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BlackBerry Storm 9500

By Joseph Hanlon on 05 December 2008

The Storm is a successful experiment and a decent smartphone. Those who take to the clickable touchscreen will love its ease of use and the excellent range of productivity tools on-board.

Editor's rating:7.9 User rating:5.6

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  dan25 gave a review on 29/05/2009 19:32 Report abuse

  great phone, not much to complain about. occasional lag but keyboard is very responsive.
  people who are winging about it, install your updates for christ sakes.

  • Bad: no wi-fi but who cares - it has unlimited browsing!
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  jamick gave a review on 02/05/2009 11:36 Report abuse

  The Storm is my first blackberry, I found it hard to navigate at first but now have this downpat, now I know how to use this I love the phone, biggest problem is the coverage, my partners phone is a sony and he is with vodfone, he can call from moste areas in our house, but i cannot talk on my storm unless I go outside which is extremely annoying. I have had other handsets with vodafone & never had this problem until now, of course vodafone wont change handsets now Im stuck on a 2 yr contract

  • Good: good size screen, good feel to the phone
  • Bad: size of buttons & vodafone network coverage with this handset
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  Sach gave a review on 28/04/2009 19:52 Report abuse

  The phone is the worst phone and so is the customer service of the provider I think it will take a lot of improvement in the phone to be a value for money

  • Good: waste of money to buy /contract
  • Bad: 1/10
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  Nikki_M gave 9/10 on 31/03/2009 11:04 Report abuse

  This is my first blackberry and I am very impressed. Ihave been using it for a month now. I love the touch screen, and the fact that the screen depresses. I have had minor issues with the screen locking, and on occasion the orientation locking up, It generally frees up after a few seconds. It does chew the battery, but I use the mp3 player and the email and facebook are always on. I purchased the phone as a solution for my regular os travel, and being easily contactable by email at low cost

  • Good: responsive touch screen, email, facebook, easy to use
  • Bad: instruction book was not very good - had to go online to get information
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  jds21 gave 10/10 on 27/03/2009 15:26 Report abuse

  Storm - Warm
  Bold = Cold
  I found that this is the best way to make a comparison between the two. Both are excellent phones in my opinion (owning a storm and having used a Bold extensively)
  
  
  Some may complain about the Storm's transitions between screens but to be honest I find it quite appealing. I really disliked how the Bold felt so cold in its transitions, it made me feel like it was rushing me
  
  The Storm I find is also easier to write with, having bigger area for each key (on the touchscreen of course) It's larger screen and multimedia capabilities are also an added bonus
  
  It's lack of Wifi is pretty trivial for most users. With 3G coverage becoming better all the time, (and with free unlimited internet when connected with BlackBerry Browser, the need for Wifi is not as high as it would ahve been a year ago, of course it is a disappointment that with a brilliant phone with so many features could not include Wifi
  
  I have not experienced any lag issues with mine to date (nearly a month now) and since i don't destory the thing by using it 24-7, the battery lasts a fair few days. For all those who complain, get an ipod to watch movies and listen to music or something, after all they're solely built for that purpose.

  • Good: Excellent build quality
    Sexy style
    Packed full of features I don't even know what to do with
  • Bad: It makes stupid people complain endlessly, if you don't like it then maybe you should have tried using it first before you bought it. Go ahead, go get a Bold next time then and stop whining!
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  New to Blackberry gave 10/10 on 27/03/2009 15:16 Report abuse

  Great phone, really easy to use and haven't had any issues with phone

  • Good: all features great
  • Bad: No Australian maps yet for GPS
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  theloveprincess gave 1/10 on 22/03/2009 11:20 Report abuse

  IT IS PIECE OF **** NOTHING WORKS !
  
  Bought my first ever Blackberry last week. Utterly disappointed. First off, it took 10 seconds to turn on the phone. Touchscreen doesn't respond to your fingers. You can't even change the date ! Extremely difficult to use the touchscreen keyboard, ie Add contacts.
  0 of out 10 for me if I could choose
  
  Many functions but very confusing to use. No instruction book or anything to guide you thru. As a Blackberry beginner, it's very annoying

  • Good: NOTHING AT ALL
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  Disappointed gave 1/10 on 13/03/2009 18:23 Report abuse

  On to my second storm after 2 weeks. What a piece of rubbish. I am begging my service provider for a Bold or iPhone instead.

  • Good: Honestly - nothing.
  • Bad: Turns itself off constantly.
    Hang up on callers.
    Touch screen doesn't work.
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  ty4y4646u gave 10/10 on 12/03/2009 08:18 Report abuse

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  Disgruntled User gave 1/10 on 09/03/2009 19:58 Report abuse

  Build Quality is rubbish, screen will break after a month. Software will freeze on ocassion, requiring removal of the battery to reset the phone. When you take it to Vodafon to have it replaced, they wil take it off you and oly give you the sim and memory card, no loan phone, and say it will take at least a week to get a new one. A week and a half later they call you and say they have a new one for you, only to pick it up and find out they are giving you a sub-standard refurbishment that you could hve bought off by or much cheaper. When you get this poor replacement home, you realise the build quility is again faulty in that the back cover will not fit correctly. So the process starts again.
  A month later, still with no phone, no loan phone offered, and still paying for the new phone which isn't in your possession.
  
  I don't even think it deserves the 1/10.

  • Good: It has the capacity for a memory card, better camera than iPhone.
  • Bad: Everything else. Screen doesn't work consistantly, accelerometer doesnt register regularly, built quality very poor.