BlackBerry Pearl 8120

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BlackBerry Pearl 8120

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Great phone but get insurance or on contract

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4 Aug 26th, 2009 

5 Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful

Advantages:
Email, music, Suretype, applications, easy to setup

Disadvantages:
Mine did go wrong, headphones suck, frequent charging needed

Recommendable Yes:

Detailed rating:

Look & Feel

Durability & Robustness

Battery standby time

Value for money

Range of features

Josephinabonetto

Josephinabonetto

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33, from Essex & Suffolk, full time civil servant by default for now, been reading reviews as a gues...

Member since:25.08.2009

Reviews:11

I got my BlackBerry free on contract and I also have insurance. I love my BlackBerry and won't ever go back to a normal phone and here is why:

Emails to BlackBerry = Some would see this is a curse but for me it means I caan read, reply or delete during my day meaning one less job to do when I get home. I have multiple email accounts on mine meaning I miss nothing.

Music (Media) = I use mine as an MP3 Player. I love it.

Applications = Facebook annoys me but I love Twitterberry.

The camera is also good and it plays videos (of course), it has lots of other features too.

The predictive text on this phone is far superior to any other I have used so the fact the keyboard is small causes me no trauma, a guy may find it hard but I get on fine.

My Pearl is Indigo in colour.

So here are the issues if you are buying full price without contract you should be mindful of:

- My phone gave me the white-screen-of-death with a spinning egg timer and had to be replaced within 6 months.
- If you love music check the media card size it comes with, I ordered an 8GB one online (offline they are a rip off).
- The headphones lasted 5 minutes - the bits came off the ends and got lost (rubber bits then foam bits = too many variables).
- Don't download unnecessary applications with no reviews (these could have caused my white screen of death).
- Because it does so much battery life drains quickly and it needs charging every 1-2 days.

Overall you have to remember that these gadgets are great but there is a lot more that can go wrong with them. I'm lucky I got mine on contract, I can just send it back if it goes wrong and get another. 

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