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BlackBerry 8520
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Features of the BlackBerry 8520 include:
- Camera: 2 megapixels with 5X digital zoom
- Video Camera: Normal Mode (320x240 pixel), MMS Mode (176x144 pixel)
- Display: TFT, 65,000 colours, 320x240 pixels, 2.46" (diagonally measured)
- Music Player: Supports AAC-LC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 PRO/WMA 10, AAC-LC formats
- Ringtones: 32-voice polyphonic ringtones, MP3 ringtones,Tone, vibrate, on-screen or LED indicator
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, email
- Games and applications: Supports BlackBerry App World
- Special features: 35 key backlit QWERTY keyboard with Trackpad, Password protection, Keyboard lock, Sleep mode
- Memory: 256MB Flash Memory
- Connectivity: Bluetooth® v2.0 + EDR, 3.5mm Headset, WiFi 802.11b/g enabled
- Internet: Browser, GPRS
- Operating Frequency: Quad-Band: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900MHz
- Size: 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
- Weight: 106g
- Talk Time: 4.5 hours
- Standby: 17 days
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Displaying reviews 1 - 100 of 327 (displayed in order of date):
Reviewed by romy harris on 06/11/2011
i've never had such an unreliable phone. its all fallen apart and most of the keys don't work. every couple of days it wont turn on. a phone should last longer than a year.
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Reviewed by michael on 06/11/2011
great its a fantasttic phone
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Reviewed by Jeremy on 02/11/2011
Great phone, but its something like bbm 6 or 7 and is an old version, but i would still recommend it! :)
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Reviewed by Lynsey on 02/11/2011
Worst phone I have ever had, trackpad stopped working around 3 months after buying the phone and eventually the keyboard stopped working too. Was issued a new replacement, had this for a week and already the trackpad is playing up. Will be sticking to apple's iphone next time - blackberry is utter rubbish!
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Reviewed by claire on 01/11/2011
it's great love it... though it freezes all the tym!
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Reviewed by rowan on 31/10/2011
i have found the phone to be very temperamental. It turns off when it pleases and is very unreliable... I deffiantly wouldn't recomend it!
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Reviewed by vikrant maurya on 30/10/2011
nice phone but blackberry 8130 pearl is much better
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Reviewed by Rojeen Imanzadeh on 30/10/2011
It is exellent, I think it's really good. Especially for my daughter, because she has just started secondary. It is brilliant.
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Reviewed by Macdonald on 27/10/2011
In my life I've always wanted a blackberry... And on my 18th Birthday my Mum got me One... I was sooo happy that I didn't know what to do to thank her..I used the phone very well bought a cover for it and only after 3 days Coming to my Surprise the phone Screen was having green lines which looked like ink it was a mess all over I was soooooo Disappointed with blackberry and from there on it broke my heart very bad till now!!
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Reviewed by Lottie on 26/10/2011
I had my BlackBerry Curve for a month until it decided not to turn on any more. This lead to endless phone calls to my phone company and them having to send me a replacement phone. I also know of other people that have had the same phone and had it freeze and pack up before a year. I would of expected a higher level of performance from such a profound company. This model has truly let it down!
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Reviewed by beckyy on 25/10/2011
i wouldnt recommend this phone to anybody! its the worst phone i have ever bought! the problems dont end with it. first, my blackberry had a problem and kept draining the battery so i had to spend alot of money getting it replaced. the second problem is that is used to freeze alot and i had to keep doing battery pulls. another problem was that the trackpad wouldnt work at all! now the keyboard doesnt work and the trackpad. if you want a decent phone, get something a little bit more popular and with a make that alot of people know of, samsung,nokia,sony etc. i have to deal with this phone right up until march 2012 now because the warranty is finished and the contract expires then.
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Reviewed by KK on 24/10/2011
My beloved BB was stolen and work gave me the 8520 as a replacement. I'm not convinced by the feel of the keyboard and prefered the trackball of the previous incarnation, although that may still be a matter of familiarity. Most of the features I used are thankfully unchanged and work as well as you would expect, but the camera is terrible. Lots of lens distortion and NO FLASH! My previous BB took pretty decent pictures, so they can do it if they want.
