Experienced my friends z10 yesterday. Surprisingly It has a nice user interface. I have been a big critic of all things BlackBerry over the last few years due to crappy experiences with BB7 and BB5 handsets ice owned but this was nice. I won't buy the z10 because I already have an iPhone 4S but might consider the Q10 when it is released so as to have the QWERTY keyboard

Gbyte:
I wanted to read all the conversation on this thread before replying but this person here, yes YOU won't just let me. One thing I try not to do is say something I don't know. Check all of my posts and threads, I would only tell what I know. For you to have said iPhone would send files to another iPhone through Bluetooth has shown ME you don't even know what you are saying, you've not even been close to the phone let alone touch it. Quote me anywhere "unless jailbroken, even am iPhone wouldn't send files to another iPhone " that said, why do we all keep saying one thing over and over again, it's not new to iPhone users that an iPhone would not send anything to you through Bluetooth unless jailbroken, even the super Nokia that works so well with Bluetooth has now restricted sharing files with Bluetooth now; ask Lumia users, I have one so I know what am saying .
In otherwords, these phone companies are beginning to see that there is something wrong in just giving out everything on your phone to someone when you can actually buy your own, that way they maximize profit and more money for the owner of the song or the app developer. Even if you are an app developer, I bet you'd develop for iOS first before android because you know you'd make money faster there.
That said, we keep arguing over this phone been better than that one. Do you people still know that some people who can't afford to buy iPhone 5 still go out to buy iPhone 4? That tells you how good the phone is for a person to still buy the ones done 2yrs ago, some even still use IPhone 3GS;the white of 3GS is sexy. So what are we saying here. My brother, if you want a phone that you'd enjoy and also get the value of your money; use the phone for as long as u want and even when another generation comes out you still sell for good price or keep using it and it still represent, pls go for an iPhone but if you want a phone that you'd use today, probably enjoy it and after a while you don't like it again. Pls u can go for Samsung .

Let me tell you what some people would tell u to confuse u . They'd tell you an iPhone does not have a Memory card/slot. Now, let me ask you? Why do you need a memory card when u can choose to either buy 16GB 32GB or 64GB? Besides exchanging memory card from one phone to another would reduce the life span of your phone. That said, they'd also tell you about battery, aside the fact that you can change the battery of an iPhone whenever the need arise, ask @Suntemi on how to replace your battery. You won't need to do so, I've been using iPhone for a long time now and I've had no reason to change the battery once, so why should I bother about changing battery when I won't need to.
With all these said, I think I've tried my best to let you know about the phone and the choice is yours

My bros you've said it all. Me I love phones and have owned 4 Blackberry, the iphone 3G (from 2008), HTC 8x, galaxy s3 and iPhone 4S.....so I downed all platforms.
All are good and it comes down to opinions. But one is limiting themselves by not doing there own research and just keep saying the same (iPhone has no memory card) etc etc.

The beauty of the iPhone is that it's resell value holds more than any other. In most stores, the iphone 4 (a phone from THREE YEARS AGO) is still one of the top 5 selling handsets. Like you said that says it all.
I love android cos it allows customization. But reality is 90% of people have no desire, or no time to be rooting their phones, sending music over Bluetooth to their friends and all of that. I will keep saying it, the iPhone remains the highest selling phone in the world, and their is a reason for that. Sleek design, best selection of apps (the newest apps ALWAYS come to iPhone first - Instagram, temple run, BBC, you name it), intuitive OS, awesome camera, built in iCloud, iTunes U education resources built in, etc). Most techies would prefer android and that's cool too.

pato123: To me I would prefer samsung cos am using an iPhone 4G and is nt freekin me the way samsung s3 is

You are deceiving yourself. Is there any such thing as an iPhone 4G?

Congrats; you've shown tht you know how to Google. Why not test things for yourself instead of relying on just one tech site reporter. For that article you've published, there are ten others that will tell you that iOS is better than android, or Windows phone is better than BB, etc.
I will say my own once again and that's it;
- I choose iOS cos I want the est apps first, not to wait months
- I want an OS that is stable, not one where I'm scared each time I download a freaking app
- most of the best google apps I can already get on iOS without using android (Google Maps, Google voice, etc). It's. proven fact that Google makes more money from iOS than they do from android!
- I love the smooth integration of FaceTime, iMessage, etc.
- I am a researcher, and having iTunes U built in with several resources is massive for me
iCloud works beautifully without any effort from me

I can go on and on. I have a nexus 7 that runs android but it barely sees light of day. And like I said before, iPhone sales remain higher than Galaxy and the iPhone is still the single highest selling phone in the world, to this day even. So iFanboy or not, it's silly for anybody to say that all these people are just buying crap.

