Originally Posted by
eazymac I've had an I4 for a couple of weeks ( work paid ), and also have had a Storm 2 for 8ish months, plus I've previously ( and still have ) a 9000.
I4 is buttery smooth, but I've had it lag on occasion ( aka freeze and not do a thing ). Browser and screen clarity are fantastic. UI is also great overall.
I4 email still can't touch the BlackBerry. I have one of my gmail accounts on both my I4 and S2, and I ALWAYS get my email much faster on the S2. Yes, html email on the I4 rocks, but the management of your email on the Berry's still wins. Plus, I've had roughly 30% of the messages not show up on the iPhone, while they still show up on the Berry.
I consistently have people ask me to repeat myself on the I4, and have had several people say I sound much clearer on the S2. I've consistently had people tell me I sound "compressed" on the I4. I haven't had any antenna issues on the I4, but have had proximity problems, and have had several dropped calls from the proximity sensor misbehaving when taking the phone away from my face.
The I4 hands down beats the S2's screen and browser. In direct sunlight, the S2 wins by a mile. The I4's popup notification is very basic and irritating, compared with BlackBerry's magical LED.
For speakerphone, my Bold >>>> my S2 >> I4. For phone calls, my Bold > my S2 >> I4. For overall use as a business device -- "always-there always-reliable phone, email, messaging", my old Bold wins.
I pulled out my Bold the other day and really missed the keyboard, shortcuts, screen, overall quality, and the relative speed at which you can get things done, compared to every other phone.
The Berrys still have more flexibility in what you can do -- cut n' paste in every app, true multitasking, very customizable, available leaks / hybrids, etc, and all of that appeals to me.
I would miss the I4 if it went away, but I would not be able to function if my Berry went away. Given the improvements on the 9800 - webkit browser, speed, memory, html email, tabbed browsing, 5mp camera ( the vid camera on the I4 isn't all that, tho the still camera is very nice ), I would lean toward the 9800, because those are the things iPhones have always done better, and now Berry is closing in making any differences in those features marginal. But that's just me. I want the BlackBerry top-flight essential business features -- quality of radio, quality of keyboard / speakerphone / microphone pickups / immediacy of messaging / flexibility of the system / etc, and everything else is a bonus.