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Ian Davidson
27 October 2009
Let's start with the basics. As a phone it has very poor signal 2/5 bars compared side by side to 7/7 bars on my old Nokia in my office (Same sim card). Dropout during calls is very high - on normal train journey when the old Nokia was fine the Blackberry cut me off countless times; not a good during a business call. The keyboard is too inaccurate for someone with mansized digits. The touch/click is longwinded; again for comparison try a Samsung touchscreen - much better! Last big thing is battery life. You will get 24hrs max if you are a moderate user even with screen brightness and other items switched off. The claims Vodaphone make for battery life (360hrs standby) are misleading. I'm not a big web user so it's mainly calls & diary management and it requires a recharge every day. The only upside is that the device is very well made and screen is superb. In short it can't be used a business tool. And just to qualify - my Blackberry is being returned to Vodaphone to exchange for an alternative device.
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Ian Davidson
27 October 2009
Let's start with the basics. As a phone it has very poor signal 2/5 bars compared side by side to 7/7 bars on my old Nokia in my office (Same sim card). Dropout during calls is very high - on normal train journey when the old Nokia was fine the Blackberry cut me off countless times; not a good during a business call. The keyboard is too inaccurate for someone with mansized digits. The touch/click is longwinded; again for comparison try a Samsung touchscreen - much better! Last big thing is battery life. You will get 24hrs max if you are a moderate user even with screen brightness and other items switched off. The claims Vodaphone make for battery life (360hrs standby) are misleading. I'm not a big web user so it's mainly calls & diary management and it requires a recharge every day. The only upside is that the device is very well made and screen is superb. In short it can't be used a business tool. And just to qualify - my Blackberry is being returned to Vodaphone to exchange for an alternative device.
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