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Reviewed by Tyga on 24/10/2011
ohhhh i had this phone and i must say the expirence was rather thrilling,i got rid of my nokia n97 mini from the time i got into this phone and the battery life is wonderfull,my view on smartphones are........whats a smartphone with out gud battery life and thats what most of the other guys lack,even if you guys os are not all that i would still keep url in proise esteem.:)
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Reviewed by abena on 20/10/2011
I luv dis phone,is handy n easy 2 carry around
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Reviewed by TheBlondeBadAss on 19/10/2011
Blackbb curvs r off hook day sick man I meen!!!! curv meks gud impteson on bb
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Reviewed by josh on 19/10/2011
Good mobile my first smartphone and it didn't take long for me to come to grips with.can be a little unclear and can take a while to load sometimes but overall is a really good mobile that I you can use for eveyday life. I personally don't use the blackberry app world device as I don't play games a lot (apart from brickbreaker which is really neat!!!) I mostly talk or message my friends and share music,photos and videos! The camera is a little disappointing but is still easily good at taking recognisable pictures and videos and what good sound quality!!! My favourite App is the cool BBM app.I like sharing with friends and this allows me to do just that! What a laugh! Oh! And facebook! Wonderful facebook! Which is free to download from the web browser pre-installed on the phone! I am writing the review with this phone right now and as you can see I am finding it easy to use. I would also like to tell you that it has loads of flash memory too! Good for taking pics! An d the kind Blackberry folk have even given us a 2gb sd card to come with it! Overall an excellent phone that is only let down by its loading time but is recommended to adults and teens alike as it can be complex! So I give it 4 stars best:ability to share so much! Worst :time to load sometimes
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Reviewed by James on 17/10/2011
Great for kid . But cant really say its a smart phone .
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Reviewed by Joe on 13/10/2011
Awesome fone !!! The best fone ever
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Reviewed by Money For Your Phone on 11/10/2011
I loveee it soo much, it is actually the best phone that I've ever had! It's my first blackberry and I love it! I've only had it for a week now and it is soo much fun just playing with it,backup memory very use full. you can never get bored! I would recommend this phone to absolutely anyone. I thought the phone would be really hard to use (it is a blackberry) We recycle all Blackberry phones. Recycle your working, non-working or broken Blackberry phones here for cash.
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Reviewed by BabyRox on 10/10/2011
Im getting one and it dosent seem as bad as you say all my friends have the 8520 and they love it it is better than the 8900 because of the trackpad I advise you to buy the 8520 for the money you will save is large !!!! x
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Reviewed by jack on 10/10/2011
i love black berry curve
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Reviewed by Najma Alinour on 07/10/2011
my older sister brought my bbcurve first i loved it orange gives u good deals btw anyway ermm i need help turnin the wireless network on plzz help me pleasexxxx
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Reviewed by Annette on 06/10/2011
I wouldn't recommend a Bold 8520 to anyone, I have had my Bold since February through Phones 4 U, having finally sorted out my contract with them, numerous phone calls as they were charging me a lot more than had been agreed, my phone developed a fault with the sound, I contacted Phones 4 U, they sent me a pre paid envelope to send my phone back to their repair centre, I returned the phone in its original box, wrapped carefully in bubble wrap. After 3 days I received a telephone call from the repair centre to say my phone could not be repaired under the guarantee as the problem was related to liquid or moisture damage and isn't a manufacturing defect, the phone was being returned to me un repaired, I could take it to Car Phone Warehouse and they could possibly give me a quote for repair, well I have received the phone back in a polythene bag wrapped in a bit on bubble wrap minus the original box, what am I to do now. As far as I'm concerned the phone hasn't been d ropped or soaked in liquid, I'm 50 years of age for goodness sake and look after my possessions with greatest care. I have 15 months left on the contract at £25.00 per month but no phone. Don't touch Phones 4 U or Blackberry with a barge pole, I certainly wont and intend to take this further.
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Reviewed by Amy Montana. on 06/10/2011
Very good phone worth buying! ive had it now for about 10months! ive broke 2 but they've managed to fix it as soon as it arrived at blackberry where they fix phones, im clumbsy so i do drop it but normally it doesnt brake it only broke because the signal went which i dont no why and then i got it wet my accident so they replaced it for free, i would deffently recomand this to friends( only if your not clumsy.):L
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Reviewed by Taco bfd on 04/10/2011
Sick bled
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Reviewed by kingi steve on 02/10/2011
track pad problem.very occassional
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Reviewed by robert on 01/10/2011
i think this phone is good im gettng one for xmas in violet i cant wait its a good phone my sister has one she shows me how to work it i cant wait aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by emma on 30/09/2011
it breaks every single time, if you get a blackerry get a bold. i know they are a little more expensive; but they are so much better! or if not get curve 9300; which is alrightish. Basically all of my friends have a blackberry and whoever has a curve has had it in repair at least twice since they had got it. It is absolutly rubbish, freezes non stop. eugh.
