FabSwingers.com forum: Blackberry or Iphone

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

At this moment in time I have a blackberry and considering changing to an Iphone. The one problem I have is that I'm addicted to bbm?? Hmmmm its a tricky one!

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By *unky monkeyMan
over a year ago

in the night garden

BBM is the only USP Blackberry has over iOS or Android so if you love it then don't move.

Apple offer iMessage which is technologically the same thing, i.e. internet based messaging but isn't as 'social' as BBMing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Slap yourself in the head. Blackberry is shit. The only two realistic options right now are iphone 5 or samsung s3 depending on which one appeals more.

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By *john121Man
over a year ago

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"Slap yourself in the head. Blackberry is shit. The only two realistic options right now are iphone 5 or samsung s3 depending on which one appeals more."

Haha! As a fan if both you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

See BB10 latest model, BB is the only truly secure mobile transmission for secure data. iPhone is also secure where as android devices are susceptible to virus attacks as seen recently!

Don't get me wrong android are fun devices but cheaply made and look like toys in a crèche.

Nokia are looking interesting again.

During my 10years in the industry gsmarena.com was considered a reasonable place to get the facts in devices.

Google BlackBerry or RIM to see just how well they are now doing and expected to do

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

I love my iPhone but the iPhone 5 has been slated on every re_iew I've read when compared to the Htc, Nokia Lumia and Samsung. X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nokia lumia is great

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We all like our BBs here!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have an iPhone 5 and have had no problems at all with it. Great sound, battery, lightweight, still fits in my pocket. Never had an iPhone before.

You will get people who prefer one device over another. You really need to go and look at them, read re_iews and see which YOU prefer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The only experience I've had with a Blackberry is with my daughters, who've often wanted to throw them at the nearest immovable object due to them just going AWOL (the phones, not my daughters).

I've owned an iPhone since the first one came out and have never had any problems with them, it's been a fun little gadget.

All phones have their pros and cons, and which one you choose depends on what you need it for, but I'll give the Apple product a 10/10 from personal experience.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love my Samsung s3... does lots more than the IPhones, and is alot more stylish, and the cameras are amazing!.. I've not had problems with viruses etc.. just my two pennys worth xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

well i had blackberry 8250 great phone then upgraded to blackberry 9900 what a mistakes i had 4 of them which were replaced under warranty with vodafone and the last one blackberry in canada replaced and that had same probs as the others, so now got iphone which i resisted but have to say it was the best move i made

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have an iphone and an HTC - have had two different HTC's the desire was fine the wildfire s complete crap .... give me my iphone anyday I love it

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

had Blackberry for a very long time, benefit of working for a company given them to trial when they first arrived...

have an Iphone5 now and love it.

would not go back

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wouldnt touch nokia had bad experience with them, htc desire good phone got samsung galaxy s3 now cracking phone well recomended

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

neither!

Cant you just txt instead?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Had a blackberry for a cpl years now have an iPhone n love it

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

I have both. I would quite happily chuck the BB down the toilet if I didn't need it for work.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a blackberry for work - 1 out of 5! hate it with it's stoopid tiny keys. Much prefer my iphone - 5 out of 5, but then I use it for just about everything other than making calls!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I cant use a blackberry my phone wasnt working the other day and i tried using my sons it baffled me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

iPhone.

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By *olfcartweaselCouple
over a year ago

Melrose

Blackberry 7 is shit. I mean, it just is, it's antiquated and horrid. The only people who buy it are tweenagers who want to use BBM to chat with their friends (clearly because they've never heard of other messaging systems), and men in suits who want to force them onto their staff due to the high end corporate management features at that end. Those corporate devices get thrown in a drawer and ignored, because as I said, Blackberry 7 is shit.

Blackberry 10 *might* be good, on paper. But it's hard to tell right now, for two reasons - because it's not out yet (so everything is based on guesswork) and because apps are rather important to users these days, and BB10 is gonna ship with almost no apps.

How many people want a smartphone with barely any apps? It's not a problem unique to BB10, either. If it's not Android or iPhone, it has no apps.

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By *tephenb001Man
over a year ago

stapleton

Neither....

I have my Nokia 3310.

Best phone ever.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Slap yourself in the head. Blackberry is shit. The only two realistic options right now are iphone 5 or samsung s3 depending on which one appeals more.

Haha! As a fan if both you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

See BB10 latest model, BB is the only truly secure mobile transmission for secure data. iPhone is also secure where as android devices are susceptible to virus attacks as seen recently!

Don't get me wrong android are fun devices but cheaply made and look like toys in a crèche.

Nokia are looking interesting again.

During my 10years in the industry gsmarena.com was considered a reasonable place to get the facts in devices.

Google BlackBerry or RIM to see just how well they are now doing and expected to do"

Lol. Just as a note i'm an iphone user. On 3GS until I get my May upgrade. I'm probably gonna aim for the 5 but I have a couple of Samsung fanboys at work that keep telling me to go for the S3 instead. Hopefully i'll be the one laughing if their phones get viruses.

They seem to talk it up like it's the best thing since slice bread.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Also I don't know what i'm talking about? Look how many other people know that Blackberry is shit compared to the iphone. It's a pile of wank with fiddly buttons to boot.

And the BBM thing which seems to be it's biggest selling point is moot considering you can message for free on other devices anyway.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sony for me on Android, so much more you can do than with an iphone/ios in my opinion.

Have a Blackberry for work, its dreadful, keys are tiny, especially if you've got fingers like cows tits

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've had both. Apart from emails iPhone wins hands down

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By *wanzMan
over a year ago

Swansea

iPhone everytime ....

