Blackberry Storm and the iPhone

Lately I’ve been thinking about buying myself a new toy. I mean… I feel so out of date with my older version of the iPhone (as much as I love it).

Everyone around me now either has the new iPhone 3G or increasingly… a Blackberry. One thing I do notice though is most of the business people I know have Blackberries instead of iPhones. I was sitting in a meeting once with all the bosses of various companies in the advertising industry and guess what: I was the youngest… and the only one with an iPhone. The rest had Blackberries.

I’ve been looking to upgrade my phone lately. At first I was thinking of getting a new iPhone 3G but then after all this and after increasingly seeing quite a number of my friends carrying the new Blackberry Storm… I’m actually thinking about getting the Blackberry Storm now. Plus I recently read Xiaxue’s entry about her Blackberry and I think that kind of pushed me a bit more towards getting a Blackberry.

But before I decided on anything, I decided to consult two people I knew, one who owned an iPhone and another who owned a Blackberry.

On the Blackberry side we have Nicholas.

On the iPhone side however we have… Carol.

So here’s how it went. I let Nicholas start off first with his attack.

1) Sending/Receiving MMS

Me: Okay Nicholas. So sell to me now. Why do you think your Blackberry is better than Carol’s iPhone?

Nicholas: I can send MMS! Can you?

Carol: Can! Just need to download an MMS app!

Me: Show us Carol…

Carol: I downloaded the app but it doesn’t work on my phone.

Nicholas: HAH!

Blackberry 1 – 0 iPhone

2) Push Mail

Nicholas: I get push e-mail! My e-mails come in instantly like an SMS. You have to click on download and wait for it to come right?

Carol: Yes =(

Blackberry 2 – 0 iPhone

3) Blackberry Messenger

Nicholas: I have Blackberry Messenger so I don’t even need to be online to chat with anyone else around the world who has Blackberry Messenger.

Carol: What is Blackberry Messenger? I have Fring! Can use MSN and Skype

Nicholas: Yah but Fring on iPhone sucks your battery dry really fast right?

Carol: Yeah

Nicholas: Blackberry Messenger doesn’t suck your battery dry. You can talk to everyone as long as they have a Blackberry.

Blackberry 3 – 0 iPhone

4) Opening Word Documents, Excel and Powerpoint

Nicholas: I can open Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents. You cannot right?

Carol: Cannot 🙁

Me: Oi! We can open lar! Just cannot edit only but still can open.

Nicholas: Still….

Me: Fine…

Blackberry 4 – 0 iPhone

5) Battery-life

Me: Battery life leh?

Carol: HAH!!! I tried before… last for two days without charging!

Nicholas: Mine only lasts about a day but that’s because I talk a lot! Some more it lasts with my IM and E-mails all constantly online. You not right?

Carol: No =(

Me: Yeah my iPhone battery life seems to be a little shorter now too. Lasts me only one day. Maybe because I talk a lot.

Nicholas: Yah some more if necessary I can just replace my Blackberry battery. You can’t right?

Me/Carol: No

Blackberry 5 – 0 iPhone

After a while I decided that I had enough hearing from Nicholas.

So I let Carol loose. MAKE ME PROUD CAROL!!!

1) Cooler

Me: Carol… tell us why your iPhone is better than Nicholas’s Blackberry

Carol: iPhone is cooler!

Nicholas: What !?! What does that even mean???

Carol: Yeah it’s cooler… more colour and all mah

Me: Ish…. Give us something a bit more utility based la Carol.

Blackberry 5 – 0 iPhone

2) App Store.

Carol: Got lots of games and apps with the App Store.

Nicholas: Okay fine we don’t have that many.

Blackberry 5 – 1 iPhone

3) Password Protect Phone

Carol: I can password protect my phone!

Nicholas: I also can!

Blackberry 5 – 1 iPhone

4) Touch Screen

Carol: The iPhone touch screen is a lot better than the Blackberry Storm one if you ask me.

Me: Yeah I’ve tried the touch screen out before and I’ve got to agree with Carol on that. The clicking of the screen takes some getting used to.

Nicholas: Okay fine….

Blackberry 5 – 2 iPhone

5) Virtual Piano

Carol: I have a Virtual Piano. See? *takes out iPhone and plays the virtual piano.

Nicholas: Okay fine.

Blackberry 5 – 3 iPhone

Carol went on for a while more after that on some of the fun apps she had on her iPhone and we stopped shortly right after. Things were getting a little hot and Carol and Nicholas were on the verge of throwing chairs at each other.

After the little debate I Googled “Blackberry Storm vs iPhone” and found this video.

Thought it gave a pretty fair review.

Either ways, here’s what I think. The iPhone has a lot of really fun features but I’m thinking that for business use at least the Blackberry Storm does have some decent advantages over the iPhone. And since I already have an iPhone… maybe I’ll get one.

There are a few Blackberry Storm plans out there but I think this one is the cheapest and the one with the least commitment.

Oh well… we’ll see how it goes.

TimothyTiah.com

Blackberry Storm and the iPhone

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