--Gold T-Mobile RIM BlackBerry Curve 8300 8310 8320 Original OEM Full Complete Housing Faceplate Battery Door Case Cover Keypad Trackball Lens Plastic Screen

by RIM

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• ASIN: B001L8A4A6
• Item model number: 8300
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,402 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 15, 2008

Product Description

Order Include: Faceplate with Lens, Battery Door, Keypad and Keyboard, Trackball Side Rails with Buttons, Battery Door Midpiece with Speaker, Bottom Piece (U-Cover)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Recommendable, December 3, 2009

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Tony Edwards "wheels" (Bronx N.Y.) - See all my reviews
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I bought this housing for my 8310 and shipping the surprisingly fast. I like the housing but my only set back was when I realize that it didn't contain a battery connection. I had was to take it from the old one that I had, which was no big deal.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Blocks the SIM opening!, October 7, 2010

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Rolando F. Mocan Quan (MIAMI, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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Beware the differences! 8300, 8310 and 8320 are all different phones with different hardware.

I have a Blackberry 8320, for which I purchased two different housings at Amazon.com (one from AT-T and one from T-Mobile).

The AT-T housing will not work for the 8320, because the 8320 has wi-fi and no GPS.
For the 8320, you need a housing that has both the wi-fi and the phone antenna. The T-Mobile housing has both.

The strangest thing, though:
The housing I got is not exactly the one pictured on this page. If you see the picture, the black middle part has a hole for the battery and it has a notch to the left. This hole allows you to open the SIM latch and put or remove the SIM.
What I received has a completely rectangular battery hole. The result is that I had to install the SIM first, before assembling the phone, and then THE ONLY WAY TO REMOVE THE SIM IS BY DISASSEMBLING THE PHONE AGAIN! This is not advisable, as you risk ripping the phone antenna each time, plus breaking the fragile side rail tabs. The latter is not that important, but ripping the phone antenna means that you'll need to purchase yet another new housing.

So, be very wary about the housing that you get for your phone.
If it's for an 8320, it has to have the phone antenna on the bottom and the wi-fi antenna on top, and the hole in the black part must not be a rectangle, but have a notch to the side. If not, you should return it ASAP.

5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks for the service, is very good!, December 29, 2011

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Angel Clark (MIAMI, FLORIDA, US) - See all my reviews

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Thanks for the service, is very good!

The product buy is of good quality, y arrived in the estimated time, I'm very happy with the service ... Thanks! and" Happy New Year 2012"

Sincerely;

Angel Clark.
Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela.