Major Volume Problems With Blackberry Bold
I spend an inordinate on my phone. I wanted the best phone available, cost was not an issue. I didn't want an iPhone because I prefer a keyboard (I hate finger pressing on a touchscreen). I went with the Blackberry Bold. Cost: $549.
Turns out this piece of shit has problems. I won't go into detail about the minor problems. The major one is the volume. Every time a new song comes on the volume changes back to a very low default volume. WTF! I'm at the gym working tri's and every fricken new song I have reach down on my phone and turn the volume back up. I have Bang & Olufsen earphones ($175) and the music sounds so sweet on those babies. If I'm jamming to Kings Of Leon and the next song comes on with super low volume - it pisses me off! Whether I am playing poker or at the gym lifting weights listening to music on my phone, it is extremely annoying to have adjust the volume for every new song.
Memo to the Research In Motion CEO: fire the fricken idiot who came up with that design flaw. The entire music player on the Bold has been a major hassle to work with. It sucks! Blackberry is light years behind Apple in that regard. The Blackberry App store is a joke too.
Blackberry is still superior in my #1 concern: email, so I am keeping the phone for the time being. Apple needs to come up with a phone that has a keyboard! RIMM needs to come up with a phone that has a decent music player!
* Update to this article. I do actually like the Bold very much. There is no better phone out there. I just needed to vent over the volume problem in the music player.
~ Cat
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