Thread: Do i choose to go with a Brand new Storm or the Tour?

I would wait 2 months for the Storm 2

Its amazing how some of us have few issues or problems with our Storms, yet others go through 2, 3 or more of them. I bought a lightly used one off eBay and once I found a radio that worked with At&t reliably haven't had a problem. I haven't even bothered to upgrade the OS beyond .151 it works so well. - I'm even contemplating jumping to Big Red, now that my contract is up to get 3G. (Wife is on Verizon and I'm the first to run out the contract).

Originally Posted by rcorry

Its amazing how some of us have few issues or problems with our Storms, yet others go through 2, 3 or more of them. I bought a lightly used one off eBay and once I found a radio that worked with At&t reliably haven't had a problem. I haven't even bothered to upgrade the OS beyond .151 it works so well. - I'm even contemplating jumping to Big Red, not that my contract is up to get 3G. (Wife is on Verizon and I'm the first to run out the contract).

I agree, I love my Storm. Had it for 8 months now. I'm not moving to a trackball or trackpad....ever

Originally Posted by Natemz

I agree, I love my Storm. Had it for 8 months now. I'm not moving to a trackball or trackpad....ever

same here...like i've stated before i have the same storm i got at 7am on the release date.

Originally Posted by rcorry

Its amazing how some of us have few issues or problems with our Storms, yet others go through 2, 3 or more of them. I bought a lightly used one off eBay and once I found a radio that worked with At&t reliably haven't had a problem. I haven't even bothered to upgrade the OS beyond .151 it works so well. - I'm even contemplating jumping to Big Red, now that my contract is up to get 3G. (Wife is on Verizon and I'm the first to run out the contract).

SAme here. I brought my storm of Ebay. Person said it was a factory refurbished one and i have not had a problem at all. Also, because I had insurance on my previous phone, the curve, I still have the same insurance with my storm. So I can get another one if something goes wrong. I would have stuck with the storm until the storm 2 comes out.

I really tried to like the Tour but just couldn't. Don't get me wrong it's a very solid device, good OS, very nice radio and excellent battery life.

But overall the keys are just too small for my man hands in addition the trackball really sucks on mine and already been through 3 replacements. The battery door issue is annoying and in addition I get my reboots on my Tour than I have on my Storm.

Since 5.0 came out for the Storm it really made me realize how much I like that device and how much I did not like the Tour. In some respects it comes down to personal preference (physical versus keyless keyboard) but overall I just am not impressed with the tour to make that my daily device. Just my two cents.

I'm holding out for the S2. Hopefully there aren't too many problems with the screen or hardware when it is released.

I upgraded to the tour from the storm and switched back to storm within an hour. What killed it for me was the keys were too small and the real estate on the screen was killing me, to use a storm for awhile and then pull up blackberryos.com on half the screen was terrible.