BlackBerry Storm 9530 User Reviews
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PokeFanaticJosh
Blackberry Storm = Epic Win
I really don't see the problems other people are having with the Blackberry Storm. It is amazing in every aspect. I have one complaint and its the fact that my battery only lasts one day, but for all of the features, I really can't complain. The apps for the Storm make it even more enjoyable. After having the Versa for 5 months and upgraded to this makes it a huge advantage on my part. Thank you to RIM for making an amazing phone.
denmcdon
Get the update
Stop bashing this phone.I downloaded the update .148 and this phone is great does verything i need and want it to do,people not knowing how to use this phone keep giving it negative reviews....go back to using your dumb phones and stay away from smartphones.
matistight
Perfect name...the STORM of problems
Why pick verizon if it has a sim card slot in it?
Stay with ATT or T-mobile or whatever you have...a pearl is better than this...
along with the IPHONE...
yes i said iphone, all you need is a jailbroken iphone and it blows this out of the water.
techjunkie
Don't belive the reviews!
This is a great phone, at&t finally has some comp for the apple beast, i owned an iphone its great but its more for collage kids certainly aimed towards sub 25 years of age.The storm on the other hand while its not as feature rich nor supported with apps and software like the iphone is a remarkable device enough to appeal too people over 25,it's blackberry without the keyboard while the software has some minor bugs they are easy to look past
dongdou
This phone rocks!
It is the greatest device to happpen to me since the invention of the Voyager. I like the fact I have a big full keybord. I like turning it sideways and getting the text screen to follow. Sorry I phone you cramp my thumbs with your small keyboard. i also like knowing where I am clicking on the phone with the touch click I can do that. I phone again i'm sorry I need a removable batt. and peice of mind with insurance.
jherz6
Worth the Wait
It was a long time coming but the Storm was worth the wait. I was using an 8830 and going from a push button phone to touch screen took a little getting used to but after a very few minutes I was able to navigate around and type as easily as I did with my 8830. Its obvious to me that the storm was well planned and thought out, it will appeal to the average consumer up to and including bussiness people. You can access V-Cast, and get it now until now unheard of in a blackberry available from Verizon. The clarity and color of the photos taken, and the videos either recorded or downloaded is incredible. The sound clear and can be set as loud as you like.You can personalize the device with a lot more detail and ease which is a nice. Going from portrait mode to landscape is a bit slow, booting up the phone is a bit slow which can be annoying, but nothing that cant be fixed with software upgrades.
Fortypopper
Beware
Fortypopper has owned it for less than year before publishing this review
This phone was aweful. I couldnt wait to get rid of it. I will never buy a blackberry again. The inteface lagged and it constantly locked up. I was always rebooting. Coverage was spotty... may have partially been verizons network as well.
theJATM
average at best
theJATM has owned it for more than one year before publishing this review
Before the 5.0 update, I have no had a more useless handset. Since the upgrade, less freezing, still some hesitation at times. I have had to replace the phone 4 times since i purchased it nearly 2 years ago. Camera could be better, but probably pretty good for its inception.
Triflyer12
Storm with 5.0 OS is amazing!
I have been using this phone for a while now and have read most every review before deciding on it. This device gets many mixed comments and since I've been using it I've decided that most of the negative ones had to have been from people who didn't take the time to learn the phone and got frustrated with it quickly. I have had a pearl, a curve and, to compare, have an itouch. Starting off by comparing to the previous blackberries I've owned, this one takes the cake. When it comes to texting, knowing how to text with the pearl's modified QWERTY is the best way to text with the storm. While the full QWERTY is there using the accelerometer, the modified is much faster. Texting, emailing, etc was where I was most worried about getting a touch screen, and this phone has passed up my expectations. Not only that, but when upgrading to the 5.0 OS it all becomes even better and more compact. I like the tactile feel of the touch screen personally, and while I know that is a personal opinion, I would put it against that of the itouch. As far as media goes, I would agree completely with the people on phonescoop. This phone has great media...the camera is lagging but is passable...but as far as music, display, etc goes, this phone is great. As far as the business side goes-this is a blackberry, and it is very hard to find many phones that have better connectivity and are more productive in the work world. Everything... 
