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iPhone vs BlackBerry — How They Compare from the Perspective of a Former BlackBerry Addict

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Spencer Rascoff

I’ve been a BlackBerry addict for the last 5 years, but converted to the iPhone last week. Here is a video post with my thoughts on how the two devices compare after 5 days using the iPhone (talking to the camera was easier and quicker than writing a blog post).

Sorry for the low video quality.

About Spencer Rascoff

CEO of Zillow.com, one of the largest real estate websites. I grew up in New York and then Los Angeles. Went to college in Boston and then back to New York, before moving to San Francisco and then Seattle.

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  • http://www.ChadHuck.com Chad Huck

    Spencer,
    I agree with everything you say! I converted from my Blackberry a few weeks ago and thank God it’s sexy, otherwise I might not keep it. It is getting better though (or I’m just getting used to it). My battery life seems to be getting better… not sure if it’s the 2.0.2 update or what, but I can almost go a full day without a battery charge, as to when I first got it, it only last a few hours.
    -Chad

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  • http://blog.callipygian.org Aaron

    Very well explained Spencer! Thanks for that awesome summary.

    I work in IT consulting and have lots of BlackBerry and iPhone experience from a support perspective. I’m surprised you didn’t mention BlackBerry crashing when you talked about how your iPhone crashes. I find both devices can occasionally go down. On the iPhone at least you don’t have to pull out the battery and put it back in again.

    Also, have you noticed better performance since the 2.1 revision has come out? My iPhone is crashing a LOT less now.

    In any case, thanks so much for an excellent review. My users often ask me to compare the two. I’m researching for a blog entry right now on choosing between iPhone and BlackBerry. Do you mind if I link to your video from my blog?

  • http://www.zillow.com Spencer Rascoff

    Update:
    I downloaded the new software, and it has helped somewhat.
    i’m now ok on the typing, but several apps still crash a lot
    also, i find the contacts to be very slow — that’s still my biggest hangup.

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  • atlantarealestate

    Spence:

    I know I'm alte to the party on this one, but I'm a long time BB user and was interested in your video comparing the two.

    Anywhere I can find it, or did you hit delete on that baby?

    Thanks,

    Rob for Atlanta Real Estate

  • PatrickN

    It is really sad that this video has been removed… Well I have bought iPhone before the week and now everything it is so interesting about this mobile. Well I am very pleased with this device now and I hope that I will not have any problems with iPhone in the future. Thanks for this post and I will be waiting for othre great articles from you!

    Sincerely,

    Tom Mobson from iphone application development

  • PatrickN

    It is really sad that this video has been removed… Well I have bought iPhone before the week and now everything it is so interesting about this mobile. Well I am very pleased with this device now and I hope that I will not have any problems with iPhone in the future. Thanks for this post and I will be waiting for othre great articles from you!

    Sincerely,

    Tom Mobson from iphone application development

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    I have beeing scouring the google for this info and i wanted to thank u for the post. Also, just off topic, where can i find a copy of this theme? – 10x

  • Allie

    Welcome to the iPhone world :) . I think iPhone is simply cool device to have. Your video has been removed now. I would have really liked to watch your video. What was the major reason which made you think that you should move to iPhone from Blackberry?

  • Allie

    Welcome to the iPhone world :) . I think iPhone is simply cool device to have. Your video has been removed now. I would have really liked to watch your video. What was the major reason which made you think that you should move to iPhone from Blackberry?

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