Hello, my name’s Nick, and I’m now an iPhone user.
I didn’t think I’d be saying that at the beginning of the year.
It’s not really a long story, but I though it might be worth telling it anyway (particularly since I’ve not blogged for a while).
I use my phone a lot, though mainly for accessing social media (the Third Place reference…), and taking photos of my family. It’s rarely used for actually making phone calls, like a lot of phones at the moment, I imagine.
Many moons ago, I had a Nokia N95, and that was the phone I had when I started using Twitter. It was a great phone for its time and I loved using it, primarily since it had a really good Twitter app.
Then, at some point later I decided to move to a Blackberry Bold 9700. This was a good phone, and I used it for a good 2 years, and am still using it as a work phone now. During the time I had this Blackberry, I also won a Windows Phone 7 phone in an MSDN competition, and while I liked the phone and the look of the OS, it turns out that I couldn’t actually type on the keyboard. It made me feel like I have fat fingers, so I stayed using the Blackberry.
Then the new Blackberry Bold 9900 came out, which it’s bigger touchscreen, and faster processor, so I upgraded. We never really bonded in the same way as I had with the 9700 and the N95. I think the main reason was that there was no real buzz from using it, I was expecting more. I guess it was actually disappointing, even though spec-wise it was supposed to be better than the 9700.
The final straw came when my parents both moved to Android phones. They were good, better than I was expecting, but that gave me a dilemma. Should I change to an Android, or look at the iPhone?
Having looked at the iPhone, I went for that (iPhone 4S), and I have to say, I’m very, very happy.
Why?
Well, the reasons are pretty straightforward. It’s all down to usability. It doesn’t make me feel like I have fat fingers, it has a good keyboard to type on, though I do need to learn to type better on it ( I keep sending texts saying hometown instead of hometime to my wife, but shes very understanding). Also, I love the integration between the iOS devices. I have an iPad 2 which I’ve had had for a while and love that (and am typing this article on that, rather than the PC).
I am sorry to have left the Blackberry behind, but I feel I am in a better place now.
If you are debating whether to change from a Blackberry to an iPhone, I’m sure you know someone with an iPhone (or a friendly Phone Shop). Go and try it out and I’m reasonably sure you won’t be disappointed.
Its sad to see Blackberry market and usage of its product is slowly dying. But yes, the competition in every individual product market is huge. Earlier, the market for the Blackberries was different and when blackberry started to come out of its comfort zone it could not compete. These days people are also considering the look and feel approach along with the technical and ease of usage approach these days when choosing a product.
Moreover, RIM failed to innovate, while their competitors could.
Have you tried an Android? I am sure you will fall in love with them as well. May be next time you could be writing an article ‘Hello I’m Nick and I use Android phone’ 😉
Actually, yes, I had tried an Android. The Galaxy S2, and while it was really good, it was the similarity to the iPad, and the familiarity of the apps that swung it.