Leopantro: Funny your use of words for this topic. Read this
10 Ways Samsung's Galaxy
S4 Is Better Than The
iPhone 5

by Kevin Smith Mar. 24,
2013, 9:23 AM |
573,757
Samsung
announced
its latest
flagship
phone, the
Galaxy S 4 earlier this month
in New York.
Critics have been going wild
because the Galaxy S 4 is
real competition to Apple's
iPhone 5 .

The Galaxy S 4 is packed
with the latest hardware and
software features like a 13
megapixel camera, eye
tracking technology, and
even a way to use the phone
without touching the screen.
While the iPhone 5 is still an
impressive smartphone, it
doesn't hold a candle to the
Galaxy S 4.
The Galaxy S 4 is
faster than the
iPhone 5.

Samsung's Galaxy S 4
has a quad-core
processor compared
the the iPhone 5's
dual core processor.
Primate Labs ran a
benchmark test pitting
the Galaxy S 4 against
other top tier
smartphones including
the iPhone 5.
The results show that
the Galaxy S 4 is
almost two times
faster than the iPhone
5.

The Galaxy S 4's
screen is bigger.

The Galaxy S 4's
screen measures a
whopping 5-inches.
That's a full inch more
screen real estate than
the Phone 5. A bigger
screen means more
apps on one page,
more space for videos,
and higher quality.

The Galaxy S 4 has
better camera
software.

Software aside, the
Galaxy S 4 packs a
whopping 13
megapixel camera,
compared to the
iPhone 5's eight
megapixel camera.
The Galaxy S 4's
camera has a bunch of
software features that
will make any amateur
look like a
professional. It's easier
to take pictures and
edit them on the go.
Pictures stand out with
features like, photo
blur, which allows you
to erase people or
things from a photo
and Share Shot, which
lets you sync your
friends' Galaxy S
phones together to
share photos.
There are many more
camera features that
you can read about
here.

The Galaxy S 4 is
more versatile.

The Galaxy S 4 has the
latest version of
Android, which by
nature is a more
customizable operating
system than Apple's
iOS.
But besides making
phone calls and
downloading apps, the
Galaxy S 4 can be
used as a remote for
your compatible
Samsung TV.
Forbes Haydn
Shaughnessy of Forbes
points out, "on the S4
microsite Samsung
says the phone
'suggests different
programs based on
your preferences,
provides program
schedules, and does
the channel surfing for
you. The Samsung
GALAXY S4 even
allows you to remotely
control the TV or setup
boxes.'"

The Galaxy S 4 is
available on all
major carriers
including T-Mobile.

The iPhone has yet to
make its debut on T-
Mobile, leaving some
customers out in the
dark.
The Galaxy S 4 has a
sharper screen.
The iPhone 5's Retina
Display pushes out an
astounding 1136x640-
pixel resolution at 326
pixels per inch.
But, Samsung used an
HD Super AMOLED
screen and beefed up
the resolution on the
Galaxy S 4 to a
impressive 1920x1080
at 441 pixels per inch.

Google Now is light-
years better than
Siri.

This is an Android
feature but is still
counts as a reason the
Galaxy S 4 is better
that the iPhone 5.
Google Now is a
personal assistant that
comes included with
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
It uses all the
information available
in your smartphone to
provide you with
relevant information.
For example, your
phone knows the
route you take home
and if there is traffic it
will prompt you to go
a faster way.
If you're about to take
a flight, Google Now
prompts you to check
in and even gives you
weather in the
destination city.
Siri just can't compete.

The Galaxy S 4 has
more memory
contributing to the
overall quickness of
the phone.

The Galaxy S 4 is
packed with 2 GB of
RAM. That means you
can run more apps at
once, have more tabs
open in your browser,
and it just contributes
to the overall
quickness of the
smartphone.
The iPhone 5 runs on
half of that, only using
1 GB.

