Planning To Buy 8830! Is It Worth It?

[narayan83 0]

Guys,

I am planning to buy Blackberry 8830 and a reliance connection. I wanted to know some reviews about this handset. I did read the threads regarding this handset but wanted they are all old threads.. are there any new handsets available in the market better than this at this price???

[haxpak 6]

Try Corby speed as you will be able to get EVDO on this set. Imported BB will not have internet/data/BB services so unless you are looking for a dual mode phone, the BB doesn't make sense

[Arun 795]

BB 8830 is one of the best and I still have it. There are newer models available which obviously have more features, but for the price range 8830 is very good if you don't mind missing wifi.

[::Hitesh:: 1,763]

yes, bb 8830 is the best in blackberry for the price and as its a WE phone.

you can enjoy Reliance CDMA plus any Gsm with BIS,

but only no cam and no wifi..

[narayan83 0]

I had corby speed and personally i was not enthused with it!!! I wanted to know about blackberry 8830 or any other handset in the range of 15k approx. preferable blackberry

any other handset i can try in dat range (15k)????

[::Hitesh:: 1,763]

^^^

if you have budget of 15K,

you can get HTC Hero in that, may be 1K-2K extra.

or search for BB 8330, is little better but cannot match the keyboard quality for 8830.

in/under 15K you can get following handsets

HTC Hero - Very little used

BB 8830 - NEW

BB 8330 - NEW

Other HTC models - new / OLD

Palm treo 755p - NEW

In your budget there are lots of options, you will get confused. so stick to your requirements .

[ACS 130]

@ narayan83

If youre looking for a Reliance GSM, Go for this phone as BIS will also work.

Moreover, the guy ^^^ above is selling the same for 7500.. loot lo offer !

[narayan83 0]

WOW... damn my head is spinning!!!! so many mobiles... wish i could get them all!!! I was planning for hero but i thought for CDMA Personally its useless to spend so much as my i don't use CDMA much. so HITESH bhai if you can get my request i would go for 8830. But till then options are open and so are suggestions

[Genius 817]

go for 8830 if you dont need cam or wifi - its ultimate set, i have used 2 and still using 2nd -

[Mufaddal 678]

WELL go with 8830 only if u want BIS

u cant use data on cdma , only calls /sms

and on gsm u can use BIS as well as gprs

but 8830 browser s**ks big times , and using gprs u wont get any push mail

so better go for 8830 is u want BIS

well if your budget is 15000 u can get

brand new diamond ( under 15k from ebay with shipping)

brand new touch pro ( under 15k from ebay with shipping)

htc hero

HTC mogul ( under 10k)

if u have no need for BIS go with above handsets as you will get data ,mails and also GPS ...

[kalpeshaparmar 66]

Going off the topic

Can u give some details for HTC Hero.......I wud like to purchase one

[amit.shippie 135]

man use google... hero is so famous n numerous topics are running here in rimweb...for ur convinience here i the link...

http://www.rimweb.in/forums/topic/22179-sprint-htc-hero-the-latest-android-kid-on-the-block/

[ultapulta 3]

i would vote for 8830 rather than corby !!!!

[taunk23 41]

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A BB 8830 FROM HITESH BHAI. I HAVE ALSO USED THE CORBY. SO MY VOTE IS FOR BB 8830, GREAT PHONE TO HAVE. BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT U CANNOT USE BIS ON CDMA, BUT CAN USED WITH GSM.

[Himanshu Singh 19]

BB8830 is sim based? How do we use GSM and CDMA? By changing sim everytime? or there are 2 sim slots? Some light on this frnds..

[SumitVerma 187]

^

CDMA connection is configured just like any other handset.

For GSM, you can put in a SIM!

[::Hitesh:: 1,763]

Only one Sim Slot,

CDMA number can be programed also sim slot can be used for some RUIM cards.

GSM works only in sim slot.

there is a menu to switch between programed cdma number and sim gsm number.