iPhone vs BlackBerry — How They Compare from the Perspective of a Former BlackBerry Addict

by Spencer Rascoff on August 25, 2008 | Category:

I’ve been a BlackBerry addict for the last 5 years, but converted to the iPhone last week. Here is a video post with my thoughts on how the two devices compare after 5 days using the iPhone (talking to the camera was easier and quicker than writing a blog post).

Sorry for the low video quality.

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14 Comments

Chad Huck
Posted at 17:44h, 25 August

Spencer,
I agree with everything you say! I converted from my Blackberry a few weeks ago and thank God it’s sexy, otherwise I might not keep it. It is getting better though (or I’m just getting used to it). My battery life seems to be getting better… not sure if it’s the 2.0.2 update or what, but I can almost go a full day without a battery charge, as to when I first got it, it only last a few hours.
-Chad
Bumpre - Real Estate
Posted at 09:59h, 26 August

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Posted at 17:13h, 10 September

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Aaron
Posted at 11:02h, 16 September

Very well explained Spencer! Thanks for that awesome summary.

I work in IT consulting and have lots of BlackBerry and iPhone experience from a support perspective. I’m surprised you didn’t mention BlackBerry crashing when you talked about how your iPhone crashes. I find both devices can occasionally go down. On the iPhone at least you don’t have to pull out the battery and put it back in again.

Also, have you noticed better performance since the 2.1 revision has come out? My iPhone is crashing a LOT less now.

In any case, thanks so much for an excellent review. My users often ask me to compare the two. I’m researching for a blog entry right now on choosing between iPhone and BlackBerry. Do you mind if I link to your video from my blog?
Spencer Rascoff
Posted at 10:45h, 17 September

Update:
I downloaded the new software, and it has helped somewhat.
i’m now ok on the typing, but several apps still crash a lot
also, i find the contacts to be very slow — that’s still my biggest hangup.
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atlantarealestate
Posted at 13:49h, 13 September

Spence:

I know I'm alte to the party on this one, but I'm a long time BB user and was interested in your video comparing the two.

Anywhere I can find it, or did you hit delete on that baby?

Thanks,

Rob for Atlanta Real Estate
PatrickN
Posted at 10:48h, 23 October

It is really sad that this video has been removed… Well I have bought iPhone before the week and now everything it is so interesting about this mobile. Well I am very pleased with this device now and I hope that I will not have any problems with iPhone in the future. Thanks for this post and I will be waiting for othre great articles from you!

Sincerely,

Tom Mobson from iphone application development
PatrickN
Posted at 17:48h, 23 October

It is really sad that this video has been removed… Well I have bought iPhone before the week and now everything it is so interesting about this mobile. Well I am very pleased with this device now and I hope that I will not have any problems with iPhone in the future. Thanks for this post and I will be waiting for othre great articles from you!

Sincerely,

Tom Mobson from iphone application development
dieta personalizata
Posted at 22:24h, 03 January

I have beeing scouring the google for this info and i wanted to thank u for the post. Also, just off topic, where can i find a copy of this theme? – 10x
Allie
Posted at 06:23h, 07 March

Welcome to the iPhone world :). I think iPhone is simply cool device to have. Your video has been removed now. I would have really liked to watch your video. What was the major reason which made you think that you should move to iPhone from Blackberry?
Allie
Posted at 06:23h, 07 March

Welcome to the iPhone world :). I think iPhone is simply cool device to have. Your video has been removed now. I would have really liked to watch your video. What was the major reason which made you think that you should move to iPhone from Blackberry?