The Galaxy S 4 has a
removable battery!

A removable battery
means that when your
phone is running low
you don't have to stay
tethered to a plug.
Samsung even sells an
extra battery kit
allowing you to get
some extra juice in a
hurry.
Users can expand the
Galaxy S 4's storage.
If you don't want to
shell out the extra
money for a 64 GB
Galaxy S 4, you can
expand the smaller
sizes (16GB and 32GB)
with a MicroSD card.
You can also save data
to the MicroSD instead
of your actual phone's
memory.

ewizard1:

Sir.. Whatsapp is free for the first year of download. Even if its N50. Its FREE for all other platforms, why should dy give a charge for what's suppose to be free. 2. in terms of apps, Not all apps wld be made for all platforms. There are apps that are availabĺe for apple and not for others and vice versa. But talking bout who got the most stunning app? Android! why? cos its an open platform. if you think you can do something for it. FEEL FREE! Should u havnt heard, android got the HIGHEST number of apps. Pls google. twas 40million the last time i checked. And developers havnt stopped.
...
Lets do something. Make researches... Name mad stunning app apple got. Would let you knw what the GREEN ROBOT got in its box. *winks*

Android has MOST apps but not the BEST app. I challenge any android user to suggest just ONE decent app that came to android before coming to iPhone. I can't think of any. Viber, Temple Run, BBC, CNN; even whatsapp, Instagram, you name it. Its a known fact thag developers will always create an iphone app first, and if successful then move tp android. At worse, they will develop both together. Now for the sake of paying $1 a year for whatsapp, I would rather have the benefit of knowing tht my phone will get the next good app first. (And ps; most people would rather avoid the hassle of 'rooting' their phone just to save $1).

He seems like a people's pope, very in touch with the people and the common man.

The statistics tell us that anybody on here that says the iPhone is crap vs the Samsung, is in the minority, because despite everything, the iPhone 5 is still the biggest selling phone with just three models, despite the fact that Samsung are bringing out a new device like almost every week.
My opinion why iPhone is better;
- the biggest apps ALWAYS come to iPhone first. Check history and you will see
- android is the most insecure OS there is today. Buggy and not secure.
- iTunes still has largest media collection
- easy to back up into the cloud with iCloud built in
- if my iPhone breaks or I need ANY support whatsoever, I can walk into any Apple store in The world an it gets sorted (I appreciate that this doesn't happen in Naija tho)
- video compression over email
- updates to OS are quicker and more frequent
- classier phone (glass, vs the plastic on the S3 and S4)
- thinner and lighter. If I need a massive screen I will buy a tablet, not a phone
- better speaker
- iTunes U: free app with one of the largest collection of free education tools on the web

These are just opinions, and are my opinions. But again, judging by sales alone most people still prefer te iPhone over The galaxy, even though galaxy is cheaper. That says something

Rest in peace sir

Revolva:

This guy has said it all this is the most current dude here so accurate in post and not to sentimental about bashing- all ya band wagon smart fone users oya make una learn now ok !!!! Three Gbosa for you jare tell dem

Jobs got all of his ideas from RIM? Really?
One fact to bear in mind. When Apple first introduced the all-touch screen device (there were a few before then, but nothing that appealed to the mass market), RIM were busy for two years laughing and telling everybody that nobody will buy touchscreen. How now would you say Apple stole idea from RIM?
The idea for 3rd party App Store, did that come from RIM? The software innovations, did those come from RIN?
I think not

chucky234: Well I just checked the pre-order record for BB Z10 and Q10 but found that Americans and Europeans are responsible for 95% so far,that's to say RIM don't don't depends on the African market as we are made to believed because 90% of African BB users patronize used phones from the US/Canada or UK.

That's because the ONLY countries that can order these phones are UK, Canada and UAE. By definition, Nigerian or African people purchasing cannot (yet) even show up in these statistics.
Some people have bought these phones in Canada and UK but lets wait and see when the official statistics are released. I saw no long lines and queues like when galaxy s3 and iPhone were released, but maybe soon the sales might increase. I doubt it.

chucky234: People can now see how far RIM have come when it come to quality smartphones,HTC is the only company that earn my respect after RIM because Samsung,LG and the rest borrow their current designs from HTC phones.

