[Kristi Gliozheni]

The last time I've touched a bb has been 5+ years ago.
With 2018 I set my beloved Huawei mate aside ang bought myself a bb classic.
So far has been a bit of a hassle getting some apps working but nothing too complicated.
Wanted to know your experience with the Bb classic in 2018 and as a neew ''Old'' user wanted to hear some tips from the veterans. (mainly regarding apps and user experience)
Looking forward to hear what you guys have to say!!

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[the_boon]

I tried going from my Priv to a newly bought Classic To use as a daily driver and I went right back to the Priv less than 24 hours later. And while most would think it has to do with the lack of apps, the reason is that I couldn't deal with the slowness of the Classic. Man, it is just SO damn slow when doing almost anything on an android app, not to mention the time it takes to launch an app. The browser is so damn slow also.
I could try using a Passport as a daily alongside the Priv as secondary, but the Classic's turtle performance makes it only worthy enough to be a secondary device, not primary.

[LSDBerry]

Great for email, typing, music, and a bit of browsing.

Depends how many apps you use. I've got an android phone for apps as well, also I carry a big *** bag so multiple carry doesn't bother me.

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[Leyra B10]

Have 2, one was an At&t unlocked and bought from amazon with a crack in the screen.

When I used it as a phone(data, texting calling) I had no problems. Perhaps Western Canadian network is different but my Internet usage was fine outside of sometimes needing a VPN.

My screen is always low and its on airplane mode unless Its in my hand being used so battery life was good too.

I am pretty conservative with my tasks so any work or browsing was fast.

I used the assistant as much as I could, a lot of bad reviews about it but It can speed things up, read/write emails and notes, search you device, maps, internet and with internet use the Wolfram database to answer questions or calculations.

Now I just use it for web development, and as a USB device. It is a really useful tool I tried to use what it gave you to its limits and more.

My other one is mint. I keep contacts, information, passwords and some files on it.

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[Kristi Gliozheni]

Update
4th day using only the bb classic.
It's a bit slow as a device and that can be a bit infuriating.
So far whatsup 10 from nemory studio works fine. I got messenger 10 pro from them also, but I'm not happy at all with that.
You guys know any decent fb messenger alternative for bb10?!
I'm also using the standard twitter client, alsa a Hitt or miss. Suggestions for twitter client are also very appreciated .


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[Kommandant]

I use my Classic 8 Month last year. Now i run a KeyOne. Why ?
I think the camera was sooo bad on the classic. The App Gate was nothing for me but after so many workarounds with whatsapp, dropbox, and many more . . . i say to myself. STOP . Now i try a KeyOne. And i love the Key One.

And yes. The Classic was a great phone for music, browsing, texting and email. But the time has come. . . BB10 is dead.

My second device is a Z10 just for fun.

[Dunt Dunt Dunt]

I tried going from my Priv to a newly bought Classic To use as a daily driver and I went right back to the Priv less than 24 hours later. And while most would think it has to do with the lack of apps, the reason is that I couldn't deal with the slowness of the Classic. Man, it is just SO damn slow when doing almost anything on an android app, not to mention the time it takes to launch an app. The browser is so damn slow also.
I could try using a Passport as a daily alongside the Priv as secondary, but the Classic's turtle performance makes it only worthy enough to be a secondary device, not primary.

Same with a PC... while today's PC don't change as much as they once did. Still a big difference between something from five years ago and today. Same with phone.... add in the fact that the runtime is an emulator that uses additional resources. There is a reason people buy updated products.

Very unfortunate that they didn't use the Passport's hardware in the Classic and the LEAP.

[ThatGuyUSA]

I use a Passport as my daily driver. I own a Priv, Keyone and
I Phone 8. The Passport is smooth, yes some apps will not run. ( I load older versions) from the web site up to uptown.com . A good example is the weather channel. The new version will not work. I loaded version 7.3.1 and it runs fine.

[Leyra B10]

Update
4th day using only the bb classic.
It's a bit slow as a device and that can be a bit infuriating.
So far whatsup 10 from nemory studio works fine. I got messenger 10 pro from them also, but I'm not happy at all with that.
You guys know any decent fb messenger alternative for bb10?!
I'm also using the standard twitter client, alsa a Hitt or miss. Suggestions for twitter client are also very appreciated .


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Messenger lite apk works pretty well. Try clearing out and temporary data like your cache, and transfers. Its really best to just not use the android apps or use minimum lite apps. For me only z10 has droid apps, TextNow, Fongo, Mozilla FireFox, Ghost Commander

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[IvanTheTolerable]

I tried going from my Priv to a newly bought Classic To use as a daily driver and I went right back to the Priv less than 24 hours later. And while most would think it has to do with the lack of apps, the reason is that I couldn't deal with the slowness of the Classic. Man, it is just SO damn slow when doing almost anything on an android app, not to mention the time it takes to launch an app. The browser is so damn slow also.
I could try using a Passport as a daily alongside the Priv as secondary, but the Classic's turtle performance makes it only worthy enough to be a secondary device, not primary.

