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I'll admit, I have thought of going Android. The only reason is I hate typing on my Storm2. I wish Verizon would carry the Torch, but that won't happen soon.
So the CEO at a company I service came to me and said he is dumping his BB Curve and getting a new phone. He came back from the Sprint store with a Samsung Epic.
After 5 days we learned:
Battery life sucked, not just a little, but after charging all night, he talked to an hour and it died.
Email sucked. Messages would be delivered to the phone, show up on the screen, then the next send/receive, dissapear. Gone from the phone, and gone from the server, never to be found. Sprint just scratched their head.
Reception sucked. This may just be Sprint, but he had better service with his old curve.
Audio sucked. It was scratchy, and he said half the time he could not hear.
So I all this phone the Epic Fail.
After 5 days, he went back to the store and picked up a new curve and has never been happier. Email is very important to him, as it is to me. As a consultant, my company survives on email.
So, even though I thought I wanted to leave RIM, this experience over the last week has cured me for quite some time. I was even thinking iPhone with Verizon, but I don't think I want to take a chance.
Just a little info for you if you care.
01-21-11 12:05 PM - Let's think about this logically for a second. He clearly got a bad unit. Do you really think that the Android platform would be experiencing the type of success that it currently is if this was normal? Talk one hour and the phone dies? Emails just disappear? Scratchy audio? Yet, they're selling these phones by the millions. If you believe that this is standard, well...I'll admit, I have thought of going Android. The only reason is I hate typing on my Storm2. I wish Verizon would carry the Torch, but that won't happen soon.
So the CEO at a company I service came to me and said he is dumping his BB Curve and getting a new phone. He came back from the Sprint store with a Samsung Epic.
After 5 days we learned:
Battery life sucked, not just a little, but after charging all night, he talked to an hour and it died.
Email sucked. Messages would be delivered to the phone, show up on the screen, then the next send/receive, dissapear. Gone from the phone, and gone from the server, never to be found. Sprint just scratched their head.
Reception sucked. This may just be Sprint, but he had better service with his old curve.
Audio sucked. It was scratchy, and he said half the time he could not hear.
So I all this phone the Epic Fail.
After 5 days, he went back to the store and picked up a new curve and has never been happier. Email is very important to him, as it is to me. As a consultant, my company survives on email.
So, even though I thought I wanted to leave RIM, this experience over the last week has cured me for quite some time. I was even thinking iPhone with Verizon, but I don't think I want to take a chance.
Just a little info for you if you care.
01-21-11 12:17 PM - I'll admit, I have thought of going Android. The only reason is I hate typing on my Storm2. I wish Verizon would carry the Torch, but that won't happen soon.
So the CEO at a company I service came to me and said he is dumping his BB Curve and getting a new phone. He came back from the Sprint store with a Samsung Epic.
After 5 days we learned:
Battery life sucked, not just a little, but after charging all night, he talked to an hour and it died.
Email sucked. Messages would be delivered to the phone, show up on the screen, then the next send/receive, dissapear. Gone from the phone, and gone from the server, never to be found. Sprint just scratched their head.
Reception sucked. This may just be Sprint, but he had better service with his old curve.
Audio sucked. It was scratchy, and he said half the time he could not hear.
So I all this phone the Epic Fail.
After 5 days, he went back to the store and picked up a new curve and has never been happier. Email is very important to him, as it is to me. As a consultant, my company survives on email.
So, even though I thought I wanted to leave RIM, this experience over the last week has cured me for quite some time. I was even thinking iPhone with Verizon, but I don't think I want to take a chance.
Just a little info for you if you care.
thats usually the case for most people who jump ship to iPhone/android and then come running back lol01-21-11 01:52 PM - Believe me, I tried my best to get it to work, and I spent a lot of time with the phone.
As usual, someone like this is too busy to deal with this, so it was in his best interest to just go back to BB.
My Son has a Droid X. He loves it, but he does say he misses the battery life of his curve. It's all what you want out of the phone. If battery life and Email are your priorities, personally I'd stick with BB. I can get what ever phone I want.
I do hate the fact that Verizon now charges a restocking fee if you don't like the phone. For that reason, you have to be sure it is what you want.
Again, as always, your mileage may vary
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