BrandenGump
Well...
Simply stated the 5.0 update makes all the difference. Everyone knows this phone is famous for freezing and hesitance, however, the amount of said issues hasnt happend to me since the 5.0 update. Know how to cear your cache, do a battery pull maybe once a week. Dont bog it down with useless stuff. And this phone will perform for you. My only issue is the occasional studder when going from Lock-Unlock. If you can get this phone cheap, its worth it. Otherwise, the Storm2 is the bees knees.
GotGTI
had mine since Feb 2009, I've had no problems with mine with the exception of the old .75 software which went bye bye with in week 1 of ownership and was updated as leaks came out. I've really enjoyed this phone but the touch screen could be a little better, i can't type as fast as i'd like because i'm waiting on the screen, other than this i really really like this phone alot, i look forward to Storm 2. p.s. this thing is a tank, it fell off of my car going 50mph and was only a little bruised but still functions perfectly.
thegodfishy
THE UPDATE DID THE TRICK
HONESTLY IVE OWNED THE STORM AS SOON AS IT CAME OUT AND I MUST SAY IT WAS ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER FINNALY WHEN THE UPDATE CAME OUT IT WAS GREAT THIS PHONE DOES IT ALL I CAN DO SOO MUCH WITH THIS PHONE ALL THE APPS WORK OUT GREAT NOW AND I CAN USE ALL MY THEAMS IT IS TRULY A USER COUSTMIZABLE PHONE NOW THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE VERIZON THIS PHONE NOW RULZ ONCE AGIAN AWSOME CAMARA WONDERFUL SOUND AND GREAT WAYS TO MAKE IT JUST YOUR PHONE.
urnikkachris
THE EDITOR NEEDS TO REVIEW THIS PHONE AGAIN AFTER SUNDAY !!!
The editor seriously needs to review this phone again after the os 4.7.0.148 version goes official on sunday 5/31. I am telling you that this version is great. my friend does experiments with leaked os's and i tried it out and i fell in love with it. i was thinking about trying it on mine but then i heard about it becoming official last night so i will wait for the official one.
djmattyd
The Best Phone I Ever Had
This phone is the best out their in my prospective......I truly love the big bright screen, i have big hands so it is good for me...There are soooooooooooo many things on the phone..The calls crisp..the network is flawless...i love the bilt in keyboard...its yhe best for typing...it lights up the bottons so if u travle and or just use it in the bark its the best phone for u.....ok now here is were we get problem wit people....no 3g.oooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh its a phone.i had no problems with out 3g...i go walking..i have internet...i go on vacation..i have internet....i go anywhere i have internet..just because it doesnt have ur 3g doesnt mean ur internet is not guna work its just a little slower OK big freakin deal..its a new phone from blackberry give it time and ur storm will have 3g...the sound perfect...mp3 player up to 16 gb not bad for those iphone lovers..there crap anyway..ya thats right i went there.....come back to me when i dont have to pay money for music.......navigator no better than ur 200 300 400 or more hundred dollar navagation systems...camera..pretty good 3.2mp not too bad if u ask me...then u have all ur setting and games..also u can get ur email on there so u can cheak ur emails on the go..the 4 bottons on the bottom i gota say u wont be able to use the phone wit out em...well thats it for right now.......all in all the phone is a really really really really really really..aw no its the BEST
shultzjordan
Storm 9530 review not bad all the time
So ive had the phone for about a month and have came to the conclusion that i love it. Ive had many issues with lagging and freezing, but i went to verizon and they said that new software coming soon but for now take out the battery every day and it works perfect. Sometimes it can be funky, once the camera poped on during texting and wouldnt go off it was on a one ince screen. But before software comes out i wouldnt recommend if you NEED your phone to be relable.
dballer012
I THINK THIS PHOES IS GREAT....
i dont care what anyone says, i think my blackberry storm is the best. Although there are a few glitches, i think that they are minor enough to be fixed in future updates to the system software.
