9900 to Classic Annoyances....
Some background, I'm not a techy...
-Started with a 'Wheel' BB that I can't recall the model around 7 years ago
-Curve with a trackball (always had extra blister packs of those balls when they failed!)
-9900
-Q10
-3 days later went back to the 9900 because I missed the functionality of the belt
-Z10
-1 day later went back to 9900 because I NEED a qwerty
-Now Classic.
Notes and observations:
-The trackpad doesn't work in several situations, it's almost as though it was added to the OS after the fact. (Which I guess it was).
-Not having in/out of holster ring notifications as a basic function is a big miss. Thankfully I found an app that is supposed to give you that functionality. Am I the only person that wears a holster? I don't care if it's not cool. :)
-My calender takes up to 3 seconds to populate appointments. Is this normal? My 9900 was instantaneous.
-With the Bold calendar, you could start typing from anywhere to create a new appointment. Now it's an extra step to open an appointment, and you manually need to change the appointment length rather than just using the trackpad to adjust the length. I know it's a first world problem...but seems like a step backwards in efficiency. I miss the one handed operation where nearly everything could be navigated within a quarter inch square and a click down would save...etc.
-Swiping to wake up is ok on a Playbook but to need to do it on a phone when I am using it a million times a day is not the best. Hitting any key to wake up is a time saver. Thankfully the holster instantly wakes it up however.....
-The volume up/down buttons are in the exact place where you grab the phone out of the holster...so I have MANY screenshots saved. I wish there was a way to disable this feature within a couple seconds of coming out of the holster.
-I guess I'm considered a 'heavy user'. My monthly cell bill normally has about 24 hrs/talk time, 100 texts/day, 100 emails/day in addition to many bbms/whatsapps. These extra small swipes and hand movements all add up during the day.
Truthfully, BB10 is a slick OS but seems efficiency was sacrificed to make it pretty. I miss the small size of my 9900-if I needed a bigger screen I would use my Playbook. But I guess my desire for a small phone isn't what the market is looking for....