OtterBox Defender Case for BlackBerry Curve 8350i

In reference to what Radar_One stated, I think most cell phones produced today are cheap junk. I purchased a Motorola i560, and that lasted less than 12 months. I decided to then purchase a Palm Treo 700wx. Great features but junk. I went through 5 before giving up and purchasing a Motorola i580. You always think of Motorola Nextel phones as rugged. NOT! I baby my phones since they are quite expensive. My first i580 went out within 26 days. Sprint tried to replace it with a refurbished phone which lasted less than 2 weeks. They replaced that one with a new one which lasted about 2 months. I was on i580 number 6 on just over 12 months when I decided to get the Blackberry 8350i. Before I had even walked out of the door with my two brand new 8350i phones the Sprint rep had to replace mine because the Direct Connect radio would not work. I've had a few other issues with mine but it seems to be doing okay at this time. My wife's 8350i was a different story. After 7 or 8 trips back to the Sprint store she was fed up and wanted something else. She decided on the Sprint Blackberry Curve 8530. She is currently on her second 8530. We purchased these phones on January 6, 2010. Since that time we have both gone through a combined 6 phones because of one problem or another. I've had 2 and she has gone through 4 Blackberry phones since that time. I'm thinking about giving the OtterBox Defender a try.

Hey guys, just turn the volume down bout 3 quarters to a half while on call, or use speaker phone. I know it sucks to half to do this, but what r we to do. Nextel sucks, and we only use them because of our jobs, or we have no other choice for direct connect (what else is new).

No problem Dave, feel free to email me anytime about any issues or questions you have.

Thanks for the info Thomas. I have tried a couple of other cases with my 8350i, they didn't offer all the protection as the Otterbox Defender, but still had the echo. I am relieved to hear my money won't be wasted once the problem is resloved, and I can still use this more durible case.

I feel your pain Chris. The 8350i was launched with many bugs. The OS that came on it is terrible and the echo is a product of that. I would suggest holding off until March because Sprint did say that if purchased after Feb. 8th that the echo should be fixed. I would wait til March just to be sure. I'm sorry to hear about the issues, I have been hearing them since release.

somethings wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy wrong with this case !!! it echooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooossssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss really badddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd everyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy timeeeeeeeee u use your phone with this case !! just for a example what if someone has to call 911 or a family emergency and they dont understand u on ur phone !!! this problem has been going on for several months and otter boxs aware of this problem but yet there products out there for the consumer to buy and find out after the fact theres a problem !! thats sad at best and im going to forward my brand new otter box case to the consumer report people so that maybe someone wont get this and one day it turns into a night mare for them and or costs someone their lives cause the other party u or they call gets a badddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd echo !! ive got over 800 differant blackberrys and im in the process of getting over 1500 8350i blackberrys due to the fact my companys a direct fema contractor !! i need my phones to be working correctly at allllllllll times !!! dontttttttttttttttttt get this for your phone cause it wontttttttttt work on your 8350i blackberrys !!!!!!!!!!! chris gilbert from ocala fla !! if u need to call me about this product, feel free to call me direct at 352 857 0214 ! hope this saves someone from the headache im going through!! GOD BLESS YOU !!

My callers hear an echo on their end when we talk on my Blackberry 8350i in the Otterbox case.
I don't hear it, but it is very annoying to them. If I remove the phone from the case, the
echo goes away. Any comments or ideas? I do use the keypad protector and have not
tried using the case without it.

I'm lovin my 8350... BUT the i580 was a cool looking durable phone, I had it for over 2 years and never had any issues with it.
I dunno if I wanna spend 50 bucks yet on an Otterbox...I mean I know it will keep my berry safer, but right now I'm not doing anything that would put it in jeopardy...