I never used a BB, but I did have a bunch of "dumb" cell phones, and I miss them. Making calls on them was easy: Flip open, press Talk, dial, Success! Now it's: Turn the phone on (which takes approximately 60 seconds on my Samsung because it can't see keystrokes until it finishes trying to connect to wifi), hit Home button, wait 3 seconds for that to work, hit Phone icon, wait 2 seconds, hit keyboard button, wait 1 second, dial phone waiting 500 ms between each key, press Call icon, wait 20 seconds for call to go through, hit speakerphone button (because as often as not the cheek sensor fails to work and my cheek disconnects the call), Success!

As the saying goes, smart phones are just pocket computers with shitty phones attached.

I think you need a better phone. I have none of these problems on my Samsung Galaxy Note 4.

This is a Galaxy S6. I'd probably get better performance if I didn't keep it in low-power mode, but I have no choice because the quest for thinner phones means the battery only lasts 2 hours in regular-power mode.

I am actually looking at prices now. The last model of Pearl can be had “new” for £85... only question is the battery...

Wish I knew what bb 9930 was but I am considering becoming a Luddite

an older Blackberry model: https://www.gsmarena.com/blackberry_bold_touch_9930-3755.php