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chipalmtree37 can anyone advise me why blackberry gets such as bad wrap? Everyone I talk to thinks I am crazy because I want to get a blackberry, they always say android and iphones are way better, but im kind of impartial to iphones and i have owned an android for 2 years and im not its biggest fan. I have never owned a Blackberry and always have been curious to have one, i just ordered one the other day it should be coming in the mail any day. Let me know the pros and cons of Blackberry and why they get such a bad name?
The next time ask the person if they owned a BlackBerry. If yes, how long ago? If no, pay them no mind.
The main reasons most have a negative opinion of BlackBerry are:
1) They had a Storm 1 model. That phone launched buggy and never quite worked right.
2) They have never experienced the latest generation of OS 7 BlackBerrys, in fact most I would say fall into this camp. The old devices were comparatively slow, sometimes glitchy, didn't have great cameras and could not be used even to go on the internet. Almost everything on the new models has been fixed, well except the camera in the 99XX models.
3) They listened to someone that had a bad experience and its like a cascade effect happening combined with all the hype right now for Android and iOS devices. Kind of like a perfect storm.