TrustedReviews

Home
TVs & Entertainment
Cameras
Laptops & Computing
Mobile & GPS
Samsung Galaxy S3

Home » Mobile & GPS » Mobile Phone » BlackBerry Storm2 9520 » Deals

Compare Prices for BlackBerry Storm2 9520

More Photos

The Storm2 is a decent update of the original handset. However, touchscreen smartphones have moved on considerably since the Storm first appeared and the Storm2 feels more like a device that fixes faults rather than an upgrade that elevates the Storm into a position where it can really challenge competitors like the iPhone. Perhaps next time around BlackBerry needs to be less obsessed with its clickable screen and more focused on closing the gap to its rivals. Read full review

Overall

7/10

Write your own review

By Niall Magennis
Reviewed 02 December 2009
Updated 06 February 2011

Price as reviewed

free/subscription

Review
User Reviews
Comments
Specs
6 Photos
Mobile Deals

More photos

Awards

BlackBerry Storm2 9520 details

Performance: 7/10
Value: 8/10
Features: 7/10
Design: 7/10
Overall: 7/10

Price as reviewed

free/subscription

Manufacturer

Research In Motion

Mobile Phone round-ups

Best HTC Phones

Our pick of the ten best HTC phones.
Samsung Galaxy

A fan of Samsung's Galaxy products? Find them all here.
Mobile World Congress 2012

We round up all the latest news, reviews and rumours from Barcelona as Mobile World Congress kicks off.

More Mobile Phone Round-ups

TrustedReviews newsletter

Get TrustedReviews' award-winning reviews, opinions and advice delivered to your inbox for free!

Three of the best Budget Mobile Phones

Orange San Francisco 2 (ZTE Crescent)

Our rating:

9/10

Faster and leaner, the San Francisco II takes over from its predecessor as the de facto ultra budget smartphone of choice.
Orange San Francisco (ZTE Blade)

Our rating:

9/10

User rating:

8/10

We take a look at a truly game changing, feature packed budget smartphone which Orange cannot ruin - try as it might...
Nokia C3

Our rating:

9/10

With a full qwerty keyboard and great design this phone offers more than we'd ever expect for under £100.

User reviews & comments

Comments

To leave a comment log in or sign up

Please wait while we process your request

Please wait while we retrieve the user's information

Bio

Your bio is currently empty. Now is a great time to fill in your profile.

This profile is private.

This profile is only shared with friends.

This profile is under review.

We were unable to request friendship with this user.

We were unable to request friendship with this user. Are you logged in?

Your friendship request has been sent to this user.

We were unable to terminate friendship with this user.

We were unable to terminate friendship with this user. Are you logged in?

You are no longer friends with this user.

We were unable to ignore this user.

We were unable to ignore this user. Are you logged in?

This user is now ignored.

We were unable to stop ignoring this user.

We were unable to stop ignoring this user. Are you logged in?

This user is no longer ignored.

We encountered a problem recommending this user.

pluck_user_recommend_permission

You have recommended this user.

Type Comment
(optional)

pluck_user_mp-abuse_too_long_err

Send Cancel

Please wait while we perform your request.

Name withheld

NeilBolts

5:23 PM on 2 December, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore NeilBolts. Show Details Hide Details

I've had the new storm 2 for a month or so now and I have to say I am bitterly regretting my decision. It freezes on me approximately every other day, the battery lasts a day at most, in terms of reception and making/dropping calls, my old N95 8gb was far superior. I cannot wait to get rid of it. Rubbish!!!

Abuse reported Report abuse

Score:

0 replies1 reply

Please wait while we perform your request.

Name withheld

noTHINGface

8:03 PM on 2 December, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore noTHINGface. Show Details Hide Details

I think I'm most upset by the fact that it isn't an iPhone... Though it's cheaper to tether of course.

Abuse reported Report abuse

Score:

0 replies1 reply

Please wait while we perform your request.

Name withheld

farki80

10:31 PM on 2 December, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore farki80. Show Details Hide Details

I have to agree. The Storm and Storm2 has been a disaster to use. Everyone complains about Nokia's S60 UI, but the Blackberry UI is even way behind in both usability and flashiness.

