BlackBerry Storm – Review and Teardown
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Being another first for BlackBerry, RIM has delved into the widely competed touchscreen market. Not wanting to be sucked in as “another iPhone wannabe” however, RIM has developed several unique technologies in an attempt to diverge from the traditional touchscreen stigma. So how does this phone actually fare in-hand, and how does it stack up to its competitors?
After the break, we find the answers to this question, AND we smash the thing apart for some good ol’ teardown analysis.
BlackBerry Storm Review
Greats
First things first, at first sight, this phone is gorgeous. We think its one of the better looking phones on the market today. It’s got slants to the device, along with metallic backings – a first for BlackBerry. Not only that, but the battery door ACTUALLY WORKS. It’s buttons are well placed, the piano black/matte black/metallic black trims complement each other very well, and the chromed sides actually don’t feel like cheap plastic. If this is any indication at what the Javelin will look like, then I’ve got good feelings about it.
Next off, the screen is another winner. Although it doesn’t have the brightness nor the sharpness and pixel density to match the Bold, its HVGA screen on a 3.25″ screen seem to work just fine for movies, tv shows, browsing (we’ll get to that), and anything else that requires lots of screen real estate. Visuals are obviously accompanied by sound, and while the sound is definitely capable of producing loud obnoxious noises, it doesn’t match the Bold’s quality; it doesn’t have much depth and just sounds like pure treble.
Media experiences in general, on the Storm, are fantastic. It’s built in way more codecs for audio and video, has a decent interface for finding and playing music, and works as music player. In fact, though their SurePress technology isn’t mentioned in this review’s “Greats”, it works really well for controlling your music. RIM has mentioned countless times their intention to dive into the consumer market, and with these capabilities, it definitely works.
Luke Warm
Luke warm features are features that aren’t good, nor are they bad. The first feature on the Storm to receive this fairly mediocre grading is, you guessed it: SurePress technology. RIM has attempted to really give BlackBerry owners a touchscreen alternative without feeling frustrated by their keyboard. By giving tactile feedback, you understand the timing for typing, and once you get rhythm, you get rhyme speed. It’s implementation works rather well for menu selections, the dialpad (it’s honestly fun to type numbers), and as mentioned, the media player. Unfortunately, typing, even on a gigantic landscape keyboard, just doesn’t feel right. It’s mucky, because once you gain speed, you instantly hit an error. This is due to the touchscreen not being able to recognize another finger while the button is being depressed. If it had multi-touch functionality, letting you place your finger while you’re pressing another finger, we bet that implementation would be glorious. For now, however, we got to stick with infuriating spelling mistakes from going too fast. Not only that, but typing on the screen takes a lot more effort than a traditional QWERTY keyboard, and a regular touchscreen keyboard — you have to press the WHOLE screen down. It’s easy near the edges, because the radius from the centre gives you easy torque, but anything middle-to-top-row is becomes a pain when you’re hammering out gigantic emails.
Another luke warm feature is the browser. Without going into performance metrics, the browser still isn’t up to par with its webkit-based friends (i.e. Safari/Chrome-Lite-ish). While it’s true that it’s drastically improved over previous generations, it’s nowhere near the level of Safari. Format pages like IGN still give it your good ol’ lists of links and text for you to scroll around. This bring us to our next point: capacitive touch.
What’s annoying about Verizon phones is that their capacitive touch phones (including the Motorola Krave) always come with a STICKY screen protector. It leaves a nasty sticky feeling to the screen, which totally harps on first impressions. What the Storm needs is a good glossing of the screen – it’ll just generally feel more touch-accepting. The use of gestures is also inconsistent, and without the rubberband effect deployed by other phones, scrolling feels, lacking. Viewing any relatively long page will have you scrolling like a mad man, because the screen stops when your finger is lifted off.
Gripes
Applications. Back in the old days, BlackBerry was competing against Palm for the enterprise space, and even then, the distinction of Palm was its better third party support. Storm seems to be the first to really try and break this stigma, but… it fails (obviously, since its in the gripes section). What Apple and Google have done was generate application “outlets” in which you can download and install third party apps, with the latter even focusing their entire handset around this concept. RIM has developed an “Applications Centre”, which was carrier specific. This was a poor choice, as carrier-specific applications (namely, VZ Navigator, and other VZ products) are pretty useless, and aren’t anywhere near as diverse as the App Store and the Android Market.
Finally, performance. This is what totally kills the device in our opinion. Everything about this phone lags. Ever since the videos were leaked showing its UI, people have been complaining about the animation lag and hoping that everything would sort itself out by launch. Unfortunately, even with the last-minute flashing of devices, nothing has changed. Right on the main menu, scrolling through applications gives a choppy feeling. Even the media application takes a while to boot, and you end up double clicking in an attempt to get things going. When I plugged the unit into the computer attempting to sideload, even that dragged in performance. Typical BlackBerrys have been awesome at sideloading when enumerated through Mass Storage Class, but this one, in traditional Verizon fare, runs on MTP mode for syncing with Rhapsody and Windows Media Player. Transferring movies to watch on your phone, just plainly sucks.
