BlackBerry 8220 Flip Pearl Unlocked Phone with GPRS, EDGE and 2 MP Camera--U.S. Version with 60 Day Warranty (Black)
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Customer Review
Great phone for a good price
I really like this phone. I bought it because I had work in South Africa for 3 months and needed something that I could put a local sim card in. I like this phone so much that I think I will keep it and use it when I get back to the States.-Calls are both reliable and clear which I think is the most important thing(it is a phone first after all)-The keyboard takes some getting used to but I think I now prefer it to either a qwerty(takes up too much space w/ too small of buttons for fingers like mine), a touch screen(same finger problem) or a regular keypad. I don't have excessively large hands but I def do have "man" hands so I find many things are not built with me in mind. If this is not your case then you can disregard this part but I find that many of the men I work with and my friends tend to have similar issues.-I didn't really want a flip phone either but now that I have one I am becoming a fan(no pocket dialing or key locking etc.)-Battery...
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Product Description
BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 is the first phone of the manufacturer in clamshell form-factor. Similar to the Pearl, it has trackball and SureType keyboard on the inside. As it is a clamshell, it has a second display on the front when closed, other specifications include microSDHC slot for memory, Wi-Fi and 2MP camera. Top to learn more
BlackBerry primer...
Background: If you do your research on this phone (and other BlackBerry's) you will note that many people talk about the bugs/problems, etc. Many of these complaints are hardware based (bad chips, etc) NOT software based (although it may seem so).Make sure that if you buy it, you can return it (if bad) with no hassles/restocking fees (example: Amazon and sold by Amazon).Condition: Mines was like new (with covered screens), original box, USB cable, power cable, original CD (there's an update online), headset and small instruction booklet (does not look original). Mines had no software/hardware issues (no rebooting, no Bluetooth issues, no slowdowns, etc).The advantages in general of the blackberry's are the great screen (geared for text readers) and the keyboard.The bad is the Blackberry "WiFi situation": they want you to buy the "blackberry internet plan" which is a hookup with your cell phone provider. Cell phone providers will have different names...
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Buying a smartphone without data plan
Initially I was looking to buy a smartphone from cellphone service providers. Now a days pretty much of them are making dataplan as mandatory. Then I found this unlocked phone in Amazon, price seems to be acceptable compared of other websites. I never had problem with any of the Amazon site products. So I ordered one.BBPearl is very stylish phone, has all the necessary features, I liked the keypad size, feature to connect Wifi and display. It requires extra care since even small scratch will spoil the look of it. Especially if you are person like me who doesn't like wrapping cell phone with protection covers.When I received the package, cell phone package was littlebit dusty but inside all the items were wrapped in covers, everything was clean and working fine. Note that phone has a cellphone service provider logo on it and also hands free ear buds are bigger is size.
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Easy to use keyboard
