BlackBerry 9800 Torch Unlocked Phone with 5 MP Camera, Full QWERTY Keyboard, 4 GB Internal Storage, and Slider Card Slot Up to 32GB - International Version with No Warranty (Black)

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What can I say? WOW. This is my first Blackberry, and first touch screen smartphone. I'm a former Nokia man coming from the E61i. I did months of research, I looked at the HTC HD2 and 7 Samsung Omnia 7 and many others comparing features likes and dislikes. I believe you should KNOW WHAT YOU NEED in a smartphone before you buy, there is no one PERFECT phone on the market plus nothing beats going to a local store and see and touch or even demo the item.If you have access to a pc I highly recommend, FIRST that you download the Blackberry Desktop Software and connect the TORCH to get the need updates for the CORE SOFTWARE and APPS before putting your stuff on it. Yes it is a phone, but it is also half pc and must be treated so as to get the BEST PERFORMANCE from it.Blackberry is the KING for business and messengering!!! The TORCH handles them beautifully and with ease. I find that I lean more on the hard keys to type long messages, but I am trying to get use to screen typing. The screen is great for watching videos and reading text(ebooks), but I think it could have been a little bigger. There is room. Althought, I updated the software when multitasking heavily you can see the HOUR GLASS popping up. I believe that can be corrected with a faster CPU and more MEMORY, plus I found some helpful tips and tricks on Youtube that I used to BOOST and OPTIMIZE the PERFORMANCE of the TORCH and can work on most Blackberry phones.The battery life is also outstanding. I can go all day on one charge, but as your know depending on what you mostly use it for can shorten the life of the battery. The TORCH is my personal phone, but I have a company phone as well to travel with and do my job, so I can't give a fair accessment of the battery life.I have taken some photos and videos with the camera(5MP) and they would PASS:-), well it is a camera phone so you can still get a decent photo to email right away if needed, or capture a special moment as it happens.The APPLE IPHONE has maybe a million plus apps, but I only need two or three on my TORCH to get to get the information that I may need (sports scores, weather, etc.)I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND the Blackberry TORCH and you will LOVE it:-) I read in a leak somewhere that the TORCH 2 is coming later this year and I am looking forward to it.

I bought the phone to be used in India and so far it has been a good phone and works as expected. Below are pros and cons in my opinionPros1. Good looking and sturdy feel.2. It has the most recent blackberry OS which is a bit more user friendly and intuitive than the previous version3. The touchscreen interface is similar to iPhone and much better than the BB stormCons1. The touch keyboard is not as reponsive as the iPhone. It may get better with more practice but atleast initially it feels a bit clumsier and tad too sensitive. The physical keyboard is good.2. The OS is still not as user friendly as the iPhone's iOS.3. The BB appworld is a joke compared to Apple. Also the fact there are multiple sources for downloading the apps takes some getting used to. Some of the apps such as Vonage and Skype are not available for blackberry torch. I hope this gets resolved soon.Overall, not a bad phone.

I needed an unlocked cell phone to use overseas. I realized from past experiences that many people that deal in cell phones apart from the major cell phone companies are difficult at best to deal with. Many are unscrupulous and even dishonest in their dealings and their service and can not be trusted to back up what they sell or even deliver what they promise.For this reason I decided to deal through Amazon who over the years I have found to give excellent service and to be honest in their transactions.I bought my unlocked cell phone from ABE a vender with Amazon. The delivery was made within, actually before, the promised delivery date.At first I had a minor problem with the phone mainly because I did not understand how to use some of the functions I needed overseas.I sent a request to ABE to switch the phone out for another phone. I expected to be met with a disagreeable situation and an argument. Instead I was immediately contacted by ABE through Amazon by email. ABE sent me an email to ask for my phone number and called me. Within 3 days ABE sent me a new phone and told me how use the function I needed. I returned the first phone. The day of the delivery of the new phone ABE sent me an email asking if everything was ok and if the new phone was doing what I wanted it to do, It was, their service was great, and appreciated.I heartedly recommend both Amazon and their cell phone vender ABE. The transaction was easy, polite, and quick. ABE is a pleasure to do business with.They are a bright light in a often shady business.Don SAtlanta, GA USA

Well, I am a new BB user, always using Nokia, so I knew I could have some problems related to "usability", but it has been not a ver hard learning curve.Pros:- Nice graphical interface (dual touch and things like that)- The keyboard works great- It has a concept where all the things are combined, like LinkedIn, Facebook, and the normal people directory- I have my business stuff there- Even it doesn't sound great, it plays music (with phones) decently- The internet navigation works very well- The camera works decently, but for me is not my main camera so I'm fine with thatCons:- It could have a better screen resolution- The integrated speaker doesn't have a great bass, and they are not stereo (my previous phone was a Nokia Xpressmusic 5800, and its speaker sounded great to be a phone)- The screen, when unlocked, seems to be very sensitive- I though the Xpressmusic battery lasted too short, 2 or 3 days, but this one is drained in 1 to 1.5 days with normal use (two e-mail accounts + FB + LinkedIn + phone, all on line, having deactivated bluetooth and WiFi)As a closing line, I should say that is a great business phone, and a normal-use phone too.UPDATE: I suspect that the BB holster is the reason I have a "decent" battery performance compared to others:[...]