BB Curve 2=JUNK

HappyMommy · ‎01-20-2010

So my husband and I go into the store this past weekened to check out the phones...I'm getting tired of my bb storm keys sticking on the number pad, when i go to hit a number it comes up wtih something completely different..

So i asked to see the curve 2 turned on and working....This phone felt like total junk..i bet it didnt way 5 ounces with the battery ( im sur eit does but it felt like nothing) Its like it has been recycled 10 times over with cheap plastic. and it only has a 2mp camera. The entire keyboard would move when i would hit a button..They were not firmly set into place..It was almost like my childs play bb that i got a the dollar tree..

The rep then told me it was going to cost me 150 up front for the phone and then 100.00 mail in rebate i think..No way was actually paying money for this phone and downgrading from my storm....

I'm very dissappointed in the quality of the phone...It honsetly has been the worse verizon phone I have tried. I miss my suncom/tmobile phones..i loved my sony ericsson phones...

Oh well...I just wanted to let everyone know the quality of the phone. For only 50.00 more i could have gotten the droid...so i just dont see why the curve 2 was so expensive...

StreetDocRN · ‎01-21-2010

Hi,

You made some good points and I agree with you the Droid would be a good phone for the price. The Curve2 was designed that way on purpose to be a low-cost, low-end Blackberry. But I agree with you on the plastic feel. As clumsy as I am, I would drop it the first day and be out of a phone. Anyways, thanks for sharing. I'm sure a lot of prospective Curve2 folks would want to know these things. BTW, I have had my Tour since August and love it. No problems (knocking on wood).

Doc

Geocritter · ‎01-21-2010

Wow, has the curve really gone downhill that much? I've got the 8330, (Curve 1, if you will) and it's a pretty solid phone. Solid keyboard, case, etc. I was kind of envious of the Curve2, but am I correct that the build quality has gone to pot?

StreetDocRN · ‎01-21-2010

Geocritter wrote:
Wow, has the curve really gone downhill that much? I've got the 8330, (Curve 1, if you will) and it's a pretty solid phone. Solid keyboard, case, etc. I was kind of envious of the Curve2, but am I correct that the build quality has gone to pot?

Hi,

No, I don't think it has "gone to pot" but rather to clarify what I was saying, the case is not made of the harder materials like the Tour, Storm, and other similar higher end devices. It is a good phone, with all the basic features a Blackberry user would want at a less expensive price. Actually, the trackpad in itself makes it an attractive phone over a trackpad, which some Tour owners know what I am talking about. The trackball problems with the Tour was a big problem for some Tour owners and RIM has addressed that by designing the trackpad. Anyways, just my opinion.

Doc