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DanielH

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Couldn't take it anymore, my 9700 seems to be no longer be capable of holding a charge/charging, was trying to holdout for the 9790 but took a look at the BB Tradeup Program, got $70 back and decided to go with the 9900 instead and stay with AT&T. Going to AT&T store today.

There were various other problems. Had deleted a ton of apps but still had memory leaks/hour glass hangs etc etc etc. Updated OS6 to the most recent AT&T and still had problems. Recently had errors popping up on the SD card, needing to be reformatted and what not. And then the last couple of days, my 9700 doesn't seem to be charging at all whether using computer cable, wall charger, playbook charger, or car charger. Left it connected to wall charger entire night last night and it was at 30% in the AM. On Friday at work it was 40% and 20 min later the radio antenna shut off because the battery level was critically low. Not looking for solutions, simply had it at this point. Unfortunate cause I love the hardware (maybe those who recall me cursing the 9000 styling can find it in their hearts to forgive me :)

So, probably going to get the incipio silicrylic case for it since I have that case for my 9700, saw that OS7.1 was leaked, any other advice from those already have the 9900?

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kiddo2050

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7.1 is available from Verizon tomorrow. So if you are with them you won't need the leaked version. oops that's the 9930 I guess.

I think you'll like the 9900. I think the 9790 is inferior to it.

Just don't go crazy with the apps :)

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DanielH

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What do you mean by don't go crazy with the apps?

I have a grand total of like 5 lol. Facebook, evernote, a few other small ones. Forget anything massive, no BB Travel, BB Traffic, its pretty stripped down. Or was before I updated recently updated OS6 (incremental AT&T release) last week. Also haven't reinstalled much from that reboot & microsd format so now's as good a time to switch devices. Reinstalling apps/music/pictures anyway...

Here's hoping the 9900 can hold more than 5 apps :)

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PB Forever

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I love my 9900. For sure it had its glitches at the beginning with my Blue Tooth hands free in the car but it seems to have ironed itself out (use to not automatically look for it even tho it was on when I get in the car, now after physically linking them up a few times it seems as if the phone remembers to do it once the BT hands free is turned on).

Just remember to turn off your FB notifications at home if you're using your home computer since I notice that with FB constantly running in the background it really chews up my battery.

Because the 9900 has a faster processor and bigger harddrive I do notice that the battery doesn't go a full 2 days like my 9810. You should average out 16 hours on it with constant useage and being bluetooth linked 24/7 to your playbook and to 2nd BT device (like when you're in the car) and with the wi-fi always on. So battery life is still pretty good. In comparison my nephew has the LG 4G LTE enabled phone and he said it lasts him all of 4 hours if he's using it as frequently as his 9810.

You'll love your 9900. I love mine enough to be able to wait a bit for the new BB10 phone so I won't be the first adopter for those! :)

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BBA Brian

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9900.. especially with 7.1... it rules.

I do feel bad for those stuck on OS 6 though

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DanielH

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PB Forever said:
You'll love your 9900. I love mine enough to be able to wait a bit for the new BB10 phone so I won't be the first adopter for those! :)

Thanks for the input...yup, that'll be me as well, waiting for BB10. But, when they come out later this year I'll have 9+ months on my 2 year contract and I suspect they won't have a full lineup right out of the gate so at most I'm using my 9900 for a year but probably closer to 6-8 months that I have to wait for BB10, which won't be the end of the world...

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Steve

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When I tried to upgrade my 9700 to OS6 it ran horrible. So bad I went back to 5 into less than a week. I was surprised becaused so many people seemed to run well on 6 with a 9700. But others had the trouble I did, too. Really whacky how that can happen. I'm getting close to moving to the 9900 myself. Looking forward to it but also a bit worried as I read about some of the issues with it. Guess you can't worry about everything tho, huh?

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There's something irritating though - when I try to type into text boxes, if the page is loading, its almost not possible to type (words do not get registered)

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DanielH

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Steve said:
When I tried to upgrade my 9700 to OS6 it ran horrible. So bad I went back to 5 into less than a week. I was surprised becaused so many people seemed to run well on 6 with a 9700. But others had the trouble I did, too. Really whacky how that can happen. I'm getting close to moving to the 9900 myself. Looking forward to it but also a bit worried as I read about some of the issues with it. Guess you can't worry about everything tho, huh?

I held off on updating my 9700 to OS6, maybe waiting 2 or 3 months after the first leak, and looking back it was horrible, I just didn't realize how bad. Last week or so, there was a OS6 incremental update from AT&T so I downloaded that thinking/hoping there would be fewer bugs/faster/etc. But it wasn't. Plus, I had problems with it charging and the microSD card. I didn't want to spend $199 but yesterday I was looking at the Blackberry Tradeup program and the $70 quote I got was enough to get me to bite. Couldn't wait for the 9790 anymore and I hadn't restored much of my data/apps/media yet so the timing was a factor as well. I've had a total of 6 hrs with my 9900 so I can't comment much about it but so far, I'm pleased with it.

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