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(More customer reviews)I really like this phone. I bought it because I had work in South Africa for 3 months and needed something that I could put a local sim card in. I like this phone so much that I think I will keep it and use it when I get back to the States.
-Calls are both reliable and clear which I think is the most important thing(it is a phone first after all)
-The keyboard takes some getting used to but I think I now prefer it to either a qwerty(takes up too much space w/ too small of buttons for fingers like mine), a touch screen(same finger problem) or a regular keypad. I don't have excessively large hands but I def do have "man" hands so I find many things are not built with me in mind. If this is not your case then you can disregard this part but I find that many of the men I work with and my friends tend to have similar issues.
-I didn't really want a flip phone either but now that I have one I am becoming a fan(no pocket dialing or key locking etc.)
-Battery life is good. I turned on the music player and left it on speaker to see how long it would take to drain the thing and after 4 hrs and less than half the battery gone gave up.
-Camera isn't that great but is more than adequate for a phone like this.
-I like that I can turn off data services and keep wi-fi on so that I don't get clipped in the US for a blackberry plan and can still use data from wi-fi(obviously not as great if you don't have regular wi-fi spots but if data is that important to you then you can always purchase the plan)
-The screen isn't that big(it is more than adequate though) It is bright and crisp
-Interface is good and I like having a smaller phone with the blackberry ball
-Music production quality is really good and doesn't drain the battery(see above) plus the ability to expand the memory is nice.
-Basic memory included is really not adequate if you are going to actually use this as a blackberry or music phone but I picked up a microSD 4gb for less than $10 and am so far happy so plan on buying a card
-Phone seems pretty durable but I haven't had it that long so I will update this as I go
-I have read some reviews about the phone being to slow or not working etc. I think this is prob a hardware issue that would be covered as long as you buy one with a warranty. I think it is also the effect of the 1 in 1000 customers who get a bad phone to be unhappy enough to write a review while 999 ppl who are content won't.
-This is NOT a smartphone but it does do what you need it too. Personally I don't want a phone that is too big just so I can do inadequate work on it. I can do the basics of what I need to while on the go and if I need to do something serious I will sit down and pull out my laptop. That is my preference though.
All in all a great phone for a reasonable price. I would highly recommend it to anyone either traveling or just looking for an unlocked phone in the U.S.
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