Have you seen bb10 z10? That design is totally borrowed from an iPhone. So by your own logic, blackberry should now lose your respect also

meenagiggs:
What?

He is saying that most smartphones can make video calls with the Tango app or the Skype app, but on BB you can't.

caukerzee: Haha...are those likes supposed to be some form of celebration by them BB users. This kind them get people wey know say BB beta pas iOS. LOL. And to you dude its either you are lying or you didnt know how to operate the iphone 4 or just a butthurt BB user trying to troll iOS. Theres absolutely nothing that curve 2 can do that iphone 4 cannot do twice better. Iphone 4 is far more superior.

My friend no mind him, nairaland is the only forum in the world (except for crackberry.com) where he can type something like that and not get laughed out of the building.
What surprises me is that how many people in Naija have an iPhone (or indeed some android devices) and don't fully utilize them. My cousin had an iPhone 4S and didn't even have an iTunes account! I was just shocked, an iPhone is useless unless you are utilizing the features that come with it.

Symphony007: i really haope it does well beause it is a make or break moment for that company but i don't just see it becoming too succesful, i foresee a i phone 5 type meltdown. High initial sale and a sharp unexpected decline.

Even the "sharp decline" in the iPhone 5 is overstated. It is still the 2nd highest selling handset, it's just that in the last 2 months it didn't sell as high as the financial markets expected. The level is set very high for Apple, as the iPhone is the highest selling phone worldwide.
The z10, Blackberry claim has sold well, but do t forget stocks were very very limited. Lets wait until some actual numbers are released for the z10.

I bought the HTC 8x Windows Phone last month and use it as my 2nd phone after my IPhone 4S. Ditched my old BB curve.

Its nice sha. Lack apps so I have to rely on iPhone for that.
It's cool because you get the best Microsoft Office experience (excel, word, PowerPoint) experience than any other phones. The handset itself has awesome sounds especially if you use good quality headphones. Browsing isn't as good as on iPhone and it lacks a lot of google features.
The live tiles are awesome, the UI very slick. It's evolving. The Windows Phone 8 system is miles ahead of BB7, and probably better than what I've seen of BB10, but lacks important apps that I need in m day such as Google maps

grandstar:

It was said as much on CNN yesterday. There are more android users than iphone users and people want to connect. All more services are made for android that for iphone.

The iphone may end up becoming an ultra niche market

More android users but that's partly because there are only three iPhone models on sale today (4, 4s, 5) vs probably more than 50 androids. So it's normal that the numbers using like those 50 phones all made by different manufacturers(like Samsung, Sony, Motorola, HTC etc) should be more than the numbers using just 3 handsets made by one company (Apple)

On my iPhone

1Instagram.....enough said!
2 Viber.......free phone calls
3 CamScanner.......to fax my documents wherever I am
4 Netflix
5 TED Business

On my HTC Windows 8 Phone
1 Microsoft One Note
2 Microsoft excel
3 Tune In Radio
4 Snes 8x
5 BBC News

mjay: What other phone can be bridged with a tablet for seamless unlimited internet experience? Untill that is available,I will carry my bb/playbook on one hand, my android on the other.

You've obviously not used an iPhone and iPad together then. One can forget their iPad at home and automatically continue working on his iPhone without any synchronization needed

Lol very funny points. It's an expression of passion.....one is having a desire and passion to be intimate with God at that moment. One isn't "faking" it, and also one isn't saying that they gotta do like that in order to have the rather answered. Each to his own.
But when the pastor tries to force you to do that way, I'm like "why"? In any case, I prefer to sit down and pray properly and orderly to God. od business is serious business and I prefer not to be screaming uncontrollably at him and then suddenly randomly stop when MOG decides to move on to next point.

