Internet Speed

[Dolby]

What is it like a normal phone like an iPhone?

I'm on second BB and unlike most people out there, have had little issue. Yes, the phone is not as polished or fluid - but I play music, video, SMS, message, email and internet too. I've loved my BB, until recently ....

Over the last few months BIS Has got slower and slower - and nowadays it's painful to use and half the time I won't even bother pulling it out to us. Suffice to say, my next phone will not a Blackberry ...

So I was wondering what a normal average time is for you guys browsing through the 3G connection? 7 out 10 times, I simply ping out after requesting for abut 3 minutes. When it get's through to the page, it takes around 40-60 seconds to load each MyBB page. This means if I want to read something in motoring, it can easily minutes to get to the post.

How does that compare?
How does the phone on the left video compare?

[video=youtube;mWzcw9XcsFA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWzcw9XcsFA[/video]

 

[Haldex]

What did you use before BB?
My iphone is lightning quick, 7.2Mb/s. My S2 is about 100x faster than BB.

I think any 3G phone is faster than a BB with 3G/HSPA on BIS.

 

[Dolby]

I had a Samsung i780 smartphone ....

The BB started at a decent speed and had no issues. Just recently it's painful to use - to the point I borrow someone else's phone rather than use mine to do a quick search

 

[vinodh]

I had the same problem with my HTC. It ran Windows Mobile 6.1/6.5. The OS is sluggish. The built-in Internet Explorer is unusable despite the phone being 3G. Moving to a iPhone was like night and day.

 

[surfs-up]

RIM is in trouble, and has been for a few years. Basically, they don't have the money to increase capacity. They only have two facilities - one in the UK and one in Canada, and these facilities simply cannot support the load. I see a buyout of RIM looming - which could be a good thing for BB customers, more capacity will be supplied, but they would also start charging more for this service.