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Reviewed by Chrome Tantricle on 28/09/2011
I truly love this phone is was my first Blackberry. I am a person that drop phone almost everytime I take it out. Once, I slammed this phone on the floor instead of catching it. When I pick my phone up I was surprise to see it working in good condition. Those who are intrested to buy this phone, you all must really try it. You will never know if you don't try it. Good luck to those who have been using this phone as it is going to be your wife / husband. I am only 10 and I have given my trust to blackberry to be the manufacterure of all my phones.
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Reviewed by K.Jones on 26/09/2011
Only problem is that mostly all apps and downloads are not compatable with Blackberry. Cannot download apps that I want or Adobe Flash Player to see videos that require it.
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Reviewed by David White on 21/09/2011
I got this phone to replace a wizzy LG android which had loads of features but was a lousy phone with poor signal and a battery that would not last all day! in comparison this BB is great, its a v good phone first and foremost with good email, messaging and does all the browsing I need. Should I have got the 3G version for better maps? I'm not sure I would use it that much to be worth it. VERY PLEASED, now a BB fan.
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Reviewed by lauren on 20/09/2011
im now on my 2nd blackerry as my previous one got robbed and i still love it,as boring as facbook, msn or other sites can be bbm is totally different and blackberys them selves are just AWESOME! but they are adictive :)
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Reviewed by abhay sehwag on 20/09/2011
like always black berry is black berry,model 8520 ,is no bad, wifi and some features make it valuable,drowback,its battery backup,and sound quality
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Reviewed by Mr Adams on 20/09/2011
I am in the process of buying myself a new phone... And i have had a look thru a whole range of phones... i had considered the 8520 when i started my search, but could not come up with a good enough reason why it cost so much (for an entry level phone) when you could get a mid class phone (sony ericsson x 8, x10 mini, x10 mini pro, etc) packed with way more and running the more favoured android OS... only until this past weekend when my GF had gone and bought herself the black berry 8520 that i realised, the 8520 may cost more than the others and have less but it does the little it has better than any other... ( i hope i got that across alright). i agree with a earlier post, if you are realy interested in taking picture's go and get you a high end camera, if the screen aint detailed enough then i would advise you get a a high end tv... back to the weekend, i found myself on her phone... and with the BIS i think this phone is a good deal... and i am on my way to buyi ng myself one... i think a good deal, does everything your phone should be able to do and does it well... 5 stars bb
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Reviewed by ashley on 19/09/2011
i think that the blackberry 8520 is a wonderfull phone i just had the phone for 2 hours and iam so impressed with the options the camera....and iam not disappointed for having this phone so i tell every one to use this phone cuz i had a wonderfull experience for using this blackberry:)
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Reviewed by Berry Fan on 18/09/2011
BB is so good I love it . I think everyone should get one . Anyways add me on BBM pin :23957C3F
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Reviewed by siraj on 14/09/2011
its more than amazing
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Reviewed by dr sathyashankar purhran.abudhabi. uae on 10/09/2011
This is good phone for professionals and easy to operate for the beginners recommend it
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Reviewed by duncher on 08/09/2011
I love my phone very much.
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Reviewed by holly uk on 06/09/2011
I've had the blackberry curve 8520 for about a year now and it's really good. It's great for talking to friends and sharing things on facebook. Also you can get so many apps that cost and don't cost that are all really good. You can change the font size easy by going to screen/keyboard and there are a range of different fonts. Although there are good points to this phone, there are also some quite bad ones. The first is that it freezes a lot and you have to restart the phone which takes about 3-4 mins. I have to charge it every night, although that's because I use blackberry messenging and facebook alot. But all in all not a bad phone, quite good for the money.
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Reviewed by simarjit on 05/09/2011
Blackberry 8520 ... The most affordable blackberry ever . It's been 6 months now . I got my blackberry 6 months ago and I think it's the best cell phone if we compare it to. Any other cell phone of the same price or below .it lacks some features but still , according to the price it's worth getting .