Currently use both a 4s and galaxy s3 pebble blue, so can offer my balanced view of the benefits of both

iPhone 4S
- easy to navigate around the interface and system
- very clean and responsive. Everything is intuitive
- amazing camera quality
- forward usability. Apple has a track record of supporting older devices with new OS upgrades; very important
- access to iTunes; the best media site for music ever!
- iTunesU: for anybody that is keen on advancing their knowledge base with
- FaceTime video chat with other iPad and iPhone users (quality is far better than Skype or any similar)

Galaxy s3
- Near field communication: makes Bluetooth seem so old skool
- google wallet (but don't think of using this if ur still in Naija)
- large screen: amazing for watching video and tv shows
- ability to get a few more free apps than iPhone

Overall the galaxy is better but it feels a bit clunkier. Whenever I need to do something online, my instinct is still to reach for my iphone first of all. New apps tend to come out on the iPhone first. The 4a has an amazing camera. Galaxy does a few cooler things than the 4s.

Of you want something that gives amazing range of cool free apps and is simple to use then choose 4s. If you want more advanced features that you can customize then go for galaxy. But they are both really amazing and blow most other phones out of the window.

ziccoit: I received an electronic mail some days ago asking me to start downloading free applications starting from 26th of this month to 6th of January next year. You can download an application called 12days via iTunes to tract these free apps through the 12 days.

Today is the 5th day. Hurry now and get yours.

This is a wonderful app, and so far I've gotten free music,tv shows, and e-books. Looking forward my seven new freebies!

jedisco:

Your problem is that you lack sound logic i.e. you can't reason properly.

Just show me where I said Nigeria alone can sustain RIM.

I'm sick and tired of coming to NL and seeing ignorant folks ravaged with inferiority complex who cannot analyse issues at it relates to us in Nigeria. They rather think anything happening in America must be replicated here.

Bros I agree with your logic but you missing the big picture.
Although there are probably no statistics on how many of the phones sold in Nigeria are 2nd hand, anecdotal evidence suggests it is a large number. You don't have to be a genius to notice this, and it's why terms such as "UK used" are such a big part of our language.
But more importantly though, is that even if all of the Nigerian and African sales were brand new, RIM would still be struggling. Why?
Well, most of the newer BB phones sold in Africa are low or mid range at best.....and RIM make very low profit margins on selling those. It's okay for the like of Hauwei and some other android makers to sell dirt-cheap phones in developing markets, because these are low-cost companies that produced cheap phones and sell many of them at low margins, they make up for the low margin with high volumes, long term, that wouldn't really work for RIM cos that's not their business model; they have a high cost base.

Also, many of the Android manufacturers benefit from having Google (android) behind them, and Nokia now has Windows.

It makes logical sense to use a BlackBerry in Naija and I agree with yo about the inferiority complex. If you can browse for N1500 per month unlimited, then that's a no-brainier. But RIM would NEVER be able to compete with the bug boys if it continues to struggle in developed markets, where the bigger profits are to be made. Samsung has top end phones (galaxy s3, Note etc), mid range and low end.....phones for each persons income level. It works for then. Apple Iphone only targets the top end and still it sells so many. Where does RIM fit in? He Playbook was budgeted to sell at $500 and now they are selling online for less than $100. Do you think that's sustainable, even if the whole of Nigeria snapped them up?

caukerzee: Best phone ECONOMICALLY IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY LIKE NIGERIA. And thats as far as it goes. In developed countries where you have wi fi hotspots at every nuke and cranny, you would be ashamed to carry that black brick you call a phone around. They would just laugh at your level of porverty. Apart from the fact that you pay less for internet on a BB, your brick is pretty much average in the sight of an iOS or andriodOS powered device. Please stop embarassing yourself here.

As I;ve said before it is cost-smart for Nigeria due to BIS subscription. It is foolish however to suggest that it is BETTER than iPhone or Android etc. Owners of Android or iPhone can argue all day about which is better (I personally love my iPhone) but please dont even let BB enter debate.

I was in the US over the weekend and it took me four days to see a single person using a BB (and that was in church). Unstylish, unfunctionable, unreliable and they can't do much.

caukerzee: iOS users, why waste your breathe sef? Theres simply no argument here. Its obvious the OP just copied this advert of the phone & pasted it here and gave it a sensless topic. The Op has never even used the OS before. How can you copared the two OSs when you dont even know all the cons of the BB10? You call an OS better than another when you havent even laid your hands on it or seen it physically? How about its shortcommings? You cant tell me its a perfect phone. How many of the above listed features even make sense? BB fanboys are trying too hard these days......Abeg next please.

