Comments on: BlackBerry Curve 8330 Face-Off: Sprint vs. Verizon Wireless

By: Deutschland

Deutschland — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:28:11 +0000

I spent almost two hours on the phone with Verizon AND Blackberry and neither were able to reverese the settings previously put on the blackberry I received “new” from OEM. I am unable to 1) make or receive calls (only texting works) 2) I am unable to set up any personal e-mail accounts and 3) there was not even an icon for the internet and neither company was able to make one appear, therefore, no access to the internet at all. All issues which completely defeat the purpose of having a smart phone. I am returning this product today.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:01:34 +0000

No doubt, Sprint has great coverage, but the pricing and contract fees of the unlimited plan can really get to you. I thought I did all my research my signed up with Sprint in terms of coverage, but their own network has better priced options and you don’t have the contract hassles. Despite the negative comments, Boost Mobile’s unlimited $50 plan and no contract option is very appealing and even more so because of the Sprint network. I guess the focus must be on the prepaid side with Sprint, but customers really deserve the same option – old and new. I emailed the President of Sprint to let him know just how unfair this pricing plan is how much the $50 Boost price would mean. Feel the same? Take the time to let him know – http://sites.google.com/site/sprintcustomersunite/

By: bryan

bryan — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:50:47 +0000

Funny, I don’t think I’ve ever had a dropped call with Sprint…EVER. The only time I’ve never had service with sprint was in the far reaches of the wilderness in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Second, roaming is free on Sprint, so if I’m in the country and there isn’t sprint service (rare), it picks up another carrier…even verizon towers! So why pay double for verizon? Straight up stupid. And the 450 plan is fine because honestly, who calls land lines anymore? Everyone I know uses a cell phone and cell to cell is absolutely free on sprint.

By: Max

Max — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:24:13 +0000

Can you activate a Verizon Blackberry Curve using Sprint service?

By: TheBiGGfisH

TheBiGGfisH — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:12:10 +0000

I have the Sprint version of the Curve 8330, and I feel the BlackBerry it self is a great phone, but the sevice provider is very weak. I once had Sprint PCS as a carrier many years back and all I had was dropped calls, the sad part about it today is I have the same issues with my BlackBerry, even thowe I’m in there coverage area. Once my plan runs out I will chose Verizon as my carrier of choice, and never once did I have a dropped call with there service. Sprint Sucks!!

By: fone_informant

fone_informant — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:29:28 +0000

To those that choose verizon over Sprint, u guys r pathetic! Sprint is waaaay cheaper than verizon at&t and tmobile by a whole lot! I have sold verizon and sprint carriers through retail stores first verizon and then sprint and I couldnt help it but I kept switching all the verizon customers I had to sprint. Sprint will not charge you extra for text or picture mail or tv or navigation or data once you are on a plan of 69.99 which includes everything! I mean everything! U dnt have to pay extra for a blackberry or for a windows phone is just 69.99 for any phone! The phone line sprint is got has gotten better since I left to work for a intel, btw the 8330 from sprint does support mms for that jerk up top talkin smack! He is the joke. Not only that sprint is on 4g already this summer they will b gettin the htc evo wit 4g which is outstanding. Verizon has a such an expensive network they have you guys pay for it and it is sad that you fools don’t see that. Honestly from experience SPRINT IS 1000000X BETTER THAN VERIZON OR AT&T OR TMOBILE! Tmobile, ha! They are still trying to roll out their 3g towers and at&t can’t get over their iphone which is not cool anymore, its all about android and WebOS. AT&T lol paying $130 for a stupid iphone. Sprint is rolling out 4g using wimax which is cheaper than lte. That means verizon and every company planning on lte will raise their prices even more lol. Look at the bigger picture sprint is cheaper wit any mobile any time which means calling any cell phone in the united states for free w.o using your anytime minutes! Wow! Look at that! Guess what that’s included in the 69.99 plan! What does that say? Sprint’s 69.99 is worth more than verizon’s 69.99 which btw won’t work on lower end phones which ultimately will have you payin extra for text or for data and for everything else. Can we say “IDIOTS!”

By: scott

scott — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:10:22 +0000

Ive been with a shitload of these guys and i think i can give a fair comparison. First off i had cellular one WAAAYYY back in the bagphone days lol. Verizon wasnt bad but if you have a bitch with the querky bills(weird calls never made, internet etc.) you pretty much screwed as they will not do anything about it. Nextel was not as bad as some of these numbnuts say, we had it for years in my HVAC business and never had any problems and the direct connect is a nice feature for some applications. I am now with sprint and have been since the merge with nextel. Sprint and verizon coverages seem to be the same but you pay more with verizon monthly, yes the phones up front are cheaper but the monthly charges are higher. The mms BB problem is bologne, the sprint BB will send and receive any pics you want to send. Verizon sends them the exact same way just hides the web adress that its received on so that you think it was sent to your phone directly lol. Trust me, if you want the same service for a lower price go with sprint, if you like to tell everyone who your carrier is go with verizon, seems to be the fad thing along with the goofy iphone etc. I dont even have a BB now went with the samsung moment and like it way better(ps, get the keypad the touchscreen virtual scks for big fingered neandrathals such as myself) Anyway, in ending arguing about wireless carriers is stupid there are much better things to debate such as Mac vs Microsoft etc. Go microsoft, Bill didnt have to lobby the government to keep his apple from rotting lmao.

By: Starman

Starman — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:28:13 +0000

I just bought a sprint 8330 , off craigslist for $70, it came with everything wasn’t stolen but, the mied -dec isn’t clear , somoene told that if i wait a couple months the phone would clear itself, then i could activate it again, anyone know if this is true?? , plus I guess on a sprint 8330 there is no place for a memory card ,i se where the san disc goes but, so i guess the sprint 8330 doesn’t have a place to put a memory card in to have music or movies right ? I am very new at this as you see

By: curveowner

curveowner — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:19:24 +0000

Sprint does indeed have mms now. Sprint clearly is better

By: blackstrat

blackstrat — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:53:03 +0000

First off, I’m with Sprint, because Verizon tried to play some games with my bill and they lost.

My girlfriend has Verizon, and it’s funny more often than not, when we are on the road.. ( truck drivers ) she asks me for my phone, as hers doesn’t have a signal. We both have Blackberry 8330′s.

I will stick with Sprint, as they have far better customer service than Verizon, although I notice for her it’s getting better. The one time I had an issue with Sprint, is was a matter of a phone call and the issue was resolved… With Verizon, after several phone calls, they still wanted to charge me for the same thing 3 times.