BlackBerry 8830
BB 8830 vs Moto Q
I am considering each of these phones and have done some considerable research, but it seems that once I have my mind made up as to which one to get I come across a few bad reviews and I'm back to square one.
The big thing for me is justifying the difference in 1) cost of phone $299 for the 8830; $179 for the Q and 2) cost of data package $39.95 for BB and $24.95 for the Q.
They both seem to handle email, appointments, browsing equally well.
Battery life advantage goes to the 8830.
Additional storage - BB (4GB), Q (2GB)
MP3 ringtones - equal
Bluetooth - BB (v2) Q (v1.2)
Email - have an exchange server and a bb server at work - both of which I have access to
Acticesync wont be a big player for me as I will be moving my lap...
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The big thing for me is justifying the difference in 1) cost of phone $299 for the 8830; $179 for the Q and 2) cost of data package $39.95 for BB and $24.95 for the Q.
They both seem to handle email, appointments, browsing equally well.
Battery life advantage goes to the 8830.
Additional storage - BB (4GB), Q (2GB)
MP3 ringtones - equal
Bluetooth - BB (v2) Q (v1.2)
Email - have an exchange server and a bb server at work - both of which I have access to
Acticesync wont be a big player for me as I will be moving my lap...
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I have had the first generation Q for 2 years and traded up to the new Q about a month age. I kept the phone for about a week and decided to try the 8830. Hands doen the 8830 is a far superior smartphone, this coming from a diehard moto person. The only issue wit the 8830 is the ringer in that it is a little anemic as far as loudness, but all things considered the 8830 is your choice...Hope this helps
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Same here. Was a die hard Moto fan, had the Q and Q9m. Downloaded fizz weather, monitory, IM+ from handango and lots of other software. Had my Q doing a send and recieve across 7 email accounts every 5 minutes, thats about 20-30 emails per day. It would freeze sometimes on MMS messages with all of this going on and my email would stick at times as well.
Got the 8830 yesterday. I love it! The Q is a device for people who do mild email and want multimedia fuctionality as well.
For dependability and some sexy get the 8830. If you want to pay 15 more for a data package with the Q, have a camera, red color on your phone, can take a 32gb chip when it comes out, take videos. get the q9m. The regular q has a horrible keyboard.
Got the 8830 yesterday. I love it! The Q is a device for people who do mild email and want multimedia fuctionality as well.
For dependability and some sexy get the 8830. If you want to pay 15 more for a data package with the Q, have a camera, red color on your phone, can take a 32gb chip when it comes out, take videos. get the q9m. The regular q has a horrible keyboard.
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The 8830 is hands down the better device. I had the Moto Q9m, and the keyboard is nice but the battery is really weak and the email program is very basic. Also the task manager is a PITA.
The BB's keyboard is just as nice, call quality is great so far, and email is incredible. I do miss SlingPlayer a little bit but I can deal. I still havent even completely explored the depths of tasks that the 8830 can perform and I am already in love.
The BB's keyboard is just as nice, call quality is great so far, and email is incredible. I do miss SlingPlayer a little bit but I can deal. I still havent even completely explored the depths of tasks that the 8830 can perform and I am already in love.
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I agree. I've had the phone more days now and I love it. The keyboard on the Q9m is super nice though but I can get8 use to the 8830. And of course I don't mind loosing the camera. I was even thinking about getting rid of my voyager too because the bb is so great.
I have the voyager for fun and the 8830 for business. No, it is no expensive either, only 20 bucks more to have it that way. Anyway, the bb is lovely and I can't wait to nuke it.
I have the voyager for fun and the 8830 for business. No, it is no expensive either, only 20 bucks more to have it that way. Anyway, the bb is lovely and I can't wait to nuke it.
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i had a moto Q for the better part of a year (thank god it was under manufactuer's warranty) but within a 10 month period i went to the verizon store 7 times with issues on the Q!!!
that is just unacceptable - 7x in less than a year? please give me my money back.
it is wrought with problems - from terrible battery life to bugs in the system - i would not recommend even my worst enemy to purchase a Q!!!
i traded that for a treo 700wx, which was pretty good, but now i have the bb world edition and i LOVE IT - hands down better than the Q + treo combined. 😁
that is just unacceptable - 7x in less than a year? please give me my money back.
it is wrought with problems - from terrible battery life to bugs in the system - i would not recommend even my worst enemy to purchase a Q!!!
i traded that for a treo 700wx, which was pretty good, but now i have the bb world edition and i LOVE IT - hands down better than the Q + treo combined. 😁
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I have the voyager for play and the bb 8830 for business. And I love the bb for email.
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phonenvy said:
I have the voyager for play and the bb 8830 for business. And I love the bb for email.
Can the BB 8830 sync directly with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 wirelessly? Or does my company have to have the Blackberry enterprise server to wirelessly sync with my outlook at work?
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