Call me weird, but strictly as a phone and communication device, my late 2011-era Blackberry kicks 95% of the devices I’ve seen made by the big four up and down the block. Amazing battery life, quiescent battery life measured in weeks, nearly instant boot time after turned off, very fast email delivery via BB’s infrastructure, excellent sound and reception as a phone, full tactile keyboard, pocket size, seamless WiFi roaming built in, etc.
For anything else, I use a tablet or small laptop. To some extent, I also find the limitations of the BB to be refreshing. It keeps me in touch, lets me check, respond to email, take calls, take pics, do maps, check web sites, but isn’t intrusive in the sense that it tempts me to surf the Web while walking down the street.
I used to have an iPhone, and felt tempted to play with it too much — it decreased my awareness of the world around me, and that bothered me.