Conclusion
Everything about BlackBerry is defined around efficiency and its ability to get things done. The Storm stays true in its ability to feel connected, with perfect integration of corporate e-mails, personal e-mails, texts, contacts, Facebook, My Space etc. Unfortunately, actually using the device, causes an uprising of frustration. It doesn’t flow well, and goes against what all the other BlackBerry’s have been so good at. I feel that RIM pushed this out the door for the holiday season, when it actually should’ve been released in 2009.
phoneWreck Score for the BlackBerry Storm: 7 wrecks out of 10.
BlackBerry Storm Teardown
Enough about the phone! Let’s dig into the juiciness of the Storm. Remember how I said that the Bold was one of the easiest devices to teardown? The Storm is the complete opposite. There are a bunch of hidden screws that require prying off areas such as the camera plexiglass cover, the chin of the device, and the stickers that surround the back. Also, the shielding around the ICs are even harder to get at than before. You’ll need some razor sharp wire cutters to get through that (or you could solder the sides off if you’re that keen on it). But if you were intending on opening up this device, without a scratch in the end, I wish you good luck.
Nevertheless, we got the thing open for you all to see. The PCB is actually ridiculously small. And everything actually fits on there including the processor, memory units, all the transceivers and power amps, and things like Bluetooth ICs. There’s some random spots of circuitry on the other spots of the phone as well, but its amazing how well everything is integrated. We’ve put the block diagram out below. Note: several things on here are educated guesses. We’ve noted these with the asterisks. Unlike previous teardowns, the ICs on this device seem rather hard to identify.
Most important to note is the implementation of Qualcomm’s latest MSM7600 processor. When you view the datasheet, its pretty easy to guess what’s wrong with this phone. There’s just too much functionality jammed integrated into the processor, including audio codecs, graphics processing, and even GPS functionality. Samsung’s memory MCP from the Bold makes another notable appearance. Avago takes care of the CDMA Power Amps, but the GSM Power Amps seem unmarked, which makes it hard to find. We’ll update this if/when we find out though.
Update: We have discovered the GSM/UMTS Power Amps from a little help by our commenters! TriQuint takes care of the GSM Power Amp, while Anadigics designs the UMTS Power Amp. Thanks!
This being primarily a CDMA device, Qualcomm brings their entire chipset onto the line including its RF Transceivers for both CDMA/EV-DO, an integrated GSM/UMTS chip, and its PMIC. TriQuint Semiconductors also makes an appearance. They’ve previously been used for Duplexers in previous mainstream devices, but its difficult to identify what this IC does, so we’ve assumed that it’s something to do with managing power. Bluetooth functionality is again won by CSR, while SiRF is notably absent due to the GPS integration into the processor. A West Bridge chip is also notably absent, with USB functionality also being driven by the processor. STMicroelectronics seems to have developed the Accelerometer, as the chip in this phone seems eerily similar to one of their other Accelerometer chips in a previous breakdown. Finally, with Synaptics boasting much of its multi-touch capabilities, we’re making guesses that the BlackBerry Storm uses a Synaptics IC for driving the capacitive touch. It’s possible that a full multi-touch can be implemented on this hardware, but whether it’ll require updates to the actual hardware or just the firmware, remains to be seen.
Of course, what you’ve came here to see is not just the circuitry. You wanted to see how the actual button looks like, no? Here it is, in plain view! It’s a regular button, pushed by a marked Magnesium Alloy plate with a bump. Enjoy responsibly.
Hey guys! GREAT review! Totally interesting to see all those complex components, because RIM isn’t really typically too hot on implementing so many boards. Hmm, you think they could’ve used a different metal plate for hitting the button? Seems rather heavy and unnecessary.
Nice teardown!
I got one for my wife at launch. As you hold the phone up, the screen doesn’t depress (unless you press really hard) anywhere in the lower left corner. I wonder if the metal plate is bent? It almost feels like something is lodged under the plate in that corner.
Blackberry-envy!
Whats new for Sprint?
T-Mobile:Flip
AT&T: Bold
Verizon: Storm
Sprint: Sucks!
I think this device certainly has a lot of potential. If they had the multi touch working on the keyboard so you could do those accidental 2 keys at once press and not have to re-press the second key. Software bugs aside – yea that kind of thing kinda sucks but it will get fixed eventually. The Bold sucked when it came out too and now it’s a fantastic phone. Typing on the surepress screen IMO is not really that much more laborious than using an actual keyboard, I think it’ll get a little softer after some use as well so it wouldn’t take much more pressure than using a real keyboard. I also highly approve of the functionality of the surepress screen, no more accidentally selecting something and you can highlight things, it’s like using a mouse! Ill bet you it’s performance is vastly improved soon, we’ll have to see because you’re right it does seem a little early.
