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After reading all the hate directed towards BB's by iPhone and Android users and all the "positive" comments about the iPhone 4, I decided it was time for me to really try the IP4 and to be honest with all the love shown toward the IP4 by the ifans, I was expecting a technological experience which would be yrs ahead of current technology.
Before I go further I would admit that I'm a BB fan since the days of 8800 and I also love my Macbook. The Macbook is amazing and it has given me 4 yrs of no nonsense performance and still rocking with OS X Lion.
So with all the ifans persuasion I thought it was time to see if I could go completely Apple, and I persuaded a friend of mine to give his iPhone 4 to me for 3 days, and here goes....
After switching my contacts to the iPhone 4 and configuring my mail and safely storing my 9900 I was ready to get with the "amazing" apple experience.
Day 1: Took the beautiful shiny IP4 off the charger and went to work. My commute to work is 1 hour and I use that to make calls over my Bluetooth headset. Dialling phone numbers while driving was a PITA but being a former Storm user I got through it.
Got my mails reasonably fast but didn't reply to them as the touch keyboard wasn't doing anything for me. I put it down to the new user syndrome, so I tried a few replies. Got through them after a little difficulty. Told myself it would be better the next day.
Kept it as a voice device only for the day.
By 3 PM the phone died on me. WTF!!!
Didn't have a very special iPhone charging cord anywhere near me and no one else in my office had it either. A lot of people had micro USB chargers but the IP4 has a special Apple only charger. Lesson learnt, made a mental note to carry the space age Iphone charger with me the next day.
Came back home with a beautiful but dead device and charged it. Loaded some of the awesome games and apps on it. First thing I got was angry birds and from all that I had heard about this game I figured that this would be the life changing event in my life. Played the game for half an hour. Let me tell you, this is a really addictive game. I thought I finally got what the whole fuss was about. Figured Angry Birds would be a really positive addition to my workday. Also downloaded Paper Toss, Sniper and a lot many games. The App Store was rocking. My friend had jailbroken the phone and everything was free.
Day 2 : Having learnt my lesson the day before I packed the iPhone charger and went to work with dreams of playing Angry Birds. Didnt get enough time to play anything. Thought it kinda sucked. I have the god phone and I cant play anything while working.
Next I noticed the call quality is no where near the BB. The caller sounds tinny. That's a technical term used by audiophiles to describe sound which is very electronic and not natural. I was constantly pushing the volume up button but it was set at max. If there is a lot of background noise you can hardly hear what the other person is saying. But hey there are a lot of other things going for IP4, Paper Toss for one which I couldn't play because my boss was right up my a**.
Missed a couple of mails. Couldn't figure out why, but I thought what the he!! I can keep pressing refresh on my mailbox on my laptop. Really why do I need instant and assured mail when I can have thousands of Apps.
Phone dies at 3 PM again, but this time I was prepared, I had my special spaceage cable that is custom built for the iphone. Put it for charging, and was called into a meeting. Came back to my desk to find out that while the darling was being charged, I missed a couple of important calls, but hey I can always call them the next day and hopefully I would still get the business. I'm in sales of end to end networking solutions.Have a lot of competition where customers dont wait for their solutions. Early bird getting the worm and all that.
Anyway got back home. Wife was in a good mood and between her and Angry Birds the choice was clear.
Day 3: Carried my 9900 to work. Couldn't take the awful voice quality poor battery life and sketchy mailing anymore. But still was determined to get through my 3 day trial so still had my SIM card in the IP.
Needless to say by 1 PM I had had enough. Switched my SIM card to the BB, waiting thirty seconds for it to boot up. Another 30 seconds for it to get 2 days worth of mails pushed to it, and I was swimming.
No running back to my Macbook to refresh my mailbox or to fire off a quick reply to a mail.
Call quality : Stellar as only a BB can provide.
Do I miss Paper Toss, angry birds etc: yes and no. The fact that I dont have it on the device is glaring, but do I have the time: NO. Between work and my other enjoyment, I don't really need it. When I'm really in the mood for games and the times I want to ignore the wife, I fire up my Xbox and play NFS on my HD plasma.
From my phone I want reliability and the ability to get through the day on a single charge. Yes the 9900 battery isn't typical BB, but its a whole lot better than the IP4.
Returned the IP to my friend. He asked me how I liked it. Told him I loved it. Next he asked me when I'm dumping my POS BB, told him when Apple comes up with a real phone. Wish I could have taken a pic of his face, but as we all know the 9900 camera is a POS when it come to close ups
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No IP4 for me in the forseeable future. Till then its BB all the way.
Long post, but I thought with all the IP4 fans visiting this great forum, I really needed to try it for myself and this is what my experience was.Last edited by sam_b77; 09-09-11 at 03:57 PM.
09-09-11 03:22 PM - Respects.
You're story is somewhat similar to how I ended up here. I'm rockin' a dual g4 powerpc though
I don't rely on mine work, but I'm also an (almost) all Apple guy, but once the novelty of the iPhone's app store wears off and you realize the difference between playing games and doing important things you need to do everyday, nothing comes close to the BlackBerry.
Angry Birds is f'ing awesome, how, nobody knows, but those little birds have personality and somehow make ya like 'em
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com09-09-11 09:33 PM - I aint gonna take an iPhone for those birdsRespects.
You're story is somewhat similar to how I ended up here. I'm rockin' a dual g4 powerpc though
I don't rely on mine work, but I'm also an (almost) all Apple guy, but once the novelty of the iPhone's app store wears off and you realize the difference between playing games and doing important things you need to do everyday, nothing comes close to the BlackBerry.
Angry Birds is f'ing awesome, how, nobody knows, but those little birds have personality and somehow make ya like 'em
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com09-09-11 10:26 PM