Abi! never so much as touched an iPhone, hasn't even seen a video demo of BB 10 and yet concludes that it is better than iPhone iOS.

diki1: MTN, more ways to scam us

Bros this has nothing to do with MTN or any other network. So far as you have a wifi connection, MTN won't (and can't) charge you a kobo for it.

Revolva: Great innovation all ya iphone users why are you jealous haha

Wifi well its gotta be wifi na abi you want make all our telco fold and if e fold massive unemployment

Jealous ke? iPhone that has had this feature since summer of 2010, with free video iphone-to-iPhone calls. And this year, they made it available on iPhone over your normal network also and not just 3G. Hmmmm.....

Too little, too late.
Would have missed the crucial Christmas period (when 33% of phones are purchased), and everybody would have already bought a Windows Phone, iPhone, or a phone that runs android.

The phone will probably sell in Nigeria, Kenya etc, people will get excited about it there - but can't see it selling enough in Europe, US and the developed world.

dowjones: the replies on this thread can only prove that Nigeria is 3rd world. See blackberry supporters.

I plan starting a business soon and I've told my future partners they must have Androids and Iphones. only a stack illiterate will call blackberry when productive Iphone and Android users are talking.

Bros I can't agree with you more than you've put it. I went to the blackberry app world last week and it was like entering a time warp back to 2008. There are apps to smoothly run a business from your iPhone and the scary things is, most people only use 20% of its power. Same applies to Android phones also.
Bb sales are less than 5% in the US; I know that in the UK it can't be much more also. Basically peop,e stop using them for a reason. The only people still using them tend to be newly arrived foreigner s who can't get credit and want a basic cheap phone, or business people cos their companies give them out free as work phone (but they still all have their own personal phone).

Yes another quarter loss.
Basically, the only place the phone is selling now is in Africa and a few countries in Asia. On Tuesday a news story even said that Nigeria and South Africa are its main target markets now and that 50% of smartphones in Nigeria are Blackberry. While that is great news for Nigerians it isn't good news for RIM because these tend to be cheap handsets, pre-pay and not those locked into contracts like in developed world....to survive they need strong sales in the developed markets where profit margins are higher. Before the Naija BB fanboys jump on here saying with their love for BB, remember that These are hard facts, no matter how much you love your BlackBerry the simple fact is that the rest of the world doesn't any more.

In the USA, Blackberry market share is now 5%, with the iPhone in the lead followed by Samsung. Similar story in the UK and Europe. That is the reason why blackberry is in such a terrible position. Blackberry added 2million subscribers in the last 3 months. And most of those as I said were cheaper phones in developed world. Apple sold 5million iPhones in ONE WEEKEND! And even that was low because they ran into supply problems. Samsung Galaxy s3 alone sold 10 million in 3 months. So that shows you the struggles that RIM have

Long run they will be okay. In terms of Operating system Android and Apple will still lead, with Microsoft and RIM fighting for third place. But Blackberry will still dominate in poorer countries such as Nigeria due to pinging, and the data bundles available.

Gbyte:

Apps you can start with
Facebook
Instagram
Yahoo messenger
Whatsapp
Twitter
Skype
Amazing Breaker
Tetris
Monopoly
Bejewelled
Angry birds
Modern combat 2 and 3
Battlefield 2
Grand theft Auto; China town
Need for speed shift

You can try get those apps, am sure you'd even love them the more

Good advice. I would also suggest;
Viber (for free calls)
Draw Something
Flipboard
Pulse News
OHBox
My Photos
OneNote (from Microsoft)

akwunmi: All of dis, na apple stunt jor 2 intimidt samsung
Its obvious 4dos wu get sense,so mny online store wey de 2buy,y persn go con cari matras go wher de wnt buy fone,still cari unbrella...all dis drama swit bu na acting oooo....

You are a bushman. Where online is it available to collect on first day of release? Read he news my friend. It was available online for ordering on Friday last week and TWO MILLION were sld in one day alone. You call it a. Stunt? Yes sure, so Apple paid hundreds of thousands of people p camp outside its stores.
The camera never lies my friend. Every news and media outlet in the world is reporting on it and showing camera shots from every major city, but that's still not enough for you. Go back go inning on your Blackberry device. Was it stunt when the queue was even longer than this for iPad 2, iPad 3 and iPhone 4S?