I used a passport for a while and went to a keyone when it came out. I tried to go back around Christmas but I couldn't do it. I forgot how slow it was. And how hobbled together most of the basic android apps I used were.

[anon(916519)]

As others have stated in other threads, my Classic has ZER0 android apps and it runs perfectly fine.

Create a hotspot on your Classic to power your favorite android.

The worst thing about anything android is the sloppy coding and the every other day updates.

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[thelor]

Very unfortunate that they didn't use the Passport's hardware in the Classic and the LEAP.

I agree. Classic is great for form factor, toolbar, and I personally like its keyboard better than Passport... but the hardware was outdated even when it was released.

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[the_boon]

As others have stated in other threads, my Classic has ZER0 android apps and it runs perfectly fine.

Create a hotspot on your Classic to power your favorite android.

The worst thing about anything android is the sloppy coding and the every other day updates.

 Classic SQC100-2 I 10.3.2.2813

I wonder what drains more juice, having and/or using Android apps on a Classic, or having hotspot constantly on to enable the Android device to have internet connection

[anon(916519)]

I wonder what drains more juice, having and/or using Android apps on a Classic, or having hotspot constantly on to enable the Android device to have internet connection

My Q10 had a mix of BlackBerry and Amazon store android apps, I only noticed lack of functionality due to the old android run time. I didn't have anything side loaded.

I use my Classic hotspot for less than 2 hours a day to fuel my android burner - I never have had an issue making it thru the day on an overnight charge. This is mainly when I'm in my car to play Pandora or GPS.

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[Leyra B10]

I wonder what drains more juice, having and/or using Android apps on a Classic, or having hotspot constantly on to enable the Android device to have internet connection

Usually the screen brightness and radios.

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[Laramie50]

Got myself one for 66 € from TELEKOM DEUTSCHLAND. Brand new and I got used to the qwertz keyboard. It will make a great backup phone.

[Gene Fells]

I agree. Classic is great for form factor, toolbar, and I personally like its keyboard better than Passport... but the hardware was outdated even when it was released.

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Agreed 100%. I currently use a Classic as a daily driver and prefer this size over the larger slabs. One can only hope the Key2 lite is a little closer to Classic form than its higher specced sibling. Doubtful, but one can dream.


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[the_boon]

Agreed 100%. I currently use a Classic as a daily driver and prefer this size over the larger slabs. One can only hope the Key2 lite is a little closer to Classic form than its higher specced sibling. Doubtful, but one can dream.


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KEY2 is about 2mm taller than the KEYone, however it is thinner (width) and slimmer (thickness). I would personally have preferred it to be even shorter than the KEYone but that's the price to pay to get those 20% bigger keys, so... I say it's worth it

[Ulferini Schusterotti]

I've come to a point where I say: I need my phone for texting, making calls, listen to music and sometimes checking GPS position. That's it.

I have an Android Tablet where I use all the fancy stuff.

Free at last.

[skrble]

Got myself one for 66 € from TELEKOM DEUTSCHLAND. Brand new and I get used to a qwertz keyboard. It will make a great backup phone.

Backup for what? I don't even remember if I ever needed a "backup phone". Even if I did, such an old thing would be a terrible replacement. You can get many old Android phones for a similar price with much better capabilities (not so terribly slow browser and the whole rest funny Android runtime), better GPS nav, better camera, better battery!

[Eugen Unson]

bb classic is cool..im gonna use it until it dies !!

[Coollou716]

I use BlackBerry Classic everyday. I downloaded Google on it and works flawlessly (excluding SnapChat)

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[NikNow]

depends on what you work. I'm on the Classic and I only use mails, remember, telegram apk, maps, calculator. There is no better phone for me, because I keep it simple in a complicated world. I don't need all the apps that only distract me from work. But I understand that it is not for everyone. But do you really need all that google/facebook apps for being productive?

[Privacymatters]

I'm getting one tomorrow new for 40 bux I will let you know my experience with it in 2018..i owned multiple classics in the past so I know the joy of this device

[Sammy Singh2]

depends on what you work. I'm on the Classic and I only use mails, remember, telegram apk, maps, calculator. There is no better phone for me, because I keep it simple in a complicated world. I don't need all the apps that only distract me from work. But I understand that it is not for everyone. But do you really need all that google/facebook apps for being productive?

It's a great phone if you use it for the basics and what to look at the world a bit more then staring at a screen all day. For me the choice of going back to the classic was less distraction. Spend more time with my wife and kids now