BlackBerry Curve 8520

I've had this phone for about 6 months and I absolutely love it! Easy to text, call, take pictures and listen to music. I have constant access to Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Windows Live Messenger and Blackberry Messenger for £15 a month. I have 500 free texts a month and 500mb internet (although I've never used all of it and I'm constantly searching on Google.) Battery life is brilliant, lasts around 4 days (and I'm a 17 year old constantly online, texting and being anti-social :p) It has never crashed, frozen, rebooted itself or anything like that. I get my emails straight to my phone and can delete them from my inbox or just the mobile simply, quickly and easily. Being the clumsy teenager that I am, I've dropped the phone a few times and there are only about 2 tiny scratches that aren't even noticeable and the phone is perfectly fine. The apps are good, the sound quality is good, the speed of everything is good, apart from if you turn the phone off and take the battery out to reboot... Read more

I just bought this BB and let me tell you it is great, the features in this device are very nice.. First at all I have to tell to those who says this device looks with a lower quality because it is cheaper that your are SO Wrong!! it looks classy and modern, the black one that I own. Although the lack of flash might seem like bummer, let me tell you that for me is not that big deal, cuz at night if you have proper light you can take very decent pictures, the missing flash its something I can live without. The track pad is the greatest of all features, You wouldn't beleive how diferent and better than the track ball this feature is, no wonder why RIM wants to incorporate this track pad to all the future models!!It is such great evolution to the BB world. Excellent phone, I recomed it 110% !!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS MY FIRST EVER BLACKBERRY AND LET ME TELL U THAT I REALLY LOVE THIS PHONE. TECHINICALLY ITS MY 2ND ONE, THE FIRST ONE I OWED WAS THE BALCKBERRY PEARL FLIP BUT I ONLY OWNED IT FOR LIKE ABOUT 1 MONTH BECAUSE I GOT FRUSTRATED WITH IT AND SMASHED IT AND BROKE IT! IT KEPT ON FREEZING UP ON ME AND TO RESET IT I HAD TO REMOVE THE BATTERY AND THEN LET IT LOAD UP AGAIN, THE LOADING TIME TOOK FOR EVER! ITS ALOT EASIER TO TEXT WITH THIS PHONE THAN IT WAS WITH THE PEARL FLIP, OR MY RAZR. MY BILL IS A LITTLE HIGH BUT ITS REALLY WORTH IT, $95 MONTHLY INCLUDED ARE UNLIMITED MINUTES, UNLIMITED MY FAVES MIN, UNLIMITED AIM, UNLIMITED YAHOO IM, UNLIMITED TEXT MESSAGING, UNLIMITED WEB BROWSING, UNLIMITED EVERYTHING. I WAS THINKING OF GOING TO BOOSTMOBILE BUT I THOUGHT IT OVER MORE THAN TWICE, MY BILL IS HIGH BUT ITS WORTH IT. NO MORE WORRYING OF GOING OVER MY MINUTES OR GETTING OVERCHARGED FOR TEXT MESSAGES. WITH MY RAZR MY BILL WAS HIGH ON MORE THAN ONCE OCCASION, 85, 90, ETC, ETC, AND THAT WAS DU... Read more

I've been a long time AT&T; costumer. I thought I could live without having an actual keyboard when it comes to texting, but after a week without my Sidekick Keyboard - I decided to ditch my Samsung Eternity for the Blackberry Curve 8520. I was hesitant about purchasing this smart phone because I was never a fan of Blackberry's (RIMM). I had a BB during their initial boom in the early part of the new millennium. However, the poor browser, poor cell phone network, lackluster screen color, non desirable keyboard, awful battery life, whack OS, & lack of T9 predictive text just couldn't win me over. After I realized that I couldn't text on a touch screen phone, unless it was the iPhone. I decided that I must have a cell phone device with an actual qwerty keyboard, if I expect to survive my text message & email addiction. I picked up the Blackberry 8520 with my corporate discount and walked away with a nice high end phone at a very reasonable price. I have to say that I really e... Read more

Why are all BlackBerrys so expensive? Why can't we get the latest model in a reasonable price? The BlackBerry Bold was $299 with a two-year contract when it was first released on the AT&T; network. The new Tour is $199 (with mail-rebate ) in both Verizon and Sprint. The Curve 8900 is $149 in T-Mobile -- still a little too steep for some people. Lower end users rejoice! Here comes the new Curve 8520! This new addition to the BB family has a new design and some introductory features, at an affordable price from T-Mobile. What separates this phone from others of the BB family is the new optical trackpad. Instead of a trackball, you use the trackpad to navigate, scroll and click on the contents of your phone. It's similar to trackpads found in the new MacBooks and some netbooks, and it is similar to the Storm's click-touchscreen, and it's quite easy to use. In fact, it is better than the trackball, in my opinion, because it moves faster and it's less likely to break or skip ... Read more