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4.6 out of 10

BlackBerry Pearl 8100

First seen: 11 october 2006

Information found in: from 87 sources in 28 countries.

Best Price: 95.00 USD

  • User Score (525)
    7.6 7.6 from 525 reviewers
  • Expert Score (22)
    7.8 7.8 from 22 reviewers
  • Design (69)
    4.8 4.8 from 69 reviewers
  • Value for money (31)
    5.0 5.0 from 31 reviewers
  • Features (6)
    4.6 4.6 from 6 reviewers
  • Ease of use (36)
    5.1 5.1 from 36 reviewers
  • Performance (4)
    5.2 5.2 from 4 reviewers
  • Sound quality (20)
    5.1 5.1 from 20 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • and great software availability, lightweight amp, speech functions, impressive ui, easy to customize
  • keys too close together, lots to learn, the screen is 3, tiny data storage capacity, cramped keyboard

One of the things that you will be sure to love most about the RIM Blackberry Pearl 8100 is its overall lovely design. In fact, its design is very fashionable, which just may be one of the reasons that you become attracted to the RIM Blackberry Pearl 8100 mobile phone to begin with. Is definitely suitable for any pocket or purse, with its thin design. Although the screen of the camera is relatively small, there are a variety of different qualities which makes up for this. There are two buttons on the pho…

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One of the things that you will be sure to love most about the RIM Blackberry Pearl 8100 is its overall lovely design. In fact, its design is very fashionable, which just may be one of the reasons that you become attracted to the RIM Blackberry Pearl 8100 mobile phone to begin with. Is definitely suitable for any pocket or purse, with its thin design. Although the screen of the camera is relatively small, there are a variety of different qualities which makes up for this. There are two buttons on the phone which you are able to set to the functions which you tend to use the most, which seems to be very convenient for most people. The RIM Blackberry Pearl 8100 has a pretty decent music player to offer you. One of the main benefits is the fact that you are able to set any song to be your ringtone. Unfortunately, this mobile phone is not very suitable for people who are interested in using their phone as their main source of photography. This is due to the fact that the built in camera that the RIM Blackberry Pearl 8100 has to offer is only decent. The mobile phone also does not have a video recording function, which is offered by most of the mobile phones that are currently out on the market. The battery on the RIM Blackberry Pearl 8100 has a pretty long life, even when you decide to play music for hours on end.

Overall, it is safe to say that the RIM Blackberry Pearl 8100 is an excellent mobile phone choice for anyone who wants a decent phone in general. However, the major quirk about this mobile phone is the fact that the camera is lacking, and that there is no video record function.

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Reviews of BlackBerry Pearl 8100

  1. RIM Blackberry Pearl 8100 mobile phone

    Reviewer: PC Magazine
    4 October 2006
    Overall 10
    10
    Value for money 10
    10
    Features 10
    10
    Ease of use 10
    10
     

    If you need to stay in touch constantly but want to stay stylish too, the Blackberry Pearl is the only option Read more

  2. 8100 Pearl

    Reviewer: Stuff.tv
    16 October 2007
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    The BlackBerry clan finally sheds its business straightjacket and brings a dash of style and fun to the staid world of mobile messaging Read more

  3. BlackBerry Pearl 8100

    Reviewer: Mobile Choice UK
    16 November 2007
    Overall 8
    8.0
    Features 6
    6.0
    Ease of use 8
    8.0
    Performance 8
    8.0
     

    The best looking BlackBerry ever and very powerful for such a slim device. Read more

  4. Blackberry Pearl 8100 SmartPhone Review

    Reviewer: review.pdareviews.uk
    30 April 2009

    RIM Blackberry Pearl 8100 Smartphone Small, thin, compact yet astonishingly powerful is how we can describe RIM’s Blackberry pearl 8100. This is the smallest smart phone of the blackberry community to have hit the markets successfully. The handset is light weighted and can be operated with ease single handed. Blackberry pearl 8100 does satisfy the other [...] Read more

  5. Blackberry Pearl 8100

    Reviewer: LaunchLab
    11 April 2010
    Overall 7
    7.0
     

    The Blackberry Pear gives you all the functions of its larger siblings without the bulk. It is easy to set up and use and won't ruin the line of your suit, although it might clash with the colour. Read more

  1. Don't judge a book by its cover

    Reviewer: Nicky Nick, J&R
    10 December 2008
    Overall 6
    6.0
     

    Your refurbished phones have poor quality, it started showing signs of excessive wear in a week and it hasn't been used that much yet. Read more

  2. Hunk o Junk

    Reviewer: Newegg
    3 June 2009
    Overall 2
    2.0
     

    Its a nice phone if it would work. I had to RMA this phone twice! The first one had a problem with the speaker. The second would not even charge! Now the third which worked for a week and a half is now charging half way then crashing and flashing a red light. Its impossible to get it to charge fully. Read more

  3. Blackberry Pearl 8100: A great smartphone especially as it is cheap these days

    Reviewer: Dooyoo
    25 January 2009

    Summary: If you want a very reasonably priced smartphone, and care about the aesthetics, Pearl is the one. Read more

  4. Good product, but no instructions, keep your microphone!

    Reviewer: Amazon
    15 June 2010 See Product at Amazon (95.00 USD)
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    Had this product come with directions, I would have rated it 5 stars. I was able to go on-line and find a couple of sites which explained how to remove the housing. The one thing I did not realize, before throwing the old housing away, was that I had to keep the tiny little microphone (needed to search for a picture so I knew what it looked like) out of the old housing and put it into the microphone holder of the new housing. Good thing we did not take the trash out to... Read more

  5. Reviewer: CNET
    1 March 2009
    Overall 4
    4.0
     

    Poor build quality. I have had this phone for 18 months on contract. The mini-USB socket has broken 3 TIMES, rendering the phone uselessbecause there is no other way to re-charge it. The back-up procedure is inadequate - the only way to read the back up is to have another Blackberry phone. Oh dear, my provider doesn't run to that, so every tiime the mini-USB socket breaks, I lose all my contacts ubtil the phone gets replaced ... unless iI copy all my contacts to the SIM... Read more

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