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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #20 on: April 06, 2015, 04:03:27 PM »
Alright I might look into it, because I really want a physical keyboard.

Do you know if it's available for sprint and what's the name of the latest model that has keyboard?
classic and no unfortunately its only available for verizon or AT&T but its a great phone
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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #21 on: April 06, 2015, 04:09:51 PM »
I got a classic for an employee and it needed to be reset.
Holy smokes! The thing took literally 45 minutes to get wiped and back to home screen. It's 2015, that's unacceptable. This phone didn't even have any apps installed yet.. Crazy

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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #22 on: April 06, 2015, 04:40:49 PM »
I got a classic for an employee and it needed to be reset.
Holy smokes! The thing took literally 45 minutes to get wiped and back to home screen. It's 2015, that's unacceptable. This phone didn't even have any apps installed yet.. Crazy
What company? What version were you running?
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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #23 on: April 06, 2015, 06:14:06 PM »
Vzw. No clue the version. Guy in store said it's normal...

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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #24 on: April 06, 2015, 07:41:05 PM »
Vzw. No clue the version. Guy in store said it's normal...
Ok that's normal, had you done it through the computer it would take less... but I agree it's a problem
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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #25 on: April 06, 2015, 07:50:21 PM »
Arguing over the merits of the BB is pointless, the question was why people won't even TRY it and that's mainly a branding issue like people mentioned earlier.

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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #26 on: April 06, 2015, 08:32:26 PM »
Arguing over the merits of the BB is pointless, the question was why people won't even TRY it and that's mainly a branding issue like people mentioned earlier.
agreed! thats the only conclusion that I can come to, I just tried the new ones and really like them and wouldnt go back anytime soon
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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #27 on: April 06, 2015, 09:22:53 PM »
I'm a die hard Blackberry fan for 2 reasons, the keyboard and email/hub. I do understand why people love Android/IOS, it's an OS that works. BlackBerry releases or leaks different OS versions with bugs all the time. Waze doesn't work well on my classic (loses GPS signal constantly), and I can go on.....BB has an app issue they can't do anything about it...Android runtime is better than nothing but it sucks.

Also, they release the Classic, so one would think they would put all the juice in this device instead it's a laggy device. I always dreamt of BB10 in the classic factor because these are the only BlackBerry people left and now they killed it. It looks like the people on top don't really use Blackberry's.

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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #28 on: April 06, 2015, 09:54:37 PM »
I'm a die hard Blackberry fan for 2 reasons, the keyboard and email/hub. I do understand why people love Android/IOS, it's an OS that works. BlackBerry releases or leaks different OS versions with bugs all the time. Waze doesn't work well on my classic (loses GPS signal constantly), and I can go on.....BB has an app issue they can't do anything about it...Android runtime is better than nothing but it sucks.

Also, they release the Classic, so one would think they would put all the juice in this device instead it's a laggy device. I always dreamt of BB10 in the classic factor because these are the only BlackBerry people left and now they killed it. It looks like the people on top don't really use Blackberry's.
Why don't you use SwiftKey by now? Or any swipe keyboard?

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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #29 on: April 06, 2015, 09:57:52 PM »
Here's my personal experience, I couldn't wait for the Classic to come out and when it did I had it. Even though it has all the apps that I need thanks to the Amazon app store and sideloading it still is slow (not slow as in BlackBerry slow but slower then any decent android) and since the apps aren't optimized for BlackBerry I find the apps very buggy. Also there are a lot of annoying glitches that I wish they would've fixed since OS 10 came out. For me I think I'm permanently done wit BlackBerry.

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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #30 on: April 06, 2015, 09:59:55 PM »
Why don't you use SwiftKey by now? Or any swipe keyboard?

It's not just the keyboard, it's also the hub. I hate email in IOS and Android. I just love how Blackberry does email/messaging. For the life of me I can't understand why nobody copies that onto Android.

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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #31 on: April 06, 2015, 10:01:33 PM »
It's not just the keyboard, it's also the hub. I hate email in IOS and Android. I just love how Blackberry does email/messaging. For the life of me I can't understand why nobody copies that onto Android.
+! gotta agree on that...also Ive heard the alarm clock on the Blackberry is awesome! (as silly as that sounds)
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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #32 on: April 06, 2015, 10:01:43 PM »
It's not just the keyboard, it's also the hub. I hate email in IOS and Android. I just love how Blackberry does email/messaging. For the life of me I can't understand why nobody copies that onto Android.
I have a couple friends who still use blackberry and they tell me the same thing. Apparently they like it only b/c of email.

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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #33 on: April 06, 2015, 10:02:14 PM »
I have a couple friends who still use blackberry and they tell me the same thing. Apparently they like it only b/c of email.
They have the new one?
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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #34 on: April 06, 2015, 10:03:36 PM »
They have the new one?
Idk. They say that about blackberry in general.

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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #35 on: April 16, 2015, 12:42:35 PM »
I've been with blackberry since the beginning..  I love blackberry. It's simply awesome. Have the q10

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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #36 on: April 16, 2015, 01:16:52 PM »
It's not just the keyboard, it's also the hub. I hate email in IOS and Android. I just love how Blackberry does email/messaging. For the life of me I can't understand why nobody copies that onto Android.
yup, I love my BB and dont see myself switching while they still make phones but if android copied the hub that would make me reconsider that.  The keyboard is great but I could get used to swype or swiftkey.  But the hub is what keeps me.  Its just such a smart and efficient way of organizing emails/texts...
I dont find most of the android apps buggy, some are but none that I really rely on.   

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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #37 on: April 16, 2015, 01:20:27 PM »
I have the q10 its a great phone simple and easy to use but more important doesn't break easily

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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #38 on: April 16, 2015, 01:24:08 PM »
Can someone explain what's so great about the emails?
If you don't care why would you comment?
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Re: Why are people not willing to try the new BlackBerry?
« Reply #39 on: April 16, 2015, 01:39:10 PM »
Can someone explain what's so great about the emails?
Its not so much the emails itself... its the way they are displayed and set up
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