better doing upgrades....my first generation galaxy tab SHOULD have gotten android 3.1, but I had to go to overcome to even get 2.3, and my Motorola Atrix, which has the horsepower to run ics, may not get it now.....so don't only blame Rim for slow updates...There we are...rant over....I feel better now

[emirozmen]

Gonna go Windows Phone in less than a week.
Wait for me Lumia 900

[Chrisy]

I agree that there are diminishing returns.

But your conclusion that bigger screens don't offer much based on you going from a 2.8 inch screen to a 3.2 inch screen of the SAME resolution doesn't sound convincing.

Try web browsing on a 4+ inch Android and on your 9900 and see if you notice any difference.

Web browsing on any 4-4.5 inch screen for extended periods isn't comfortable. I think this is why tabs are becoming popular.

I liked the bigger screen but the virtual keyboard took up half the screen when in putting text. Whe the entire device is all glass it's just not as durible either.

As well, and I guess I'm in the minority, I didn't like the device size and weight of a 4.3 inch screen. Loved it for viewing Youtube and pics though.

The PlayBook is perfect size for web browsing and portability. I don't take the PlayBook everywhere I take my phone though.

I really hope BlackBerry 10 isn't too huge. If that's what it needs to be popular, ok then. I'll stick to my OS7 or wait for a qwerty.

[lordnorms]

This is a great response. I hear often people saying that the specs on bbs don't compare to Android or Apple devices. But if the phone still suits your needs, then you really don't need the higher specd phones. I am a perfect example of that. I have had dozens of "highly specd" phones and have been able to be just as productive with my 8330 as I have ever been with my other "superior" devices. I think some of us have been suckered into thinking that we need more than what we do. As long as I can make phone calls,text, email, BBM, have a calendar that syncs with Google, social networking, light web browsing, and have a functional turn by turn bavigation app, there is really nothing else that I need. And I can do all of these things with my 8330. So why would I worry about what new things are coming out? The likely hood is that I will use the new phone in the exact same manner. Doesn't seem to be worth the money to upgrade.

You sir, deserved a medal. seriously. well said.

[pantlesspenguin]

Look, I realize it's your money and all that, but WHY WHY WHY would anyone who's informed waste his money on an OS7 device right now with BB10 showing up in perhaps 3-4 months time?

I don't buy the argument of 'OS7 is the best Blackberry EVAR!!!'. Yes, it's the best of an increasingly stale lot but it's practically outdated now. During the last Blackberry JAM dev conference, NOT ONE article on Crackberry was dedicated to new apps coming on OS7. Every bit of (good) news concerned the Playbook and BB10.

In a few months you should have a new wave of blackberry with far more beautiful UI, intuitive OS, better camera tech, better cameras, faster CPUs, better RAM and most likely an end to the laggy, unstable experience many of us have with our OS7 devices.

Not to mention that BB10 will support LTE from Day 1!

So go ahead and buy a 9900. In 4 months time the people egging you on to buy one now will be bragging and crowing about browsing at LTE speeds with their shiny new, high res BBs with loads of killer apps.

I just jumped on a 9930 for a good price. Why did I do it? The answer's simple: I wanted to. And when BB10 comes out I'm sure I could unload the 9930 for about $150-$200, and if BB10 really is the platform for me I could probably sell my HTC Rezound for about the same price. That would make $300-$400 from the sale of my current devices toward the full retail price of a shiny new BB10 device. Not too bad if you ask me!

[shemaree09]

Look, I realize it's your money and all that, but WHY WHY WHY would anyone who's informed waste his money on an OS7 device right now with BB10 showing up in perhaps 3-4 months time?

Why would anyone wait 3-4 months (maybe even longer!) for something with no solid release date??

OS7 is still great and you wont be wasting any money getting the best Blackberry out RIGHT NOW.

Remember the projected "mid spring" release for the Bold 9900/9930?? and it didn't come out until August (October to all carriers).

[Chrisy]

I just jumped on a 9930 for a good price. Why did I do it? The answer's simple: I wanted to. And when BB10 comes out I'm sure I could unload the 9930 for about $150-$200, and if BB10 really is the platform for me I could probably sell my HTC Rezound for about the same price. That would make $300-$400 from the sale of my current devices toward the full retail price of a shiny new BB10 device. Not too bad if you ask me!

I just got a 9930 too. I like waiting to get a phone. It's not as expensive, the bugs are mostly worked out and it's in stock! I do have an upgrade in Nov. I got the 9930 without a contract here so that is a plus too.

I got the 9630 and the Thunderbolt on release day. Had early adopter bugs and I will not do that again. Also, if you wait to upgrade then you aren't waiting around for a new phone release

[Tõnis]

And how do you like the 9930 so far?

[pantlesspenguin]

I just got a 9930 too. I like waiting to get a phone. It's not as expensive, the bugs are mostly worked out and it's in stock! I do have an upgrade in Nov. I got the 9930 without a contract here so that is a plus too.

I got the 9630 and the Thunderbolt on release day. Had early adopter bugs and I will not do that again. Also, if you wait to upgrade then you aren't waiting around for a new phone release

You know...I just realized that my Rezound is the first phone in YEARS that I didn't get on launch day. ALL of my Android devices have been purchased on launch day with the exception of the Rezound. And, the Rezound is by far the best Android device out of the 5 that I have used. The Rezound was released in October, I believe. I didn't get it until early April when I switched to Verizon, so that's about 6 months after the phone was released. I wonder if that comes from NOT being an early adopter of that phone. Still, I'm pretty sure I'm going to jump on BB10 on launch day .

