Concerned about iPhone performance as a "phone"
I can't seem to decide between the Blackberry 8900 and iPhone 3GS as my T-Mobile contract just expired. I was pretty sure I'd just get the iPhone 3GS, but now I am concerned about the reports over the battery life and the lack of improvement in the call quality. I mean the voice and reception quality and battery life are the most important things if you want to call a device a true "cell phone." Otherwise it's more of a handheld computer with a phone as an afterthought. It's obvious that Apple shrunk the size of the phone circuitry and compromised that part in order to squeeze more of the impressive computing features inside.
So my question is just how bad is the call quality and battery life?
What I like about my current Blackberry 8100 is that it is extremely durable. I dropped it numerous times while working on home remodeling projects. I dropped it to the bottom of a swimming pool while playing with our dog, and then I rinsed it with alcohol overnight, and it still works perfect after all that abuse! I am afraid I might break the iPhone soon after I get it; I'm not sure how tough it is.
I want the iPhone because I use the browser a lot, and I can't stand the Blackberry 8100 browser; the scripting is full of memory leaks or something that slows it to a crawl. HTML emails don't render. Edge would be much slower than 3GS.
So I'm still undecided.