twinsmommy
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Hello all..Just bought an iphone 4s, coming from a blackberry..Hope I made a wise choice! Only thing I miss so far is the keyboard
Hello all..Just bought an iphone 4s, coming from a blackberry..Hope I made a wise choice! Only thing I miss so far is the keyboard
twinsmommy said:Hello all..Just bought an iphone 4s, coming from a blackberry..Hope I made a wise choice! Only thing I miss so far is the keyboard
AE1M said:You will miss sound profiles and BB push email for ALL accounts. Also the ability to replace the battery. I hate Apples battery policy on all their devices to have them inaccessible to the user.
Whats the problem with the battery?
Hello all..Just bought an iphone 4s, coming from a blackberry..Hope I made a wise choice! Only thing I miss so far is the keyboard
1) Needs proprietary charger due to the Apple port, most all others use micro-usb which are cheap and plentiful bot AC and auto 12VDC
2) Battery not removable. I use the phone heavily and 4S drains fast. With my old BB Storm2 I could carry extra charged batts to swap quickly. Also, when the Apple battery finally fails (all rechargable batts lose a little bit of capacity every cycle) the user is stuck having to have Apple or some repair place fix.
This is just silly, sorry. On Amazon I purchased extra BB batts for about $10 and could always have a fully charged spare. With the 4S, I am constantly needing to keep the auto charger handy and the Apple branded charging products are WAY overpriced.
This design philosophy is indefensible.
Bob
mrbeal said:I'm also a recent BB escapee... GOD I hated my BB!! iPhone is sooooo much better all around. You'll love it!!!
1) I have a 4S as well and I do HEAVY usage of it. There are plugs all over the place, if I need to, I just plug it in. You can also get an iphone charger case (I have one of those but never needed it so far), which you can carry around instead of a 2nd portable battery and just pop the iphone in the case and it will charge it.
2) Iphone battery does not need replacement that easily, my 2G is 5 years old and still doesn't need battery replacing, my dad's 3gs is 2.5 years old and the battery runs better than my 4s thats new, and my old 4 is 13 months old and the battery has lost only 5 out of 1420 in total capacity.
So no need to worry yourself too much.
VeLz said:You made an awesome switch
If you really really miss the keyboard on your old BB, then you can buy a bluetooth wireless keyboard for your iPhone 4S- it attaches like a case to your iPhone. However, it really drains the battery life so you should always keep a spare battery with you