New Cell Phone

[MegaD]

I'm in the market for a new phone and I'm having trouble deciding on which to get. I have narrowed it down to two, Blackberry Curve and Samsung Instinct. Anyone have any thoughts?

I'm not even sure I need anything other than a "regular" cell phone but it's nice to have the additional features a voice/data phone offers.

Thanks!

 

[Maxine]

Wel Mega D, If your are getting a phone based on looks then go for the Instinct. If you are getting a phone for business and will use it to its full capacity I recommend the Curve. I am a BBerry user my self, and am quite pleased with it. I jumped on the BBerry Train. I use 98% of its feature! All five of my emails are connected to it. I have music, pics you name it. So look at what you will use the phone for, and if its not going to be used to its full capacity get a phone that is fiting your usage criteria. Save yourself the addition cost that you will to pay for if you dont use it. Happy Choosing! Good phone choices Btw!

 

[Cinema Face]

I was looking at the Samsung Instinct and I think it's more like a basic phone with a touch screen designed to look like an iphone. I was comparing it to the iphone and it's not in the same league.

Blackberrys are the best at a mobile email device. If that's important to you, then go with the berry.

 

[MegaD]

Okay, I appreciate the feedback. Forgive my lack of knowledge on this topic but after trying to research I'm a little overwhelmed with all the information out there. Perhaps if I list what features I'm looking for someone may be able to suggest a phone that might work for me. I text a lot of course so a QWERTY keyboard would be nice but not essential, GPS navigation would be nice, surfing the net when needed, taking pictures, listening to music, although I probably won't e-mail a lot it falls into the "nice to have category, all this in a modern looking phone. Sorry to be a pain in the ass but someone more knowlegeable, and impartial, might be able to help.

Thanks!

 

[Disturbia]

I'm in the market for a new phone and I'm having trouble deciding on which to get. I have narrowed it down to two, Blackberry Curve and Samsung Instinct. Anyone have any thoughts?

I'm not even sure I need anything other than a "regular" cell phone but it's nice to have the additional features a voice/data phone offers.

Thanks!

The choice of phone is YOURS! But, choose your provider wisely...drop calls ... network not available ... no signal when in the elevator ... and so on.

Many people blame their devices when in fact the provider is to blame.


P.S. Don't pay attention to Rogers' or Bell's commercials on TV

 

[censored]

Take a look at the Nokia E71 (from Rogers, or else unlocked from any number of dealers). QWERTY keyboard, GPS, Nokia Maps (of course, you can install Google Maps too, but Nokia Maps can be saved to your phone), 3.2 Mpx camera, video recording, stereo bluetooth (full bluetooth profile, including file transfers), free over-the-air sync (calendar, notes, to-do) with Ovi.com, LAN-browsing and WiFi file transfers to/from Mac/Windows/Linux computers (with SymSMB), microSD card. If you can take a look at it in person, do - it's a lot better looking in person than in the pics.

 

[Harley99]

Samsung Instinct

Hi
I got the Samsung Instinct and have had it for abouth three months and really like it. I am with Bell

Harley99

 

[good to go]

Blackberry Storm

Has anyone bought one yet, if so how do you like it.

 

[The Bandit]

Hi
I got the Samsung Instinct and have had it for abouth three months and really like it. I am with Bell

I have one too...on Telus.

 

[Shades]

Wel Mega D, If your are getting a phone based on looks then go for the Instinct. If you are getting a phone for business and will use it to its full capacity I recommend the Curve. I am a BBerry user my self, and am quite pleased with it. I jumped on the BBerry Train. I use 98% of its feature! All five of my emails are connected to it. I have music, pics you name it. So look at what you will use the phone for, and if its not going to be used to its full capacity get a phone that is fiting your usage criteria. Save yourself the addition cost that you will to pay for if you dont use it. Happy Choosing! Good phone choices Btw!

I have the curve as well, with Rogers, and really like the devise. But, I'm a slow learner and seem to have mastered only 8% of the phones function! Seems like a waste to me! I think I need lessons on handling curves

 

[dreamblade]

Has anyone bought one yet, if so how do you like it.

A friend of mine got one for xmas. It looks pretty sweet, if you like the touchscreen thing (I don't). The haptic screen (the entire screen is a button) is a nice touch, but selecting commands isn't always acurate. Iphone had te same issue early on, and it was fixed in subsequent software updates.

My opinion is to wait. Any new generation of BB has problems immediately after launch (the pearl, the bold, the flip), but they get fixed in about 4 months and then it's a great phone.

OP, I'm not familiar enough with the Instinct to comment, but generally, Samsung has been delivering very good devices for years now. However, as an insider, I can tell you the curve is a very good device. Blackberry is still the undisputed king of communication, so if texting is an important feature, I'd go with that. I don't trust touchscreens for messaging, they aren't as fast as a good old keyboard (yet). In December at an art show, I and 2 other wireless nerds got together in a texting context. We had a curve, an Iphone and an Open Moko. The BB consistently beat the other two touch phones.

The N95 is a very powerful phone, but it doesn't have a qwerty keyboard. The E71 is pretty slick, but it's very new, with a reworked operating system that I found a bit counter-intuitive, and hard to configure.

Also something you may want to consider: With data plans finally becoming affordable in Canada, SMS, with its limited messaging capability, is on its way out. I give it another 5 years.

 

[crystalpalace]

In December at an art show, I and 2 other wireless nerds got together in a texting context. We had a curve, an Iphone and an Open Moko. The BB consistently beat the other two touch phones.

That really is not a contest, more like a slaughter! Your friends didn't seriously think they could beat your QWERTY keyboard with their virtual keyboards, did they?!

 

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Out of curiousity, what did you end up getting?