Why I Upgrade to a BlackBerry Bold from the iPhone 3G

In this video i just wanted to address a few questions that i was asked, and to give the reasoning behind me giving up on the iPhone.

I ramble a bit here, so please bare with me :)

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• grade
• upgraded
• switched
• iphone
• 3g
• 3gs
• blackberry
• bold
• curve
• 9000
• 8520
• new
• RIM

[kevinklinkmuller]

one question. do you live in the uk? if so, how did you swap your iphone to your blackberry? how did you do that with the contract?

thanks

[nerdishcouk]

I sold the iPhone, and bought the Blackberry with the money i made - then phoned O2, they gave me an extra 500 texts a month, along with an extra 200 minutes AND the unlimited blackberry bolt on, all for the same price i was paying before (£44 a month).

[macward66]

I had the bold for a year and switched back to the iphone 3gs. the texting and email is better on the BB but everything else sucks. the internet is a fail and the apps suck. the 3gs made some major improvements to make me not switch back to the BB.

[nerdishcouk]

I just hope the next generation iPhone has some improvements over the 3GS, as the 3GS just seemed like a speed bump from the 3G.

[kevinklinkmuller]

by old technology i meant that it has no touchscreen, it has a plastic keyboard etc. i dont care if it came out in November or in 1962. the bold is still awsome. i dont think the bold is better than the iphone and i dont think the iphone is better than the bold. its just aimed at different types of people!

[nerdishcouk]

Ah right, i understand your comment now - thanks for the reply :)

[ls1ws62k1]

Your a fucking idiot! Iphone is good, blackberry = shit! You switched over b/c you need a damn brain scan!

[Sofa3301]

You just lost your "ness"

[Cyatty]

think these phones are down to preference and the person and what they want to use it for, i love my brothers bb bold but would never trade my iphone for it

[Cyatty]

I have a iphone 3gs, OS 4 allows you to lock the screen so it doesnt rotate and if you hold the phone and type with both hands like on a bb the typing speed and accuracy is just the same and i find it increases in landscape mode, i find typing on a bb curve for example much harder (small fiddly buttons), it have pic messages my push notifications have never been slow even b4 OS 4. You can also multitask while other apps remain running in the background. internet browsing is also alot quicker

[fusion2uk]

You have hit the nail on every point about the iphone, os4 is still very poor. and the lack of signal when os4 installed, so to the bold 9000 i went and what a move that was, blackberry all the way, leaves the iphone in its shadow.

[silverstein23429]

i really want to switch to the blackberry bold 9700 but im in high school and dont have a job and my dad wont let me sell my iphone so i have no money -_-

but i agree with what you said. and one thing i hate about the iphone i have is the battery life. and i dont like the vibrate switch cause i accidentely hit it all the time.

[usman2hype92]

the iphone 4 is very special.. lmao

[Chillash007]

On o2 is there a charge for Blackberry GPS maps?

[nolasicilian]

Im so glad you made this video. You said almost everything I tell people when they ask why I can't stand my iphone anymore. From the lack of features the iphone was missing that even FREE phones had at the time (picture messaging for starters) to not using apps after a few days (if that)

[dgo0118]

why do you think you downgrade with a bold?