*******July 21; 30 day UPDATE
I'm 1 month in and I didn't return the phone at the 14 day mark, even though I was really thinking about it. Here are my thoughts after using it for a while:
PRO:
1. Physical keyboard is really awesome. No more having to rely on crappy autocorrect.
2. Peek and Flow is awesome. I find myself using the BB gestures when I use my old Android phone. (BTW, battery life on my old phone is awesome now that it doesn't have cell service)
3. BB Hub is amazing too. I love having everything in the hub and seeing.
4. I really like the control over what you can allow an app to have access to.
CONS:
A. No Apps. The banking apps I want to use aren't there. Hopefully BB OS 10.2 will fix this and encourage the banks to port their app over.
B. No pattern unlock
C. The desktop link software makes my computer lag.
D. Screen size makes surfing the web a bad experience, because you have to scroll left and right sometimes.
CONCLUSION: Awesome for communication, crap for entertainment. If you type a lot get this or something with a massive screen.
***July 1 UPDATE
CONS:
Side loading the apps I want to use are not going to work until the BB 10.2 update comes out in December.
I can view my documents in Google drive, but can't update them. I can live with that. I'll just update my notes when I get home and in front of my desktop.
Google Talk app is unreliable. My friend said she isn't getting some of my messages that I asked her about. She has no reason to lie, they were just "Hi" type messages. She also said that she sent me an IM when I never got.
Surfing the web sucks. Screen is too small and causes eye strain unless you zoom in, then you have to scroll left and right.
GPS/ phone navigation makes the back of the phone very hot really quickly. My HTC Vivid never got this hot so fast. Maybe the design of the BB transfers the heat to the back cover and the HTC just holds it in? I dunno.
PRO:
Keyboard is awesome. Sending e-mails/SMS from my phone is a joy.
E-mail and calendar sync work really well. BB Hub is awesome.
Battery life is awesome, but funny how the battery lasts 24+ hours when you surf the web minimally.
CONCLUSION: I wish I waited for the Samsung Note 3.
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I picked it up close to Minneapolis, not Mall of America. The store got 4 units and they sold 2 before I walked in to the store. Pretty good for a mall that was dead at 5:30 pm on a Friday.
I had a HTC Vivid before this and the BB Bold 9000 before that (for 2 years on contract + 1 year off). I moved away from blackberry because the follow ups to the original Bold were crap. They shrunk the phone when everyone else was making their phones bigger. When they finally released the BB 9900 they put a small battery in it. In my opinion the Q10 is the true successor to the Bold 9000.
I also was considering waiting 4 months and getting the Samsung Note 3 (which is my #2 choice) when it comes out, but decided against it because of issues with fitting a phone of that size in my pants pocket.
Here are my initial reactions:
Pro:
1. I really like the BB Calendar. It pulled all of my stuff from Google Calendar and I think it does a superior job of displaying events.
2. It pulled all of my contacts from Google Contacts and displays them better than on my old Android phone. I wonder if it will update google contacts if I add something in my BB.
3. Having a physical keyboard again is awesome. I hated typing on a touchscreen a having the keyboard take up half of the screen, covering up what you need to see.
4. Big LED notification light is back!
5. Big speaker in the bottom next to the mic is awesome. It makes total sense since everyone seems to hold the phone to speak into the mic when it is on speaker anyway. I would have preferred putting the big speakers in the area where the normal speakers are.
6. Immediate difference in battery life (and I just bought a new OEM battery for my HTC about 3 months ago).
Con:
A. Good bye google services until I figure out how to sideload. I need Google Drive and Maps with Navigation.
B. The Apps for my brokerages aren't there. They made things easier on the Android.
C. Smaller screen makes surfing the web and watching videos less enjoyable.
I'm 1 month in and I didn't return the phone at the 14 day mark, even though I was really thinking about it. Here are my thoughts after using it for a while:
PRO:
1. Physical keyboard is really awesome. No more having to rely on crappy autocorrect.
2. Peek and Flow is awesome. I find myself using the BB gestures when I use my old Android phone. (BTW, battery life on my old phone is awesome now that it doesn't have cell service)
3. BB Hub is amazing too. I love having everything in the hub and seeing.
4. I really like the control over what you can allow an app to have access to.
CONS:
A. No Apps. The banking apps I want to use aren't there. Hopefully BB OS 10.2 will fix this and encourage the banks to port their app over.
B. No pattern unlock
C. The desktop link software makes my computer lag.
D. Screen size makes surfing the web a bad experience, because you have to scroll left and right sometimes.
CONCLUSION: Awesome for communication, crap for entertainment. If you type a lot get this or something with a massive screen.
***July 1 UPDATE
CONS:
Side loading the apps I want to use are not going to work until the BB 10.2 update comes out in December.
I can view my documents in Google drive, but can't update them. I can live with that. I'll just update my notes when I get home and in front of my desktop.
Google Talk app is unreliable. My friend said she isn't getting some of my messages that I asked her about. She has no reason to lie, they were just "Hi" type messages. She also said that she sent me an IM when I never got.
Surfing the web sucks. Screen is too small and causes eye strain unless you zoom in, then you have to scroll left and right.
GPS/ phone navigation makes the back of the phone very hot really quickly. My HTC Vivid never got this hot so fast. Maybe the design of the BB transfers the heat to the back cover and the HTC just holds it in? I dunno.
PRO:
Keyboard is awesome. Sending e-mails/SMS from my phone is a joy.
E-mail and calendar sync work really well. BB Hub is awesome.
Battery life is awesome, but funny how the battery lasts 24+ hours when you surf the web minimally.
CONCLUSION: I wish I waited for the Samsung Note 3.
*********
I picked it up close to Minneapolis, not Mall of America. The store got 4 units and they sold 2 before I walked in to the store. Pretty good for a mall that was dead at 5:30 pm on a Friday.
I had a HTC Vivid before this and the BB Bold 9000 before that (for 2 years on contract + 1 year off). I moved away from blackberry because the follow ups to the original Bold were crap. They shrunk the phone when everyone else was making their phones bigger. When they finally released the BB 9900 they put a small battery in it. In my opinion the Q10 is the true successor to the Bold 9000.
I also was considering waiting 4 months and getting the Samsung Note 3 (which is my #2 choice) when it comes out, but decided against it because of issues with fitting a phone of that size in my pants pocket.
Here are my initial reactions:
Pro:
1. I really like the BB Calendar. It pulled all of my stuff from Google Calendar and I think it does a superior job of displaying events.
2. It pulled all of my contacts from Google Contacts and displays them better than on my old Android phone. I wonder if it will update google contacts if I add something in my BB.
3. Having a physical keyboard again is awesome. I hated typing on a touchscreen a having the keyboard take up half of the screen, covering up what you need to see.
4. Big LED notification light is back!
5. Big speaker in the bottom next to the mic is awesome. It makes total sense since everyone seems to hold the phone to speak into the mic when it is on speaker anyway. I would have preferred putting the big speakers in the area where the normal speakers are.
6. Immediate difference in battery life (and I just bought a new OEM battery for my HTC about 3 months ago).
Con:
A. Good bye google services until I figure out how to sideload. I need Google Drive and Maps with Navigation.
B. The Apps for my brokerages aren't there. They made things easier on the Android.
C. Smaller screen makes surfing the web and watching videos less enjoyable.
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