First off let me say that I was a long time BB users(8+ yrs) and had to make a decision since my Tour was starting to give me fits. I say all that because I noticed a lot of topics about just that BB vs IP coming from BB users so....Here is my first half day experience with the IP5.
--Got the 16g in black with a Black Otter Commuitor Case,(dont do video streaming or watch movies from phone,music on seperate MP3 player for motorcycle) sales rep at my regional carrier was very helpful in getting the basis set up and running(email,contacts etc) and then proceeded to show me some other things and advised me to charge my IP5 for a minium of 7 to 8 hours. He ran the updates but the wouldn't install without the battery being fully charged. Walked out the sstore and headed for home optimestic about the outcome of learning a completely new phone.
After phone charged for several hours started playing around with it and decided to set up AppleID(aggravaiting experience) when I got the email to verify the account and keyed in my info it kept showing ID or Password is not valid. So, I tried again and same result(frustrated) Then I noticed something funny started to happen as the phone started flipping from 3g to 4g and then said searching on the top left. In doing some reading on the boards about this same issue I went into the setting and turned off LTE service. After a moment we have signal, then 2 minutes later no signal just "searching" starring me in the phase. Determined, I picked up the phone and called the carrier. They walked me through a couple of steps to include resetting the network setting which reboots the phone. Signal then 30 seconds later no signal, they asked me to bring it back to the store.
Running though my head at this time is the fact that I have had this phone for around 6 hours and its broke. So I took it back to the store for them to look at and sure enough top left corner shows"searching". The associate went to the back and brought out another brand new one in the box,installed a new sim card and reactivated. then he goes through and sets up everything again including fixing my AppleID(my fault by the way,not used to keyboard on the phone). So away home I go again. Bottom line it was just a bad phone out of the box.
So playing with the IP5 after being used to the BB for so long is really not all that bad to get used to . Yes some thing are different and I miss already some of the things that BB would do seamlessly(group email and text with group contacts). But OS is smooth and so far enjoying the experience. I know that it will take time and tinkering to figure out how to make it work best for me. Which in the end thats what it is all about anyway,Right. Thanks
--Got the 16g in black with a Black Otter Commuitor Case,(dont do video streaming or watch movies from phone,music on seperate MP3 player for motorcycle) sales rep at my regional carrier was very helpful in getting the basis set up and running(email,contacts etc) and then proceeded to show me some other things and advised me to charge my IP5 for a minium of 7 to 8 hours. He ran the updates but the wouldn't install without the battery being fully charged. Walked out the sstore and headed for home optimestic about the outcome of learning a completely new phone.
After phone charged for several hours started playing around with it and decided to set up AppleID(aggravaiting experience) when I got the email to verify the account and keyed in my info it kept showing ID or Password is not valid. So, I tried again and same result(frustrated) Then I noticed something funny started to happen as the phone started flipping from 3g to 4g and then said searching on the top left. In doing some reading on the boards about this same issue I went into the setting and turned off LTE service. After a moment we have signal, then 2 minutes later no signal just "searching" starring me in the phase. Determined, I picked up the phone and called the carrier. They walked me through a couple of steps to include resetting the network setting which reboots the phone. Signal then 30 seconds later no signal, they asked me to bring it back to the store.
Running though my head at this time is the fact that I have had this phone for around 6 hours and its broke. So I took it back to the store for them to look at and sure enough top left corner shows"searching". The associate went to the back and brought out another brand new one in the box,installed a new sim card and reactivated. then he goes through and sets up everything again including fixing my AppleID(my fault by the way,not used to keyboard on the phone). So away home I go again. Bottom line it was just a bad phone out of the box.
So playing with the IP5 after being used to the BB for so long is really not all that bad to get used to . Yes some thing are different and I miss already some of the things that BB would do seamlessly(group email and text with group contacts). But OS is smooth and so far enjoying the experience. I know that it will take time and tinkering to figure out how to make it work best for me. Which in the end thats what it is all about anyway,Right. Thanks
Now, however, you'd have to pry me away from the iPhone while I fight back tooth and nail...(laughing)
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