Blackberry 9900/9930

Yas786 · 16 Aug 2011 at 12:48

Anyone whos interested in the Torch range, crackberry has done a full review of both new Torches...i know this is a 9900/9930 thread but might as well shove it in here i say

Full touch screen Torch:

http://crackberry.com/blackberry-torch-9860-review

Touchscreen torch with slider keyboard:

http://crackberry.com/blackberry-torch-9810-review

dasyad · 16 Aug 2011 at 13:12

The 9860 doesn't seem to be a bad phone at all

Yas786 · 16 Aug 2011 at 13:24

dasyad said:
The 9860 doesn't seem to be a bad phone at all

Yep its not bad nor is it that good...somewhere in the middle by the looks of it.

Big Chris · 16 Aug 2011 at 13:42

I think I'd go down the Android route, or perhaps iPhone if I were in the market for a full touch-screen phone.

kona786 · 16 Aug 2011 at 14:09

engadget - BlackBerry Bold 9930 review

Yas786 · 16 Aug 2011 at 14:35

Big Chris said:
I think I'd go down the Android route, or perhaps iPhone if I were in the market for a full touch-screen phone.

I think most people would...i had the storm2 but ditched it soon after as it was far too fiddly for my liking...then i got the torch 9800 which was soon ditched for the 9780...not a huge fan of touchscreen phones but i have the iphone4 as well but definitely prefer my 9780 over it.

The 9900 has the best of both worlds, touchscreen and keyboard....now am waiting till i get one in my hands...delayed sim free launch is now next week sometime

Hxc · 16 Aug 2011 at 14:45

I don't think I could ever go back to a phone without a touch screen of some sort. I always want a hardware keyboard. Using my Moto Milestone after the BB shows quite how inferior they keys were, mind. Never used a small keyboard as good as this

Big Chris · 16 Aug 2011 at 15:16

Spawn said:
The 9900 has the best of both worlds, touchscreen and keyboard....now am waiting till i get one in my hands...delayed sim free launch is now next week sometime

Yep this is my feeling too. I can't see myself ever wanting a full touch-screen phone, but the touch-screen browsing on the 9900 will be a bonus. Just want to get my hands on the damn thing now, been talking about it way too long! :mad:

Hxc · 16 Aug 2011 at 15:59

Just did a battery pull and corrupted my software

trying to restore now...

Recovered via loader.exe.

Hope this is not a sign of things to come!

CocoPops · 16 Aug 2011 at 16:44

Had my 9900 since Friday... vast step forward for Blackberry

I came from a 9800 to the 9900 and love it already.

Carbon Fibre goodness, stainless steel bezel, lovely keyboard.

james.miller · 16 Aug 2011 at 16:56

i was never that impressed with UMA anyway, not on my 8900 or the gf's 9700. If UMA is better than suresignal as Hxc claims then they are both a pile of arse, imo.

ps love how that review says a 4.3" screen is overkill. had the torch been given a 4.3" screen, you can bet your right leg he wouldn't have said that. Don't forget the galaxy s2 has a 4.3" screen yet it's only 3mm wider and 5mm taller. Oh and 3 mm thinner.

Hxc · 16 Aug 2011 at 17:04

Well, I have never used UMA, I just assumed that as it could use any wireless network, it'd be better than suresignal which gives you perfect 3g in one location.

I agree with them that phones are getting too big, mind. I think the Milestone is as large as a phone should get, and will stick by that.

james.miller · 16 Aug 2011 at 17:09

Hxc said:
Well, I have never used UMA, I just assumed that as it could use any wireless network, it'd be better than suresignal which gives you perfect 3g in one location.

it can yeah. Great if you have an especially poor network signal wherever you are, but we found it just isnt reliable enough. Both the GF and i experienced call drop outs, or calls going stright to answer phone and missing them entirely. it seems quite sensitive to other wifi traffic at the time as well.

I agree with them that phones are getting too big, mind. I think the Milestone is as large as a phone should get, and will stick by that.

They didn't say that though, they were only referring to the screen size.

Sega Mega Dave · 16 Aug 2011 at 20:02

CocoPops said:
Had my 9900 since Friday... vast step forward for Blackberry

I came from a 9800 to the 9900 and love it already.

Carbon Fibre goodness, stainless steel bezel, lovely keyboard.

Just to be an arse it's not carbon fibre but woven glass

Sega Mega Dave · 16 Aug 2011 at 20:03

Also the release seems to be a farce for this phone. I've seen pretty much every date on every website so far being put back.

CPW says the 18th but i know some people have had emails stating the sim free option releases on the 26th.

sunny007 · 16 Aug 2011 at 20:12

These delays are doing my head in !!!!! Might just get a new Vodafone contract............... as o2 are being lazy gits !

Sega Mega Dave · 16 Aug 2011 at 20:16

I hate branded phones and also Vodafone are sim locked.

o2 are usually sim free.

Hxc · 16 Aug 2011 at 20:18

Sega Mega Dave said:
I hate branded phones and also Vodafone are sim locked.

o2 are usually sim free.

The only Voda branding is the vodafone sim services.... there's a bootscreen too but that can be removed by flashing the newer OS from Vodafone DE which has absolutely zero branding whatsoever.

Robbo · 16 Aug 2011 at 20:21

Well, despite me not needing one whatsoever, I've never owned a BlackBerry so have one of these coming on Thursday hopefully.

I've been watching some videos of the UI operation on the 9780 and it honestly doesn't look that bad. In fact it looks quite nifty in places. I assume this will be an improvement further still.

Yas786 · 16 Aug 2011 at 20:23

Hxc said:
The only Voda branding is the vodafone sim services.... there's a bootscreen too but that can be removed by flashing the newer OS from Vodafone DE which has absolutely zero branding whatsoever.

Flashing to a new OS does not de brand the phone ie removing the bootscreen.