BlackBerry Classic review

By BlackBerry fans, for BlackBerry fans — and no one else

[emptyboxesandrooms]

i went from an iphone to this. the only thing was my fingers and hand in general were pretty stiff getting used to the keys. but besides that i'm happy i got it. it's a phone. not a gadget. calling and messaging is the best on this. THE BEST. and fuck apps. people who have a million apps on their phone are the types of people who don't do anything else but stare at their phone anyway.

[johnedgard]

I love how mkbhd has more subscribers than theverge. 1 man overthrowing a company when it comes to consumer acceptance. Beautiful.

[_pennybags]

People don't even give Blackberry a chance anymore. I love my Q5 and it has an abundance of apps. Everywhere I go all I see are iPhones and Samsung devices. Then you have groups like the Verge who are just pro-apple and anti-Blackberry who don't help the situation. It would be great if you did an in depth comparison like PhoneDog who actually made an excellent comparison. I do however agree that the classic is for hardcore blackberry fans. If you want a good and fast modern Blackberry, get the Z30.

[NewYorkPixels]

BlackBerry is the most stubborn company i've ever seen

[minlive]

"It's time to let go" and use what?

Don't you know that we have asked for the Classic because your Apple and Android has never been good enough to replace the Bold 9900?

[chriswyles]

My first blackberry was a curve and I then moved onto the bold. They were the two best phones I have ever used. I am currently using an IPhone 5s and to be honest there is nothing wrong with it. But I was in love with those two blackberries, especially the curve which survived a swim in the sea and a 2 storey fall onto concrete before finally giving in. I remember using brown tape to keep the battery in place and loving it for it. However my iPhone gets damaged and I feel like damaging it more myself.

My iPhone works more or less
Perfectly and I don't have any real complaints. The problem is that it has never felt like MY phone. It annoys me every time i make spelling mistakes or the touchscreen doesn't quite respond properly. The blackberry however was reliable, robust, it did everything right and it felt like MY phone. When it was slow to load an app I forgave it because I knew it was trying it's hardest. I felt powerful, in control of my life and as if I could do no wrong. I cannot say the same about my experience with the iPhone.

This is why I and I'm sure many others will be buying a classic. A blackberry is not just another device, you find it grows as a part of you because it becomes so integral to your life.

[harithmas]

What a crap review. And I'm not even a Blackberry person.

[anobjectiveninja]

I miss having a physical keyboard. The T9 keypad was simply great... just hide the phone under the desk and not even having to look down meant that my school teachers had no idea that I was texting in the middle of the class.

[Drumsticksmcgee]

BlackBerry will always outlive other phones. Working on my third BlackBerry.

[gxexrxmxaxnx]

My dad used to have a blackberry curve. He loved it. He used it for ~3 years until it started to fail and do things like reboot 5 times a day. Recently he had to get another phone. He doesn't know much from tech, but recommendations made he buy a samsung phone. He wen with the galaxy core 2. He isn't very satisfied with thetouchscreen nor the software and the phone in general. I'd bet this would be the perfect gift for him. If only I was a millionaire...

[jadchaar]

Blackberry had a chance here. If they didn't compromise on the camera and CPU, it could have turned out to be a great phone. The software will take some time but the first step is regaining and strengthening your fanbase with good hardware.

[jamescraig]

This review sucks. I have an iPhone 6 and I'm switching back to blackberry this week. Stop being so biased.

[CyberJellos]

Here is a conversation I have had with multiple people now.
Random person: "hey, what phone is that?"
Me: "blackberry"
Random person: "blackberry sucks"
Me: "and why is that?"
Random person: "they just suck"
So after talking a little more, I find that not only have they never owned a blackberry before, but they have never even seen one.
"BlackBerry sucks"

[JerryNeutron]

Don't worry BlackBerry, all of the out of touch parents of the world appreciate you!

[dabluntz]

If you havent tried Blackberry 10 yet, i highly recommend it.Its an incrediblely underrated operating system that truly deserves every bit as much recognition as the rest.Aside from the fact that blackberry catches flak becasue of its past, BB10 should not be held in the same standard. It truly brings some awesome additions to mobile OS' that others just cant replicate without some major fundamental overhalls.

[partyrocker]

the iphone wasnt mentioned?! good job verge for getting over it!

[SujanKandeepan]

Somebody explain to me why it is that people think that a physical keyboard, such as that found on the BlackBerry classic and all the older phones it mimics, is faster? They say that touch keyboards are finicky and they just don't do the job, and that physical keyboards are supposed to be great for writing long texts such as this one, but I simply cannot find it in me to agree with that logic. I typed this up on my phone with a gesture typing keyboard and I noticed how much faster I'm typing here than the tech reviewer was typing on the BlackBerry. Seriously, how are physical keyboards faster? People keep using that argument to justify buying a BlackBerry but I don't see where they're getting this from.

[matiasrodrigocarrizo]

As an apple fan I ask why do they put an apple die hard user to review a blackberry ? ....

[宝矿力-oi]

Thank you Dieter, I just found myself fancy of servicing this as a toy.

[gardenofnightmare]

2008 called, it wants its 2 inch screen and keyboard back