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Reviewed by Rachel on 05/09/2011
definately not. my phone wont reboot, the screen goes completely white so i cant turn it on! ive had the phone for exactly a year (and a few days maybe) and ive had problems from the start. Orange gave me a new phone after a few weeks after i had experienced problems calling. The phone froze a lot and would always call 911 randomly (thank god it doesnt work to call 911 from england). It also kept rebooting randomly as well. I am so glad to get rid of this phone but the ease of using a Blackberry has convinced me to get a new one of a newer model. As i dont like touch screens, its perfect for me but a lot of hassle!
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Reviewed by Rebecca on 04/09/2011
Ive had this for nearly a year and had no problems with it what so ever! internet is pretty fast and texting is so easy! i love it:D the only downside is the camera as it isnt that good but its still pretty decent, nothing to serious. music player i great and i love the apps on the phone!
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Reviewed by Aneeskhan on 03/09/2011
Its just outstanding cell phone which has amazing features and trackpad with a cheap price.are you in search of any smartphone than just go for blackberry 8520 trust me...i just love blackberry 8520 cell.and i am using it from last 2year...:-)
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Reviewed by Yazminn on 30/08/2011
OK, got my first EVER blackberry, gotta say its cool say no more, does e-mails facebook msn, and it works everywhere so im happy, downside, the camera but i dont really take pics so heyho :) i love it and im addicted im writing this review on my blackberry :p
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Reviewed by tceng on 29/08/2011
I only wanted a telephone. I can't see the screen in the sun. The buttons are far too small for my fingers. I have to use a pen or other long pointed device on the keys. I went back to my 5 year old telephone. It works much better.
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Reviewed by nikhil on 28/08/2011
very poor phone.........only bbm net is there ....it is very costly
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Reviewed by jack track on 27/08/2011
i got this for for a couple of weeks and im loving it i thought i should have got the bb curve 3g but it was worth the extra money so i got the 8520 and its the best phone in the world im never letting it go
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Reviewed by TheBoldYin on 26/08/2011
Qualitieeeee
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Reviewed by riyaz on 25/08/2011
Super mobile
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Reviewed by Edgar S. Nonge on 22/08/2011
Its a good phone I like it
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Reviewed by Alison on 20/08/2011
I've had this phone for nearly a year now, and it is still working perfectly, the downside is you cant check-in on Facebook with this phone, which sucks! but overall this phone is excellent. I haven't had any problems since buying it. I would recommend this phone to anyone.
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Reviewed by Chazza G on 19/08/2011
i think this phone is rubbish because it always turns off and on and always freezes and takes ages to load up!!
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Reviewed by calum on 18/08/2011
Iv had this phone for 8 months now I loved it to begin with but now I'm dying to get rid of it it has terrible battery power it lasts for about 8 hours and mines constatly crahes but I must say it does have great texting and the BBM
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Reviewed by Diana on 18/08/2011
I've had this phone about a year and a half now and although I have much love for it because it's my phone and it is the best I've ever had, it is now going crazy! the trackball gets stuck not to say the trackpad, some letters randomly decide not to work, sometimes I don't even touch the letters and they just press by themselves, it's like they have a mind of its own. It's got a very good memory, it's a shame though that for such a smart phone it doesn't have flash camera, I remember I paid £145 at the time for mine, when it first came out. The keys are very hard and make such an annoying noise, where as the 8900 has a softer rubber trackpad. Those are just some of the things that are wrong with it. Now I see myself in the position of having to get a new phone but I can't afford one. I love blackberrys and I'd like to say my next buy will be a bold or a torch but I'm probably gonna get something safer like the new motorola that's shock/water proof and has a long lasting battery, or an HTC. I don't know but this phone has been a letdown.
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Reviewed by Nia Campbell on 18/08/2011
I just received the blackberry curve 8520 for my birthday and i have to say, I absolutely adore everything about it. OK so it may not be a sleek HTC or iPhone but it is easy to use, has a fun and stylish qwerty keypad and is the perfect size to fit into my pocket. I also love the fact that there are so many different covers and cases available in many different styles. Most of my friends also have a BlackBerry so I use BBM frequently. I have had many other smart phones but the BlackBerry is by far my favorite because I don't like touch screen mobiles, it is easy to use, the messaging features are easily accessible and you can personalize it so easily. If you want covers for your BlackBerry there are thousands on ebay for between 50p-£8 including Ed Hardy, DC and many more designer brands. Enjoy your BlackBerry!