BUT - go for the 4, not 5 - else you can't dock it onto most stations etc on the market without having to spend more cash on adaptors ....

I love my iPhone, but because I have 5 docks, many chargers, connecting cables and in car kits etc, I'll never upgrade to the 5 ...

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By *emon DodgerMan
over a year ago

Blackburn

I got iPhone 5 and it top. Always whatsapp which you can get your blackberry friends to get and the talk on there. Never had a blackberry and I don't think I will ever get 1

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By *efreeMan
over a year ago

North Staffs

iPhone is a great gadget, just not so good when making calls drops out completely with full signal!

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By *emon DodgerMan
over a year ago

Blackburn

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By *emon DodgerMan
over a year ago

Blackburn

"iPhone is a great gadget, just not so good when making calls drops out completely with full signal! "

My never does this it's fine. Must be your area

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Personally I will stick with the Iphone, not interested in the chat facilities and blackberry has keys whereas mine doesn't which helps my RSI immensely

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

iPhone all day blackberrys are crap

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

iPhone 5 is great, know loads peeps with them with no problems at all.

Have iPhone 4S for few more months til upgrade to iPhone 5.

Have lumia for works phone, hate it.

Daughter has blackberry, if I had my way would be in bin lol

iMessage is great, also use kik and whys app to, who needs bbm

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By *ornyindian_male35Man
over a year ago

walsall

Happy with my iphone

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By *emon DodgerMan
over a year ago

Blackburn

"iPhone 5 is great, know loads peeps with them with no problems at all.

Have iPhone 4S for few more months til upgrade to iPhone 5.

Have lumia for works phone, hate it.

Daughter has blackberry, if I had my way would be in bin lol

iMessage is great, also use kik and whys app to, who needs bbm

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By *imply_SensualMan
over a year ago

warrington

a good barometer is the kids who are 14,15,16 yrs old - they want whats 'hip' and does what they need it to do, e.g. be social. At the minute, they are ditching their BB's and opting for Apple or Android.

Personally, I have always thought BB were crap, yes they offer secure messaging, but that is it, their app store is limited, their operating system is crap and I still dont see BB10 making much of a difference.

I am a bit of an Apple whore, Mac, iPad and Iphone - never had one problem with any of them, they integrate better than any other devices I have owned and sharing between them is soooo easy.

If its your first foray into smartphones, get the 5, its slimmer, lighter and a slightly bigger screen than the 4 or 4s

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By *randmrssmithMan
over a year ago

london

Bb fine no problems at all each to there own

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By *amschwingerzCouple
over a year ago

West

Samsung S3 all day long...Iphones are just fashion accessories..Blackberrys are pretty drab in comparison.

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By *wanzMan
over a year ago

Swansea

Looks like the I's have it !!

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By *eryBigGirlWoman
over a year ago

East Yorkshire

Def love my iPhone 4S - have a bb for work and hate it!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We both have iPhones ( Paul has the 4s i have the 5) would never go back to a blackberry, more than one occasion i wanted to throw it agaisn't the wall !

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By *ikeC81Man
over a year ago

harrow

I have had android phones in past but in oct'11 I went with apple with 4s only one problem with it in15 months and that was because cell went down early on when using it.

I yet admit I am an apple fan boy

iPod touch

iPod classic

iPhone 4S

Mac mini 2011 version with 4gb ram i7

Ipad 2 64 gb now with mum

Dad has ipad mini with 16 gb

Ipad 4 with 64 gb and Tina screen

My only critisicim with the apple products is they battery life....but other than that I would recommend

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Both apple fans here, But to be honest, we only use them to surf the web, texting and calling. Pretty sure we could pick up any touch screen phone and be happy with it for our uses.

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By *ussypussWoman
over a year ago

South Birmingham waiting for the bf to come back after crimbo

"Slap yourself in the head. Blackberry is shit. The only two realistic options right now are iphone 5 or samsung s3 depending on which one appeals more."

I love my S3, I would never even contemplate the iphone, especially after what Apple said to Bruce Willis about leaving his equipment in his will.

Imo, Apple has got far too big for it's boots, they need to realise that when people buy things from them, they become THEIR property to do with as they please, the way they are behaving is like saying that if you get in a strop with your crappy iphone and destroy it, they are as good as saying that you've caused criminal damage and could TRY to prosecute you for doing so because it's not really yours ... what a bag of sh*te

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By *john121Man
over a year ago

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By *john121Man
over a year ago

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"a good barometer is the kids who are 14,15,16 yrs old - they want whats 'hip' and does what they need it to do, e.g. be social. At the minute, they are ditching their BB's and opting for Apple or Android.

I am a bit of an Apple whore, Mac, iPad and Iphone - never had one problem with any of them, they integrate better than any other devices I have owned and sharing between them is soooo easy.

If its your first foray into smartphones, get the 5, its slimmer, lighter and a slightly bigger screen than the 4 or 4s"

As I said fan of both, BB jumped into the touch market far to quickly and suffered for it, but they still have over 41mil customers, the new 10 has been tested by the people who know what's what and has lifted the share value vastly.

It's the only system that offers totally secure mail facilities, which is favoured by governments. It's despised by those who want to access your messages such as middle east regions because RIM won't allow then access to their servers.

Samsungs, htc's all look and feel like kiddy phones! Not just my opinion. Especially with the size of some of them!

I mean who calls an operating system jellybean?

Some of the Windows based are looking reasonable Nokia lumina

And as for iPhone sticking with my 4 for the moment, although I've just bought an i5 8Gb 1Terra laptop on Windows 8 and found out iTunes isn't fully compatable for sync purposes yet! Come on apple pull your fingers out!

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