I've had a friend of mine asking me this question on what her next phone should be, BlackBerry or iPhone? And I guess I'll just try my best to give some advise then ....
Q: i want a functional fone. easy to sms... seriously considering to push mail to my fone... easy to call... can do calculations... foto... recording... can easily open attachmt best... music...
A: As a start, I would have to let you know that BlackBerry is nothing without BlackBerry Internet Service subscription. Thus, with Singtel, i presume you are, the cheapest plan for that you can go for is $15 plus the VAS of 3GB BIS at $24.9. While for iPhone, they have iFlexi Lite which is bundled at $39.
However, do also note that if you do opt for BlackBerry Torch 9800, you MUST have the 3GB BIS in your plan. Or else you could say bye bye to browser and AppsWorld. Other BlackBerry model doesn't seem tohave this problem as claimed by Hello Shop Manager, which means you can just opt for 1GB BIS Social VAS and do your browser using the normal BBoM.
Ease of SMS-ing. Well, both do have the same style of messaging as they link all our SMSes into a conversation. In terms of how convinience we type, I would personally go for BlackBerry as it has qwerty keypad, whilst iPhone, on the other hand, only have virtual qwerty keypad. Typing can be done faster and more accurate with BlackBerry.
Other type of Instant Messaging (IM). Both phones do support most, if not all, common IM available, such as: YM, MSN, Skype, etc. However, BlackBerry has it's own licensed BlackBerry Messenger which allows us to send messages between BlackBerry devices all around the world with the data being deducted from your BIS plan.
Responsiveness. the response of BlackBerry surely surpass iPhone in terms of it's hardware and software. However, the response of iPhone touchscreen is ten times more superior than BlackBerry Torch.
Push Mail. You have to go for BlackBerry for this feature that you want. However, iPhone, and many other phones, are able to simulate push mail service by means of pulling the mail on a certain time interval basis in the expense of draining the battery.
Ease of making phone calls. Seriously, if you're gonna make a phone calls to peoples in your contact lists, it's BlackBerry. But if you're making calls by dialing their number, then it's the same.
Calculation. With iPhone there's always an Apps for everything. So, even an algebraic calculation also can be done with it. While BlackBerry does well with the basic calculator. I, personally, haven't really search for any calculator Apps for BlackBerry.
Photos, Recording, & Multimedia. BlackBerry with OS6 have what they call Social Feed apps which collate and consolidate all the updates & RSS from your social networking network & websites. Equipped with 5MP camera, it serves well for photo taking and movie recording. iPhone does it better in this aspect though. it's a phone that is full of multimedia and games. Music does better in iPhone too!
Files compatibility. Both phones does well for compatibility with most of the file extension such as PDF, XLSX, DOCX, etc .... However, do note that iPhone doesn't support Flash in their browser.
Hopefully you could find this comparison of a good use. Cheers!
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