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Reviewed by bill on 17/08/2011
its an ok phone, the good points are that its easy to text and recieve emails and messages, the best point is bbm (blackberry messenger), you get to talk to ur friends without using up texts on your contract or loosing credit on pay as u go. the bad points are that the internet is terrible, u have to wait 5 minutes for 1 webpage to load up and by that time u get board and switch ur phone off, the apps are terrible, u cant get a single good one except for facebook and twitter, the camera is terrible and and the videoing quality aswell. who ever is reading this and u were thinking about bying it dont, get a phone with good apps and internet such as the samsung galaxy, htc or iphone. BORRING PHONE
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Reviewed by Dicky on 13/08/2011
Had this phone for nearly a year now. Got really fed up of it and cannot wait for my contract to end so i can get a much better phone! It gets sluggish too easily. Loading and refreshing of apps is slow as well as browsing the internet. It does have its good points like the QWERTY keyboard makes texting much faster and easier. Its a good budget blackberry but after a while of owning it you can definitly see its a BUDGET phone and then the feeling of needing to replace it kicks in.
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Reviewed by alice on 13/08/2011
I really like this phone I have been sitting with this thing for hours and it is really impressing me.Absaloutely brilliant quality
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Reviewed by mustafa on 10/08/2011
the blackberry curve 8520 is a very very what i call intelligent phone i really love it and i cant wait until the latest curve is released
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Reviewed by jana v. on 09/08/2011
i'm excited when i have my 1st blackberry.... and it is blackberry curved 8520.... but when i start using it i realize that it was just an ordinary phone like the common phones that i used to see....for me it was just a common phone like what some other brands have
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Reviewed by jhon rambo on 09/08/2011
a lot of them won't last a year....
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Reviewed by Sarah on 09/08/2011
i have played with my friends curve 8520 and OMG it is amazing! i cannot wait to upgrade! nothing wrong with it whatsoever. love the keyboard and the trackpad and the wifi. windows live messenger, email and bbm are a breeze. AMAZING PHONE!!! BUY IT BUY IT and for those people who are complaining about lack of features, shut it! coz it is an 'entry level phone', look it up!!amazing phone xxx <3
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Reviewed by Aronevs.. on 08/08/2011
Good phone. I had a few problems such as themes not working and freezing. Facebook, Twitter and BBM are great apps. Texting and general navigation is very easy. A good buy if you have the Blackberry internet service.
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Reviewed by chris on 07/08/2011
battery doesnt last long takes ages to get on the internet cant access android apps not great
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Reviewed by ahmad on 04/08/2011
best for its price range .. love it . Good internet
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Reviewed by Elle on 04/08/2011
BEST PHONE I'VE HAD YET !
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Reviewed by alex on 04/08/2011
I had the curve 8520 for about 2 months now its a good phone but it sometimes freezes meaning rebooting the phone and loosing everything you had. I wouldn't buy this phone again.
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Reviewed by Liam on 29/07/2011
Can't even begin to describe how awful this phone is
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Reviewed by Afsana on 29/07/2011
iiLuv iit !!!!!
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Reviewed by matthew on 28/07/2011
just got the blackberry curve 8520 iv had it two day,s now and and i now have to take it back to the shop because the screen dose not work not vary happy as i was told that the blackberry was a good make of mob phones i will have to see what they say but hay think i might go back to my htc
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Reviewed by Nadia on 28/07/2011
By far the worst phone I have ever had the misfortune to own. Freezes constantly, the camera is absolutely shocking and the camera on my old alcatel is a lot clearer. I got this phone because it was the cheapest one and the only one I could fully afford without going on a proper contract, I am on a SIM only and my Blackberry curve is constantly shutting my BBM off, the keys are sticking and the optical control is sticking and in some aspects, breaking. The screen is constantly pixelated or low resolution and my phone is always removing WiFi profiles and deleting songs,contacts and messages. I regret buying this phone so much and I wouldn't even give it a second glance, either go for the pearl or the bold and avoid the 8520 completely - by far the worst I've had.
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Reviewed by habib on 27/07/2011
I got the blackberry 8520, unlocked and on orange,was a very good handest aswell as the performance, but then software errors occured when phone crashed. And really annoying, happended 3 times I think, had to call qeek squad, of carphonewarehouse, to update software. Then )outube stop working. Had for probarly a few months.
