Blackberry Curve 8520 vs Bold 9700.

[Stephen!]

Hi, I'm wanting to take a contract out, however I'm having a difficult time deciding between these two models.

Curve: £15 a Month with phone free.
Bold: £25 a Month with phone free.

Is the bold worth £10 a month more than the curve? What useful features does it include? I'm not really interested in camera quality.

[Fehm]

I have the curve, never had the bold so I don't know the difference but... The curve has never let me down

[-mastercasino-]

curve is gd phone bold aint worth tenner more

[Sharon]

Bold is more buisness type is what I've heard... I've seen this offer on Virgin.. is this the one you're looking at?

[Nuxty]

Well, I've just ordered a curve as I had a little look at both of them and I think the curve would suit someone who was just using it as an everyday phone better. I found that the bold as said above was more of a business professional type of phone.

[Stephen!]

Yeah I'm looking at the Virgin deal.

I notice that the Bold has 3G while the Curve does not? I would like fairly quick internet access.

[Special]

they look the same anyway... i suggest curve & save yourself 120 pound a year

[HotelUser]

I'll be shot and thrown in the river for this:

Why are you buying a blackberry when it is completely inferior to competitive smartphones?

iPhone 4 - http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

iPhone 3gs - http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-3gs/

Nexus One - http://www.google.com/phone/static/e...ech_specs.html

HTC Desire - http://www.htc.com/www/product/desir...ification.html

Moto Droid - http://www.letsgomobile.org/en/cellu...motoroladroid/

Samsung Galaxy - http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9000_galaxy_s-3115.php

HTC Evo - http://phandroid.com/2010/03/23/htc-...hed-by-sprint/


You can buy a second hand G1 dirt cheap which even has a keyboard and out preforms every RIM handset android flavoured. Blackberry devices just force you to waste money on dataplans because they have a crappy WAP browser and crappy application availability, not to mention the horrible horrible technical specifications and low resolution screen.

[Recursion]

they look the same anyway... i suggest curve & save yourself 120 pound a year

Useful input there! /sarcasm

I'll be shot and thrown in the river for this:

Why are you buying a blackberry when it is completely inferior to competitive smartphones?

iPhone 4 - http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

iPhone 3gs - http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-3gs/

Nexus One - http://www.google.com/phone/static/e...ech_specs.html

HTC Desire - http://www.htc.com/www/product/desir...ification.html

Moto Droid - http://www.letsgomobile.org/en/cellu...motoroladroid/

Samsung Galaxy - http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9000_galaxy_s-3115.php

HTC Evo - http://phandroid.com/2010/03/23/htc-...hed-by-sprint/


You can buy a second hand G1 dirt cheap which even has a keyboard and out preforms every RIM handset android flavoured. Blackberry devices just force you to waste money on dataplans because they have a crappy WAP browser and crappy application availability, not to mention the horrible horrible technical specifications and low resolution screen.

Actually, Blackberrys are widely considered better than any of those smartphones, don't ask me why but quite a few people prefer them :S

And Dave, don't tell anyone to get a G1! They're coming up to two years old, they're slow and clunky now.

[xxMATTGxx]

Not sure if this is correct but hey!



If it was me, I would go with the 9700 due to the fact it has 3G while the other one doesn't.