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First of all I am not here to hate on Blackberries! I love Blackberry!! I have had almost all of them (except the Storm) And I am so used to them already...
That been said I just want to know what do you guys think about my dilemma here...
I have the Torch 9800 with T-Mobile. Have had it for a year now. I was blown away by it when it came out so I got it...
Because my phone was stolen I had to order a new one and while I am still waiting for it someone lend me a MyTouch 4g in the mean time..
Ohh man!! This phone is sooo fast compared to the Torch... Not only that, the screen is great, the apps are also great...
I just feel that Blackberry is not keeping up with Androids.. There is sooo much to improve... Two things are keeping me from being totally sure...
One: BBM.. I mean sometimes i really use it sometimes i dont. But most of my friends are in another country and i communicate with them trough bbm since everybody over there has either an iphone or a blackberry.
The other one is that Tmobile claims to give unlimited internet but to them that is 5gbs.. I know that is a lot! But the fact that i will have to change my data plan and that i will have that worry of always going over my data limit...
So what do you guys think?
09-28-11 05:39 AM - On October 6th I'll be making the
hardestbest decision of my cell phone life. Samsung GS2 or hold out for QNX. But I can tell you my mind is made up.... RIM will be going -2 customers (me and wife).
Much like you I toiled over the decision, I rationalized it so many different ways. I'm not a RIM hater like you, I love my BB's but there is so much else out there. Android isn't going away, it's getting bigger. If Amazon announces a Droid tablet for $250 (rumored) today you might as well stick a fork in the PB.
I said this in a different thread, but I'll paraphrase it here. Two years ago, phones weren't about apps, they were about delivering the most solid method of doing basic tasks. Simple things like email, sms (and MMS, apple fail), and basic functionality. I'm an Apple hater, but one thing you can't deny is they forever changed the way we use our phones. The last year has shown that people buy smartphones not to make calls, but to do other things. I can't remote start my 2011 Acadia with my BB, I can with Android, my employer (10,000+ employee company) dumped RIM and went with Good on Android and iPhone, now any employee can get their email on their personal phone, not just us VP's, I can't listen to XM on my OS6 device, and until recently couldn't control my Comcast DVR. The same month Comcast finally delivered a BB app they announced streaming for iPhones from their DVR.
Let's face it, app development is dead for OS 6. And frankly, it's not looking good for OS7. If you want to wait it out until QNX you can, but RIM has played the "the next OS is the best!!!" game for too long and failed to deliver time and time again.
I think with a BB you will NEVER exceed 5gb, there's simply no way a BB user could get that much enjoyment out of their device. I would take that factor and throw it out the window. If you switch devices and could actually steam video and music, I'd say be more concerned.
Don't get caught up in specs, it'll always be a specs race, and BB will always lose. I played with OS7 at the AT&T store and while it's better than my 9800 I can say it's not nearly as smooth as the iPhone or top of the line Android phones.
I'm also excited about not having a 3 minute boot time
09-28-11 07:21 AM - On October 6th I'll be making the
hardestbest decision of my cell phone life. Samsung GS2 or hold out for QNX. But I can tell you my mind is made up.... RIM will be going -2 customers (me and wife).
Much like you I toiled over the decision, I rationalized it so many different ways. I'm not a RIM hater like you, I love my BB's but there is so much else out there. Android isn't going away, it's getting bigger. If Amazon announces a Droid tablet for $250 (rumored) today you might as well stick a fork in the PB.
I said this in a different thread, but I'll paraphrase it here. Two years ago, phones weren't about apps, they were about delivering the most solid method of doing basic tasks. Simple things like email, sms (and MMS, apple fail), and basic functionality. I'm an Apple hater, but one thing you can't deny is they forever changed the way we use our phones. The last year has shown that people buy smartphones not to make calls, but to do other things. I can't remote start my 2011 Acadia with my BB, I can with Android, my employer (10,000+ employee company) dumped RIM and went with Good on Android and iPhone, now any employee can get their email on their personal phone, not just us VP's, I can't listen to XM on my OS6 device, and until recently couldn't control my Comcast DVR. The same month Comcast finally delivered a BB app they announced streaming for iPhones from their DVR.
Let's face it, app development is dead for OS 6. And frankly, it's not looking good for OS7. If you want to wait it out until QNX you can, but RIM has played the "the next OS is the best!!!" game for too long and failed to deliver time and time again.
I think with a BB you will NEVER exceed 5gb, there's simply no way a BB user could get that much enjoyment out of their device. I would take that factor and throw it out the window. If you switch devices and could actually steam video and music, I'd say be more concerned.
Don't get caught up in specs, it'll always be a specs race, and BB will always lose. I played with OS7 at the AT&T store and while it's better than my 9800 I can say it's not nearly as smooth as the iPhone or top of the line Android phones.
I'm also excited about not having a 3 minute boot time
im looking for a torch for $150-180 price.if your willing to sell yours,pm or check out my post in the crackberry marketplace thread.thanks and good luck with android.09-28-11 03:55 PM