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Reviewed by sam walters on 27/07/2011
luvs my blackberry 8520 best fone i av eva ad havnt had a problem wiv it as yet i carries it everywhere wiv me camera isnt brilliant but the phone itself is brilliant and simple to use as well,must be simple for me to use it haha avnt figured out how to use google maps yet but sure i will do soon wasnt told that i have to pay extra for internet and bbm and now my services have been suspended dont fancy phonin them as ill prob av sum 1 foriegn dwn the other end and cannot register online 4 sum reason so looks like ill av t phone vodafone and hope i understand them lol. but all in all id rate the phone 10/10 brilliant!!!!
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Reviewed by bbm girl on 26/07/2011
i am getting this phone soon :) my freind's have this phone they love the trckpad :) i find it easyer from the ball that used to be there :)
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Reviewed by Leah Miles on 26/07/2011
when I first got my blackberry I loved it, But it started to go wrong. freezing, going off ect. the suddenly the screen went white for no reason and wouldnt switch off or do anything. this was after only 3 months of having it. I am not happy with this model at all.
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Reviewed by Will on 25/07/2011
I've had this phone for about a year now, and it has finally died on me. It started getting a bit temperamental a few months ago, when the a-key started playing up... First it would just continuously type 'a', when you pressed any key (making the phone unusable, then, to my relief, it just stopped working altogether. So I had to copy and paste 'a' into any messages. Annoying. Then the trackpad and phone/menu buttons started becoming occasionally unresponsive. I did a phone-wipe and reset, which seemed to solve the problem, leading me to believe it was a software problem. But now, a few weeks later, it has just stopped working altogether. To give you some background, I haven't particularly abused the phone, but i haven't been overly careful. I'm a university student, so it has been used a fair bit, but I've never gotten it wet, or dropped it from any spectacular height. My recommendation would be to either take out insurance, or invest in the slightly more expensive blackberry.
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Reviewed by jimmi on 25/07/2011
it is a realy good phone i could recamend it to any person
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Reviewed by graham on 24/07/2011
hard core business user here the 8520 is by far the most rugged so far of the blackberry family the email ans qwerty key board are worth a mint Camera and music are secondary to me i want a good tough phone and good email, my kids have the later models and my wife the torch slider in my world none of them are as good as the 8520, They just too full of gimmicks and too weak to survive in the real world
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Reviewed by Isabel on 24/07/2011
I've had the blackberry curve 8520 about 9 months and it is honestly a rubbish phone. Im 13 years old and if like me you want this for communication with your friends then its a bad idea. The phone is great for the first 6 months but after that it freezes, the trackpad stops, the keys dont work, the screen goes blank and more. The blackberry bolds are so much better and they have so many better features.
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Reviewed by Emilyy on 23/07/2011
I love my blackberry curve, and what you said about it not having 3G... Mine does... and i got it after my very slow pearl 8110, and i have to admit, BBM is ALWAYS going wrong, and it doesnt work well with virgin sims but other than that its perfect!!!
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Reviewed by melaanie delight on 23/07/2011
ive nearly had my phone for a year now && i must say at the start it was realy enjoyable and i LOVED it. But i have to admit after about 4 months that love has wore off, the camera has completely stopped working (same with the video camera) and the actual phone sometimes has a mind of its own also it takes for EVER to come on when you restart the phone by taking the battery out and putting it back in... i have to say the only reason i still like it is for the blackberry messanger and the keyboard thats the only reason im not sure to have another phone as i like those two feature so much .... ;//
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Reviewed by Nathan Bowes on 22/07/2011
My Blackberry Curve 8520 is being stupid, i am on orange pay as you go and the internet is saying there is no communication service when i try to use the internet and bbm works briefly for like 10 minutes then i have to pull out the battery and reset the phone, then it works again for 10 minutes, can you tell me whether this is the phone thats broken? or the network sim is faulty? because i have read lots of complaints about blackberrys on orange recently?
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Reviewed by Aysen Battal on 21/07/2011
the camera isnt very good and it aways runs out of battery i give this a thumbs down all my friends have an iphone and i wish i got it now!!!!
