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Blackberry Storm VS Blackberry Bold

Right, the time has come where I need to decide which of my two blackberry’s I like the best, it really is a tough decision and both are great phones, here is a little breakdown of the good points and bad points I like about each phone.

This isn’t going to be easy to judge due to the fact my Storm is unlocked and currently working on the T-Mobile network, therefore I don’t have access to the Blackberry App World, Blackberry email or Blackberry messenger, but I do have access to these on the Bold so will judge on the physical side of the phone and not the software side.

Blackberry Storm – The good stuff

• Great design
• Excellent battery life
• Feels nice in the hand
• Durable and tough shell (dropped a few times but had no damage)
• Minimal buttons (which is great)
• Great for additional memory, I currently have my 8GB MicroSD card in which makes it a good media player on the move
• Ear Buds are great, cut most of the background noise out which makes it great for hands free calling as well as listening to music!

Blackberry Storm – The bad stuff

• I hate the touch screen, kind of feels you have to push the screen through in order to get it to respond, definitely not up to the standard of the iPhone. Not very easy to type on either, always find myself pressing the wrong buttons.
• When the phone has been turned on a while in generally slows down and is really slow at responding to requests such as turning to camera mode.
• Accelerometer isn’t the best when changing the orientation of the screen, I find myself most days trying to get the screen to switch back to the correct way it should be, this is a huge let down, especially when you are in a rush to get something done.
• Loud Mode, when the phone is in loud mode the sound is really distorted and isn’t really good at all, there should be no option for this if it cannot handle playing correctly at this level, Maybe if I were using some custom tones I could understand but just using the standard ones on the device, should be a little better!
• The voice activation button gets really annoying and have found on many occasions it being activated and I get the “Say a command” speaking to me! Ahh go away!
• The phone holder, Never really sure which way I am meant to put the Storm in, buttons to the top? Or buttons to the bottom? I have done it both ways and find both of these have issues.
• No wifi, in this day and age you would have expected wifi for a phone that is aimed at business people.
• No Trackball wheel

Blackberry Bold – The Good Stuff

• Very nice design
• Love the fact Blackberry have kept the trackball wheel
• Great keypad, very easy to type on, full QWERTY setup and a pleasure to use, great for typing long emails or txt messages.
• Great for additional memory, I currently have my 8GB MicroSD card in which makes it a good media player on the move
• Ear Buds are great, cut most of the background noise out which makes it great for hands free calling as well as listening to music!
• Fantastic battery life even when in 3G mode
• Has wifi – an essential in the IT world!
• Sound doesn’t distort when in loud mode

Blackberry Bold – The Bad Stuff

• Excessively larger than the Storm
• Screen could be a little larger (but that is more of a want than a need, nothing wrong with the Bolds screen just me being petty)

I seem to be really struggling with finding bad points with the Blackberry Bold, I would say the Bold makes a greater phone for the Business man/woman and people who just want a cool looking phone with a very to use keypad.

I think the Storm is a cool phone but overall I would have to choose the Bold, the Bold does exactly what it needs to do, without showing off all of the features that are not needed, it comes with all the necessary things you want in a phone like GPS, WIFI etc perfect for Business use.

The Storm is OK I guess but I find it’s just not that user friendly.

Winner = Blackberry Bold (with Hons) !