[Slammers08]

I just got a 9930 too. I like waiting to get a phone. It's not as expensive, the bugs are mostly worked out and it's in stock! I do have an upgrade in Nov. I got the 9930 without a contract here so that is a plus too.

I got the 9630 and the Thunderbolt on release day. Had early adopter bugs and I will not do that again. Also, if you wait to upgrade then you aren't waiting around for a new phone release

How much did you get it for?

[Chrisy]

How much did you get it for?

I traded my PlayBook for it on here. Pantless got hers on eBay, so she can give you a better dollar amount of what they're going for.

[pantlesspenguin]

I got mine for $250 with free shipping.

[igor10000]

well:

1) Android needs all the high specs, coz without them it´s one big LAG, I see people around with the low-end Samsung Galaxy Ys and other such phones they got from operators for free, frantically tapping the frozen screen screaming "it´s stuck again"
2) talking about leaving BB family just coz of specs, erm, ever heard of BB10 coming in fall? :-D

[Tõnis]

Good point. Android needs the specs like Vista needs almost a gig of RAM just to idle.

[pantlesspenguin]

well:
2) talking about leaving BB family just coz of specs, erm, ever heard of BB10 coming in fall? :-D

That's one of the problems. Not counting the people that keep brushed on on BB tech like we do here, there's a vast number of consumers out there really don't know BB has anything comparable in the pipeline! I regularly talk to a group of tech consumers, and up until I shared with them a couple weeks ago they had no idea what BB10 was! I made them watch Thor's presentation .

[Stonedicator]

I hope my 9630 holds out untl BB10 but if it dies it will be the S3 for me. I am doing on average one battery pull a day and it feels like this phone is barely hanging on at the moment.

My biggest fear is that RIM is focused on all touch screen and a physical keyboard phone is a long ways off. If this is the case, I might as well preorder the S3 now there is no way the 9630 will make it another year.

[shemaree09]

I hope my 9630 holds out untl BB10 but if it dies it will be the S3 for me. I am doing on average one battery pull a day and it feels like this phone is barely hanging on at the moment.



My biggest fear is that RIM is focused on all touch screen and a physical keyboard phone is a long ways off. If this is the case, I might as well preorder the S3 now there is no way the 9630 will make it another year.

No offense, but you have a Tour!?
What OS is that? 4/5?

You should have upgraded that a long time ago. ANY phone out now will be an upgrade.

Blackberry has upgraded their phones soooo much since the Tour.

Sent from my BlackBerry 9930 using Tapatalk

[Stonedicator]

No offense, but you have a Tour!?
What OS is that? 4/5?

You should have upgraded that a long time ago. ANY phone out now will be an upgrade.

Blackberry has upgraded their phones soooo much since the Tour.

Sent from my BlackBerry 9930 using Tapatalk

No offense taken I know I am behind the times. I am not expecting this phone to work on the level of today's phones by any means.

I am in a bad upgrade cycle imo. My upgrade was the 9900. I went and looked it over a couple times. I just couldn't sign a 2 year deal for a non LTE phone so I figured I would try to stick it out.

Hopefully the BB10 phones come quickly and are followed by a 9900 form factor BB10 phone. The thread title was "leaving BB"... I will not leave if I don't have to. Speed is of the essence RIM!

[shemaree09]

No offense taken I know I am behind the times. I am not expecting this phone to work on the level of today's phones by any means.

I am in a bad upgrade cycle imo. My upgrade was the 9900. I went and looked it over a couple times. I just couldn't sign a 2 year deal for a non LTE phone so I figured I would try to stick it out.

Hopefully the BB10 phones come quickly and are followed by a 9900 form factor BB10 phone. The thread title was "leaving BB"... I will not leave if I don't have to. Speed is of the essence RIM!

If I get a BB10 device it will HAVE to be the 9900 form factor. Personally, I see no advantage in having an all touch Blackberry.

There has been talk that there will be a BB10 phone with a keyboard but I doubt it will be released on launch. Its really no telling when it will be released. You might be in for a loooong wait.

[pkcable]

[Chrisy]

Doesn't the Tour have OS6. There was only a 9650 after the 9630, and that was such a small upgrade for wifi and a trackpad. I couldn't do it either. Seemed like a waste.

The upgrade from a 9630 to a 9930 though is big.

[soogriff]

I think people's needs change over time, depending on work, personal life, etc, so they need a device that tailors to those needs.

I dabble in other devices, but I never really "leave" BB. I love it too much. It was my first smart phone and will always have a special place in my heart. And no matter what device I happen to be using, I always log into Crackberry to read the articles and check the forums.

[avt123]

well:

1) Android needs all the high specs, coz without them it´s one big LAG,

You are so wrong it's not even funny.

My Moto Droid barely lagged and it had a 600Mhz processor. What you are complaining about is the lack of optimization the manufacturers put into their stock ROMs. Run a custom ROM on an older Android device and it is completely different experience from stock.

But if you want to spread more false information, at least come up with an excuse to back it up.