Overall i LOVE THIS PHONE, AND IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER FROM THIS POINT!
KK
Storm Floats
KK has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review
Nice, and sturdy BB. My first BB and it was awesome.
After software updates, it really storming my cell phone experience.
Nice, and sturdy BB. My first BB and it was awesome.
After software updates, it really storming my cell phone experience.Nice, and sturdy BB. My first BB and it was awesome.
After software updates, it really storming my cell phone experience.Nice, and sturdy BB. My first BB and it was awesome.
After software updates, it really storming my cell phone experience.Nice, and sturdy BB. My first BB and it was awesome.
After software updates, it really storming my cell phone experience.Nice, and sturdy BB. My first BB and it was awesome.
After software updates, it really storming my cell phone experience.Nice, and sturdy BB. My first BB and it was awesome.
After software updates, it really storming my cell phone experience.Nice, and sturdy BB. My first BB and it was awesome.
After software updates, it really storming my cell phone experience.Nice, and sturdy BB. My first BB and it was awesome.
After software updates, it really storming my cell phone experience.
kevin
Worst "phone" ever
kevin has owned it for more than one year before publishing this review
I've had this "phone" for almost the full two years with Verizon. I get a update in Jan. 2011. Well lets get started. The reason I call a "phone" because basically this thing is a fricken paper weight. It's extremely slow. I mean extremely. When I text people sometimes it gets so far behind it skips some words completely. Example": The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" would come out as "The quick brown foxnjumps la y dog" Why some spaces between words you ask? Because the touch screen sucks. The keys are extremely slow and very small. Also BlackBerry App World doesn't even open, it downloads but won't open. Right now I don't have the time to tell you all the issues. but I suggest stay very far away from this paper weight.
Vincenio
This phone is terrible
Freezes very often even with v5.0. Laggy as hell. Slow response to most thing. Constantly seeing "thinking" imagine on screen so that you can't do anything. Worse phone ever. Touch screen with gaps a huge dust collector.
Anonymous
till this day i dont understand why the user ratings are so high on this phone. this phone deserved the 6 that phonearena gave it. i just got the storm 2 today and its flawless! the picture i uploaded is CURRENT to reviews on this phone. and out of 11,000 people who have had this phone i totally agree why it got a 3for5. even after 5.0 update
david jkl
it works for me
I really don't see the problems other people are having with the Blackberry Storm. It is amazing in every aspect. I have one complaint and its the fact that my battery only lasts one day, but for all of the features, I really can't complain. The apps for the Storm make it even more enjoyable. After having the Versa for 5 months and upgraded to this makes it a huge advantage on my part. Thank you to RIM for making an amazing phone.
mike 121
what an amazing phone
this phone has been good to me and it looks better than my friends at&t phone. my only problem is the battery life, but then again i have 3 batteries for it with an external charger and that solved it for me. the storm was my first blackberry and i must say i cant wait to get the storm 2 but im in no rush because this one gets the job done. the screen looks amazing, the sound it amazing, the feel is cheap at times but still it clicks so that make it amazing hands down. the black berry storm is a great phone.
chester foster
i love this phone
i real like this phone because it looks good and it works great.. yes it freezes and the click screen acts up but nothings is perfect. i use to hate the phone but after the updat i love it.. and i use it for everything. the internet is fast, i love the new flowing txt system and the email is on point.
Anonymous
awesome phone
the phone is awesome.......i love everything about it..........there are a lot of haters out there but either they should not have got a touch screen, dont understand how to use the phone properly, or i got the only good one......lolthe phone has good battery life when setting are set righti think people would rather just blame the phone rather than admit they need help using it
samanthajd
loving it so far
i just got it yesterday it look me awhile to get used to the menus and stuff cuz ive never had a blackberry b4 but so far after like a day or so i love it i hade a voyager b4 this and eh not to fond of that phone now after all my problems with it
