Blackberry Curve 8520 VS Blackberry Curve 3G 9300?

riz88

Hi there, what would you recommend buying, the 8520 is about £140 and 9300 is £250, apart from the price what would be better most of the time i am will have a wifi connection and i do have unlimited internet on my contract sim plus il get the blackberry booster.

So yeah basically what is better because i want to get it asap and would let some guidance thanks in advance.

EDIT : im on t-mobile uk .

screamer

Both me and OH got a blackberry 8520 last weekend (contract with Virgin) and we both absolutely adore this phone. I'm used to boring Nokia phones but OH has an HTC touch pro and he says the BB is far superior to his old phone. It's attractive, the keyboard is easy to use, it's light as a feather and in all honesty, I wish I had one of these ages ago. We can't compare it to the 9300 because we've never used one, I just came on to tell you how awesome we both think this phone is!

Good luck on your quest :-)

nikzGfx

£200 on the o2 site for the 9300! Better phone than the 8250, seems better built, 3G is a plus as well.

deano23285

9700 is an even better phone lol

chuckley

one is 3G and probably flash based and the other is not.

which is 'better' depends on what u 'need'.

riz88

chuckley wrote: »

one is 3G and probably flash based and the other is not.

which is 'better' depends on what u 'need'.

Well i would be using it for facebook blackberry instant messaging, and ocassionaly browsing the internet?

chuckley

then ull be fine with 2G. its actually not that much slower. i have a 3g handset but turn 3g off coz it drains battery.

social networks use very little data, unless its ubertwitter, or another non OS application, but once u play around with the apps ull fine one thats best. most just stick with the official ones though. minor data used!

riz88

thanks for replying yeah i have unlimited internet on tmobile anyway, and also is the 3g curve alot fast as in speed wise like loading apps etc if its not that much i might aswel get the 8520.

nikzGfx

3G speeds are slightly better, my sis has the 8900 with no 3G and I have 3G done side by side comparisons and my 9700 loads websites load faster.

They are very much the same phone, apart that the 9300 has 3G, Wifi N, will support OS6 when released & GPS over the 8520.

riz88

nikzGfx wrote: »

3G speeds are slightly better, my sis has the 8900 with no 3G and I have 3G done side by side comparisons and my 9700 loads websites load faster.

They are very much the same phone, apart that the 9300 has 3G, Wifi N, will support OS6 when released & GPS over the 8520.

So what would you recommend? What will be the benefits of os6?

deano23285

OS6 should be smoother, with a better a browser and user interface, likely to be released at some point next year