BlackBerry Leap UK SIM-Free Smartphone

i got this phone to replace an old z10, this was a small upgrade but was well worth it, the software is just easy to use, the keyboard is well presented and is a ease to use when texting or emailing. the browser is fast when connected using 4g. i like the fact that blackberry have kept it simple and saw that there operating system works and have kept faith in it. has far as apps go, yes you can’t get as many as you possibly like but for a work phone this won’t let you down, the battery life i get out of this is 2-3 days and that’s using either using wi-fi or data roaming to respond to incoming messages etc. overall a good quality designed phone and i am glad to have kept faith in blackberry and at the price i paid a good investment.

Got delivery quickly. So far I have spent about 25 hours attempting to connect the leap to my computer or to my old Blackberry smart phone. There appears to be no defect in the leap. 3 hours yesterday morning calling blackberry in America has not enabled access to BBID have tried at least 50 times to establish a password each time informs me that password is accepted then refuses to accept connection to my computer. I have not yet thrown the leap on fire or in nearest river but is coming close. I am sure from the little glimpses I get into the bits and pieces that it could be good but even Blackberry seem unable to help so far!

I have this phone for my work phone so I know it well. Good phone, good battery life, good speaker, does what it needs to do - easy to use.My only issue was when I opened the amazon box and the security seal had been opened and then a new one was placed over it. The phone had the protective covers but they were covered in fingerprints. Obviously it had gone out to a customer and they must have returned it. Technically it was "new" but it needed cleaned before I charged it. If it wasn't an emergency purchase I would have returned it. This isn't the first time this has happened to me.

So the phone is not bad , had it for couple of days so i can't say much overall the display is nice and responsive , the phone is not slow, the OS is interesting i'm still getting used to it.One thing i don't like is that you have to pay for Messenger PRO if you want to send Photos to other people... i mean what the... also if you want to view certain notifications from BB hub like Instagram notifications you also need to pay for Instagram PRO, and not to mention that the IG app horrible for BB OS, and FB app does not do anything it just redirects you to a website.Overall this is a good phone for less than 100£, but the key word here is PHONE, camera is bad and app availability is very limited, but emails and texts are very easy to use also calls sound very nice. So yeah at the price of 80£ this is a good bargain. (UPDATE) a week in - This is a very ANTISOCIAL Operating System. Note - do not buy BB if its not Fully Android , unless you intend to just read e-mails and make phone calls......

I love this phone. It looks good, it feels good. BlackBerry 10 is a fantastic Gesture based Operating System that is let down only by App Support from BlackBerry World and Amazon Appstore. If you are into fiddling about with the phone it IS able to run Google Play Store which solves this problem. BlackBerry Keyboard is amazing, and so far i have made no typing mistakes as it feels just like a BlackBerry physical keyboard from Years gone by. I was hesitant at first to buy this phone but now I am really glad I did. The phone is Blazing fast with a camera that could be a little bit better, but what do you expect from a Mid to Low range handset. BlackBerry Blend is another great feature that comes with BlackBerry 10. It allows you to use ALL of your device features from a PC, Mac, iPad or Android Tablet. These features include sending and receiving Text messages and BBM's to looking through the device file manager. Visit blackberry.com/blend to find out more. Overall this is a Fantastic phone that does not get enough credit

Think twicw before buying this phone. Official support is due to end on 01-01-2020.At the time of writing, Onedrive has stopped working on both my Blackberries. The app appears to log into Onedrive but is unable to retrieve any directories. THe issue appears to be deprected APIs. I've done all the remedial actions advised by Microsoft including re-installing the app, but it would seem the app may be unsupported now.

Didn’t work. It didn’t take the SIM card

I'm really pleased with this phone. I've used iPhone 4s for three years and got bored with it. I looked at the iPhone six and just saw more of the same old iPhone. Boring! The Leap has the best battery which actually lasts all day with heavy use. I'm really pleased as my iPhone used to die several times a day. The siri type Assistant seems to be more intelligent. The price was excellent too with it being £199 compared with about £500-£600 for an iPhone 6. I was very weary about buying a BlackBerry as the guy in the Vodafone shop tried to put my off but I'm glad I stuck with my instinct.