RIM BlackBerry Curve vs. T-Mobile Dash (WM6)

• The Contenders
• Sexiness & navigation
• Messaging
• Connectivity
• Multimedia
• Call quality
• The winner is...

Round 5: Call quality

Can you hear us now?

T-Mobile Dash

In the final battle, we check out the sound and clarity of phone calls and the quality of handsets' speakerphones.

Players	Nicole	Kent	Bonnie	Total
RIM BlackBerry Curve	4 Call quality was simply OK with the BlackBerry Curve. Though we could hear our callers just fine, they had problems hearing us.	4 The Curve offered very decent call quality that was neither better nor worse than the Dash. What's more, both phones tended to sound hollow at times.	3 The call quality on the BlackBerry Curve was fine, but more often than not, it sounded like our callers were talking in a large empty room. Thus, the hollowness in the calls.	11
T-Mobile Dash	5 Conversations came in loud and clear with the Dash, and we were impressed with how callers couldn't tell we were on a cell phone.	4 Like the Curve, call quality was good, though the audio was a bit hollow at times.	4 I enjoyed a bit more clarity on the T-Mobile Dash, and we got no complaints from our friends on the other end. Speakerphone quality on both smart phones was good.	13

Winner: T-Mobile Dash