Average User Rating

Design: 8.2; 81.71429%
Features: 8.1; 81.42857%
Performance: 1; 10%

Good

out of 10

Based on 35 opinions

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14 Dec 2007
RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8130 Review

The original BlackBerry Pearl marked a shift in philosophy at RIM. Until then the name BlackBerry had been associated with the corporate world, but the Pearl set out to bring the power of the BlackBerry service to the consumer market...

Good

6.5

out of 10

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1. Spoiled the excitement

24 Sep 2008 by dawn1983

33.3%3.3out of 10

I was SSSOOO excited to get my new blackberry pearl 4 months ago. At first, so far so good, but give it a while. As a school teacher, I am not able to always answer my phone. I rely on my missed call log, text, etc. in case I miss the phone. Even after purchasing a new media card (twice, 5GB ($60) and 1GB ($35), having my phone replaced after the speaker stopped working, while I was out of town, and a number of other "memory" problems, I am just NOT satisfied. I hear the same complaints from many other PEARL owners and they seem to not want to compensate for the problem. On the verizon network I spend and average of $190 a month on service that I just don't get with this phone. Now I am going to have to spend more money to purchase a full price phone outside of my upgrade period. Needless to say this phone spoiled the excitement of the blackberry world.

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2. not so good

9 Aug 2008 by cory

80%8out of 10

Got this phone about a month ago and i have had nothing but problems with it. The phone freezes constantly!!! I am on my 3rd replacement of the same phone and all of them have had the same problems over and over again. I do not recommend this phone to anyone one who is a business man because like me i am sure that they don't need a phone that freezes all the time and randomly deletes texts an emails.

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3. Problema

17 Jul 2008 by katrina

76%7.6out of 10

I purchased the bb pearl from verizon 3 months ago and now i'm on my 6th phone. Every phone has had the same problem and it wasnt just a batch at store, I called verizon and they sent me one from the warehouse after the 4th replacement. The problem being, at least one a day, when I place a call my phone says connected but is totally mute the caller can hear me but I can't them the problem is easliy fixed by removing battery but when you recieve an important call reseting becomes a hassel because it takes so long to boot up. I am staying with pearl because I love its features and is the best phone i've owned. So this replacement i'll go with the pink one maybe i'll have better luck.

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4. BB PEARL REVIEWER

15 Jul 2008 by Jamie

98%9.8out of 10

I just wanted to say i have had this phone for a few months and so far so good. Every phone has its quirks you just have to realize that nothing in this technology world is perfect. To get it to stop deleting stuff randomly you need to have a memory card. The reason why this does this is so your phone has enough memory for your contacts applications ect. Thats about it overall great phone.

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5. it's ok

3 Jul 2008 by jose

62%6.2out of 10

i really like the phone because of all the features that the phone has but i have way better signal with sanyo phones, plus i have to re-boot the phone every other day because it keeps erasing my message and calls by itselft, and this is my second one, i wish i can change it for a better one...

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6.

1 Jul 2008 by Anonymous

66%6.6out of 10

this phone would be much more better if it had Vcast Music, Video, or Mobile TV.

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7. Pearl

12 Jun 2008 by Jamie

86%8.6out of 10

I've had the pearl on Verizon for about four and a half months now. It's my first Blackberry and I absolutely love it. It's got its issues just like any phone is going to have (and people who want to scream and yell about little things need to remember that EVERY phone will have its issues). The browser is great, the suretype took a day or so to get used to, but now I can't even text on a regular phone anymore without it taking an hour. I can finish a long email in ten minutes with no problems. I've not had the issue with losing the call log or messages, but then again I don't see the purpose in keeping a million text messages or emails around when I've already read them. If you keep your logs clear, there's no problem. Memory card is necessary if you take lots of pictures or videos. I've never had one issue with my losing memory on the phone. The trackball easily pops out and you can use canned air if it ever sticks. All in all, I think it's a great phone and I wont' ever go to another type of phone now that I've been sucked into the world of Blackberry

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8.

8 Jun 2008 by Rich

50%5out of 10

Hate the phone, worst phone I ever own. Had the phone for two weeks and nothing seems to work correctly more than once. Drop calls, callers could not hear me, and have a problem seeing the numbers. Texts, major issues. Phone may be better suited for younger ages. Not very good for fast pace Business professional

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9. On your erasing texts n calls prob

16 May 2008 by Miss Priss

88%8.8out of 10

Yes it is true about the sd card. It is a safety feature on the phone. when you use up too much memory with pictures and text messages and nonsense it will erase everything out automatically. Just be sure to clean ur cache/cookies from ur browser and move ur "show last text recieved" to a lower number like a 2 or 3 and delete ur texts daily and clean it out daily and u should be fine!! give yourself a bit to get used to it and you will enjoy it

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10. Miss Priss

16 May 2008 by Missy

94%9.4out of 10

I have the pink pearl and i absolutely love it. Like every phone i have owned i have had problems with this one and returned it once without a problem. Every phone is going to have problems no matter what carrier you go thru. I personally myself like Verizon. Yes they r expensive but i never lose service whether i am talking texting or on the internet.!!!!

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