Typical price: £120
What is it: Multimedia smart phone for style-conscious consumers
What we think: Prettier and more phone-like than the previous models in the BlackBerry line, and more consumer focused, too
Average user rating
5.6
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Average user rating from 7 users
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September 21, 2007
Posted by: fowler_cpj
"A sad apology for a product"
What I like:
it's a telephone
What I don't like:
on my third handset in as many months
Review:
I've just asked for my third handset via work on two months. Not impressive at all, and in my firm I am not alone.
What use is a phone that randomly doesn't ring and then corrects itself without intervention (first one)? Then what about the phone that decides randomly to switch the phone signal off, so you miss important business calls (second one)? And Have you tried to play video files? Finally, with vodafone, watch your bill go up as 121 rings you up to tell you there is a message but then makes you dial up it again? Am I alone in thinking this is a pile of rubbish or just really unlucky?
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