Unboxing a BRAND NEW sealed BlackBerry Classic in 2023! Should you buy one?

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After January 4 of 2022 you can find lots of BlackBerry OS 10 phones at a good price, as many people think the BlackBerry smartphones are useless now (thanks, stupid journalists). Ok, ok, in the US they may be useless 🙂 I bought this forgotten BlackBerry Classic for US $129 and it’s in perfect condition as it was never really used. In other words, saved it from oblivion (and turning in a e-waste). *** HOW TO ACTIVATE BlackBerry OS 10 phone in 2024: https://youtu.be/c5wXpY8s2Oc?si=jBp3wOodykL9wYO9 *** UPDATE: I have solved the battery drain problem! I think from the beginning the reason of battery drain was my local cellular carrier (3Mob, it's a Ukrainian virtual network operator). The thing is, because it's a virtual operator, my SIM always switched between different networks (and used 'domestic roaming'), searching signal and thus draining the battery. Once I switched SIM cards and boom! ..no battery drain whatsoever. Some say that it may be helpful to calibrate your battery (especially if your BlackBerry stays at 0% for a long time). Here’s more about this: https://forums.crackberry.com/blackberry-classic-f419/how-do-i-fix-classic-battery-draining-recharging-fast-1122178/ UPDATE 2: I actually manage to get BlackBerry Blend to work, which is still useful for transferring (small) files, for example. What's more, there's also possible to use USB Mass Storage Mode (can be enabled in Settings - Storage and Access - Access using USB), which allows to transfer data directly from SD card to PC and vice versa. *** Huge archive of BlackBerry 10 apps and games! 1 - https://lunarproject.org/archive/BlackBerry%2010/ 2 - https://bbstore.vercel.app Dropbox client ("Basket"), call recorder, and the only working youtube client (partly functional) are here 3 - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1YtwpXvCpVXdxBhW-Bo9-5EJZU3GtXaHJFz6uduNXaBQ/htmlview#gid=0 exFAT driver is here Sachesi - https://github.com/xsacha/Sachesi/releases Of course, it won’t find any OS updates for you as the needed BlackBerry servers are no longer. But you can still use this great utility to import .bar files and manipulate apps. #blackberry #blackberryclassic #blackberry2024 *** 00:00 Intro 00:22 Unboxing 02:01 All Classic models 02:43 Accessories (Leather Pocket review) 03:49 Does it work in 2023? 04:26 Negatives: Activation process 05:08 Old battery (needs replacement) 06:04 Annoying system notification 07:03 Overall performance 08:22 No BBM 08:37 Outdated browser 10:02 Limited VPN support 10:18 Battery drain (solution found) 11:58 Switching languages 12:39 The largest loss with switched off severs 13:14 File transferring problems (no Link/Blend) 13:43 Whimsical LED, no auto-brightness switch 14:05 Weird UI things 15:13 Trackpad selection is always shown 15:39 Android apps' permissions 15:46 No custom options for contact groups 16:12 Positives: Call quality 16:38 Still can find native apps&games 17:15 Organizer functionality still works 17:44 FM radio! (believe me, it can be useful) 18:24 Trackpad aesthetics 19:30 Advanced features (were unique at the time) 19:46 LED notifications 20:07 Good UI things 20:17 This Classic model itself 20:57 Conclusions