Abuse reported Report abuse

Score:

0 replies1 reply

Please wait while we perform your request.

Name withheld

Malderon

3:09 AM on 3 December, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore Malderon. Show Details Hide Details

I'm always defending my poor Storm. I really think that it just takes some getting used to. Complaining about usability is way off the mark to me, I can type much faster than on any other touchscreen keyboard (its a matter of getting the settings right), and I find the menu's etc to be very finger friendly and common sense (I'm not sure being behind in "flashiness" is such a bad thing, see TouchFlo)

Wi-Fi is the big omission for me on my Generation 1, I don't think I will be upgrading to a Storm2, I will probably be moving to android as I'm an open source fan, and think android will get more third party support but the Storm if you get the right firmware on there, and give it a bit of time then it really is a competant handset. I know alot of people had faults and signal dropping, but mines reliability and call quality have been first rate - maybe I was just lucky.

Anyway to anyone thinking of getting a smartphone on Voda, I would suggest you take the Storm2 seriously, especially if for example you need the corporate email integration.

Abuse reported Report abuse

Score:

0 replies1 reply

Please wait while we perform your request.

Name withheld

Ed

9:18 AM on 3 December, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore Ed. Show Details Hide Details

@farki80: I have to disagree strongly that the Blackberry UI is behind in usability. It is quite simply excellent. Things are intuitively laid out, it's neat, and it's fast. S60 is still far, far behind.

Abuse reported Report abuse

Score:

0 replies1 reply

Please wait while we perform your request.

Name withheld

Keithe6e

9:50 AM on 3 December, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore Keithe6e. Show Details Hide Details

@noTHINGface: Though it's cheaper to tether of course.

Well, it's not any cheaper, it's not the phone that dictates tethering rates.. :)

Abuse reported Report abuse

Score:

0 replies1 reply

Please wait while we perform your request.

Name withheld

farki80

2:55 PM on 4 December, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore farki80. Show Details Hide Details

I guess we can agree to disagree. I find Blackberry UI to be archaic as you do so with S60.

Abuse reported Report abuse

Score:

0 replies1 reply

Please wait while we perform your request.

Name withheld

mandyearl

7:59 PM on 4 December, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore mandyearl. Show Details Hide Details

The Blackberry GUI is way behind any mobile OS currently on the market, even none-smartphones. You only need to use the contact, calendar and messaging applications to know what I mean. It really is like using an old Word Perfect software.

The OS itself may be powerful but so it Windows Mobile. UI wise, RIM is way behind everyone - even Microsoft.

Abuse reported Report abuse

Score:

0 replies1 reply

Please wait while we perform your request.

Name withheld

Zero

10:46 PM on 4 December, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore Zero. Show Details Hide Details

When referring to far behind? Far behind who and what? Whats it not got to make it far behind? Please don't mention a Iphone

Abuse reported Report abuse

Score:

0 replies1 reply

Please wait while we perform your request.

Name withheld

Vince

11:26 PM on 17 December, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore Vince. Show Details Hide Details

I'm using a Blackberry 8310 at the moment, having previously been very anti-Blackberry. I'm converted to it - it's not full of bells and whistles but it works very well indeed and has a lot of basic features I wish any of my previous phones had.

However, I really really really really really (yes really) hate the newer UI on things like the Bold/Storm. I've had a look a few times now and it really isn't what I wanted. A truely horrible change and utterly unintuitive.

Right now a Nokia N97 + Blackberry 8310 will be the way it is for the forseeable.

Abuse reported Report abuse

Score:

0 replies1 reply

Please wait while we perform your request.

What Do You Think?

To leave a comment, you need to sign up.

Please wait while we file your abuse report.

Report Abuse

We're sorry. We were unable to report abuse at this time.

We limit the number of reactions an individual user can submit over a given period for quality reasons. You have currently reached that limit. Please try resubmitting your abuse report again later.

Comment is too long. Enter 500 characters or less.