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Reviewed by Dontez on 21/07/2011
I've had my phone 4 a year and I hate it so I'm changing to a 9300.The spec is very low
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Reviewed by David Kay on 21/07/2011
The 8520 setup seems only to offer connection to an 'enterprise server' and the help offered by the Blackberry site in this regard is hopeless. I want to connect to a Demon email server but a menu option for this is not given with no supporting information/explanation. Also I can find no way or instructions on synchronising diary and contacts data so overall a very poor purchase, I could not recommend this phone to any business user.
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Reviewed by Paul on 21/07/2011
Absolute rubbish, was working perfectly now won't send or receive sms messages. Tried various fixes and the issue still persists. Not worth 10p, I wish I'd bought a sony or nokia mobile now!
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Reviewed by Anna on 19/07/2011
Not happy with the phone at all. Bat life + camera = horrible It takes a few minutes just to start up, so delayed and freezes for no reason. You have to pay every month just to use the BB service, it is nothing but a waste of money. Made a mistake by purchasing the phone.
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Reviewed by andrew on 15/07/2011
its alright. but 1 major hiccup it wont receive tune's through bluetooth from another phone why there's been no reason answered for this. Anyone Help Me Please.??? on a BLACKBERRY CURVE 8520
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Reviewed by ettienne on 14/07/2011
The battery!!!!!!!!!!!! Does not last
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Reviewed by Chloe on 14/07/2011
I HATE the curve 8250 is feels cheap, its plastic-y and the picture quality is appaling!! Wi-fi doesn't work & its overall a rubbish phone! However, I just bought the blackberry bold 9780 and it's OUTSTANDING! Go for bold !!
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Reviewed by Paul on 12/07/2011
Had this phone about a month, got it as a birthday present. Did previously have a 8900 but got so annoyed with the trackball, decided to move on! AM so impressed with the 8520 in every way. The screen is not as poor as some say...it does not feel cheap...the keyboard is fantastic...and the camera takes a decent picture. The music controls make it a great media playing tool too. This phone is great. This phone meets all my needs...email, texting, BBM, ebay, facebook, twitter, calls, it does it all without the horrible apple branding and sheep mentality of iphone users! WE CAN DO IT ALL TOO! Make no mistake, this phone is not as flashy as a bold or torch, but it is a Blackberry, feels like a Blackberry, and does everything any other Blackberry can do that gives BB's their epic reputation. Well done RIM.
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Reviewed by emiillyyy on 08/07/2011
I have this phone, it is great, it connects to the internet great, it's fast and many people conplain its slow, well just hold alt and them press lglg and then log, and then deltele all, and there :) it is back to normal, really great memory, really fast, simple camera, and its amazing :* <3
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Reviewed by Dan Speed on 08/07/2011
This phone is pretty sweet but things on it could have improved, i have to admit the phone was one of the best i ever had but i had to get rid of it 2 weeks ago because of broken qwerty pad, overall i think everyone who can afford the cheaper than usuall price should definatly puschase this phone and use the cool features such as BBM and fast texting and internet browsing.
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Reviewed by Elliott on 08/07/2011
i have had this phone for about a week and it is very good and i like it a lot :)
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Reviewed by Joshua on 04/07/2011
The blackberry curve 8520 is a nice phone but up to my experience he's relyabelati is poor and un trusted and internet is by far the slowest of all the phones I had my nokia 3310 of those days internet were faster
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Reviewed by Micaa Dutton. on 04/07/2011
Well, I was using my friends white blackberry 8520 yesterday with my contract simcard in. My phone is a an iphone 3gs in black. I love my phone. But after using the blackberry for a day i'm in love with blackberrys. The only disapointing thing is the camera as i love photography! But i dont mind thats what digital cameras are for ;). I was very impressed with how much music my friend had stored on her phone. And how much more she could put on there. Facebook was free to browse. Next week my mums getting me a blackberry 8520 and shes having my iphone :)
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Reviewed by Elliott on 03/07/2011
Loves this phone :)
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Reviewed by David on 03/07/2011
1 of the worst phones ever made, freezes constantly and battery life is poor. BBM is good but apart from that its a total waste of money. Your better off getting a Nokia
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Reviewed by stuart on 02/07/2011
This phone is a peace of rubbish I wasted my money on this phone and it does not do any thing useful to me all it does is give me head ackes won't give me pictures and won't do a lot of things on the web as far as I am concerned blackberry should give me my money back or houner my contract so I can buy a differnt phone half the time know one can hear me talk on the other end and that is rubbish and I am not happy what a peace of garbage
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