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Reviewer: Alice - UK
Date: 22nd Jan 2010

Just got this phone today & it is very good. The trackpad is easy to use & the keys are perfectly spaced to make texting much quicker. Only gave it 70% for features as I haven't had chance to try them all out yet.

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Reviewer: Paul Dagg - Huddersfield, UK
Date: 16th Jan 2010

Amazing phone with everything you will ever need, except surfing the Internet is so so slow, that's if it connects at all! I have had the phone a few weeks now & I am really annoyed that I did not choose one with 3G.I can't see me keeping it for two years or maybe I will buy a cheap PAYG phone that has infinitely better Internet performance, £40 should do it I think! Come on BB this is below par, you should offer all owners of this phone a discount on a 3G modem I would snap it up!

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Reviewer: Cathy - UK
Date: 31st Dec 2009

Hate this phone, I've only had it 3 days & am sending it back to get something else. The case feels cheap & creaks already, the Internet connection is only 2G & downloading pages from the Internet takes an age. I did like the trackpad & navigation was relatively easy but I will never have another Blackberry & can't wait to get shot of it.

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Reviewer: Karen - UK
Date: 26th Dec 2009

Great keyboard & easy to use. Love the trackball functionality. I looked at this & the iPhone but couldn't get on with the keyboard on the iPhone. However, extremely disappointed so far in the apps. They advertise 10,000 apps for the phone, but downloading them is a nightmare, & of the 10,000 apps, 99% of them must be American sites I have never heard of.

Come on blackberry, there is a huge UK market here for these phones, what about some UK specific apps (or am I going wrong somewhere & looking in the wrong place?).

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Reviewer: Kerri - North Wales, UK
Date: 19th Dec 2009

It was such a letdown. The phone itself looks great, feels good to hold & is awesome to use. I agree with the other reviews to the point that it's easy to use, has great potential, the screens are easy enough to figure out & linking it to all your other email addresses. Brilliant. There are thousands of APPS for it too (some even free! ), so it rivals the iPhone on that count. BUT, it's made so cheaply, the battery cover is never going to last the full 24 months of a contract, it has a measly 2MP camera (are we still in the year 2005?) & there is no flash. The shiny black case looks good until you get a fingerprint on it (that's almost immediately) I did however love the track pad, which is very very sensitive, the keys are nicely spaced & sized for my hands, but my husband's fingers were too big. I wouldn't recommend this phone to a friend, unless it was ridiculously reduced in price.

Sorry Blackberry, you need to do better than this!

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Reviewer: Matthew - UK
Date: 12th Dec 2009

Really like this phone, just received it in the post & have been playing around with it. Features wise it's pretty good although it's not 3G & doesn't have GPS, it does have WiFi which works very well indeed. The camera is adequate but really 2MP is a bit stingy compared to nearly every other handset out there. The build quality is good although the battery cover creaks already & the piano black finish is a fingerprint magnet. Looks nice but definitely not the best looking BlackBerry by a long stretch. The keypad is just fantastic, the keys are well spaced & easy to hit & give you a positive click. The track pad is also an excellent feature & makes navigating through menus, web pages, etc an absolute breeze. The screen is okay but again other BlackBerry's are noticeably brighter & crisper, but it's perfectly usable. The dedicated media buttons on the top of the device are excellent, meaning you can control music easily with the phone in your pocket. It comes with a 3.5mm headphone jack which is good. Expandable memory with the SDHC slot. I would recommend this phone if you've never used a BlackBerry, or if you are looking to try a Smartphone for the first time. Although if you're after a power house feature packed phone look at the Bold 9700.

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Reviewer: Saji - UK
Date: 29th Oct 2009

Had the 8520 a week now, never used a Blackberry before so was a bit nervous.

It's a great phone, texting is obviously different to Nokia's as it's a keyboard, but overall love all the features & very easy to get use too.

Don't think I'll be going back to a Nokia again anytime soon.

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Reviewer: Kayleigh - UK
Date: 12th Oct 2009

This is a very user friendly phone although some of the features do take a little getting used if you have never used a Blackberry before. Excellent handset.



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