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Call me a crazy person, lately I've been thinking long and hard about going back to the BB (BB Bold 9930) and am willing to make all the sacrifices that come wi

Call me a crazy person, lately I've been thinking long and hard about going back to the BB (BB Bold 9930) and am willing to make all the sacrifices that come with it for a lot of the frustrations with smartphone OSes listed in this thread. Maybe I'm getting older and my demands on what I expect from a phone are beginning to normalize and simplify: Text, Calls, Email, a browser for sports scores and reading news articles on the train. Honestly it's very probable that I'll only ever keep a smart phone around as a music/podcast/audiobook device.

dreamcompiler 9y ago
I never used a BB, but I did have a bunch of "dumb" cell phones, and I miss them. Making calls on them was easy: Flip open, press Talk, dial, Success! Now it's: Turn the phone on (which takes approximately 60 seconds on my Samsung because it can't see keystrokes until it finishes trying to connect to wifi), hit Home button, wait 3 seconds for that to work, hit Phone icon, wait 2 seconds, hit keyboard button, wait 1 second, dial phone waiting 500 ms between each key, press Call icon, wait 20 seconds for call to go through, hit speakerphone button (because as often as not the cheek sensor fails to work and my cheek disconnects the call), Success! As the saying goes, smart phones are just pocket computers with shitty phones attached.
- mkl 9y ago
  I think you need a better phone. I have none of these problems on my Samsung Galaxy Note 4.
  - dreamcompiler 9y ago
    This is a Galaxy S6. I'd probably get better performance if I didn't keep it in low-power mode, but I have no choice because the quest for thinner phones means the battery only lasts 2 hours in regular-power mode.
gaius 9y ago
I am actually looking at prices now. The last model of Pearl can be had “new” for £85... only question is the battery...
dillweed 9y ago
Wish I knew what bb 9930 was but I am considering becoming a Luddite
- detaro 9y ago
  an older Blackberry model: https://www.gsmarena.com/blackberry_bold_touch_9930-3755.php https://www.gsmarena.com/blackberry_bold_touch_9930-3755.php

dreamcompiler 9y ago

I never used a BB, but I did have a bunch of "dumb" cell phones, and I miss them. Making calls on them was easy: Flip open, press Talk, dial, Success! Now it's: Turn the phone on (which takes approximately 60 seconds on my Samsung because it can't see keystrokes until it finishes trying to connect to wifi), hit Home button, wait 3 seconds for that to work, hit Phone icon, wait 2 seconds, hit keyboard button, wait 1 second, dial phone waiting 500 ms between each key, press Call icon, wait 20 seconds for call to go through, hit speakerphone button (because as often as not the cheek sensor fails to work and my cheek disconnects the call), Success! As the saying goes, smart phones are just pocket computers with shitty phones attached.

mkl 9y ago
I think you need a better phone. I have none of these problems on my Samsung Galaxy Note 4.
- dreamcompiler 9y ago
  This is a Galaxy S6. I'd probably get better performance if I didn't keep it in low-power mode, but I have no choice because the quest for thinner phones means the battery only lasts 2 hours in regular-power mode.

gaius 9y ago

I am actually looking at prices now. The last model of Pearl can be had “new” for £85... only question is the battery...

dillweed 9y ago

Wish I knew what bb 9930 was but I am considering becoming a Luddite

detaro 9y ago
an older Blackberry model: https://www.gsmarena.com/blackberry_bold_touch_9930-3755.php https://www.gsmarena.com/blackberry_bold_touch_9930-3755.php