This is an awesome phone in my opinion, despite the fact that it was RIM’s biggest mistake to exclude the wifi. Test out the phone at circuit city, and it does matter of a fact have A LOT of potential, and that’s where it stops – A LOT of potential. If RIM can get the OS fixed ASAP and get the phone work smooth, it would be awesome. Hopefully RIM realizes that wifi is a crucial for smartphone nowadays and add the feature for next version. I’m waiting on the OS fix and if the fixed OS is awesome, I’ll buy it in a heart beat.
Nice teardown.
It does have multi touch. Saw video review video on jk on the run where he was able to copy text using multi touch gesture (text between two fingers).
I too got mine on release (yesterday).
It’s much heavier/bulkier than my former BB Curve.. not that that alone is the game breaker.
I however am disturbed by the lack of options for ring tone capability. With the BB curve you could choose your ringtone/alarms to ring, ring increasingly, or ring 3 times, etc.
The Storm gets none of the above. It’s either a set volume number.. or silent. Nothing else.
I’m still on the fence.
I guess we will need to give it sometime. The Phone looks like it’s of good quality. The SurePress technology will need some fine tuning and a few more software updates will make the BB Storm a great asset in your pocket.
iPhone from Apple may have developed a new standard for the smartphone industry. With it’s amazing touchscreen, full featured html browser, google maps with GPS, enterprise email support, ipod, stocks, weather, calendar, application store, etc etc, it has wooed millions of people from across the globe.
But even with it’s extensive feature list, there are a few key elements missing from the iPhone, some of which the BlackBerry Storm may do better than the iPhone thereby making it a safer bet than the iPhone… Yep, I meant safer. I have my reasons… and here’s why http://smartphone-guru.blogspot.com/2008/11/blackberry-storm-safer-bet-than-iphone.html
I can’t wait to get myself the Storm…
The best I have seen so far. Well done!
This, so far, is the only real competitor to the iPhone. Android is still not ready for prime time. I don’t like the screen click keyboard, lack of wifi, and lack of application store. The lag seems maddening at times, and passable at other times. This review is a fair one, though. I still think that today, the iPhone is a better choice, but its good to see that RIM has put out a solid offering.
I got the phone on launch, and it’s a great phone. I am a heavy BB user (also have Bold), and for those of you who expected the phone to be totally dialed in and perfect today, have not been following it’s progress. It was known that the phone was a patch or two away from being dialed in, but they had to release it before black Friday. The verizon mgr told me that a month ago it was way slower, so that’s a good sign. There’s already another patch that is due to be released soon. I ask everyone to think back when iPhone first came out. It too had issues that took time to tweak. I was actually surprised that it was as good as it is now, given where it was just a month ago. Also, there are settings that a person can change to set your typing speed, hover, and other things. In a short while you will see how much better it is after those patches. I loved it so much, I bought another one for my wife. And most people that got it also went in knowing that it is good now and will be great shortly. I couldn’t wait….had to have it.
Re: moregooder:
Sprint: IDEN Curve
Vijay;
With all due respect, it seems you posted here to get some airtime on your Guru Blog…I hope its working for you, but quite frankly your review didn’t do it for me man, sorry.
Is the Storm SAFER than the iPhone? C’mon man, are you serious? I was looking for something like a fire hazard story on the internal iphone battery or something like that.. Granted, the iphone does NOT have a well integrated voice dialing solution, but it has a third party one; YOU SHOULD NOT DRIVE AND USER YOUR CELL PHONE ANYWAYS!!!IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL IN ALL STATES. Multitasking, ok, whatever; And here we go again…CUT/PASTE…Please, this is getting old; Ya, so what, WM 6.1 and BB do it, the iPhone does not. Great. I had the 1st gen iphone, sold it to get an iphone 3G, returned it due to numerous HW issues, and now am glad to be back to my Curve on ATT; The STORM is NOT an iphone killer, it is a touchscreen BB and that is all; Two different devices in two different leagues ,for different audiences. I am personally returning my Storm tomorrow as I did not find it compelling enough for me to switch networks, not for now at least; It lags, its keyboard is tiring, the res of the screen is OK, but that is all. At the end of the day it is a BB like any other; I will wait for the 8900 to come out and try that.
The break down of the hardware is great! This hardware review can’t be found anywhere else! Thanks!!!
I’m getting one for myself in order to get away from an iPhone. A couple of reasons as to why, AT&T and APPLE. The network that AT&T has just doesn’t seem adequate up in my area. A company that large should have the backbone to handle the iPhone. The phone may say 3G on the screen but it is hardly up to par or as fast as some other areas that I know 3G is running. I’ve had an iPhone since the day they came out. I’m all too aware of its short comings. Apple; they need to ease up with that lock it down so no one can do anything mentality. I’m honestly tired of both companies. I was going to try and get a BB from AT&T (Bold) but they wanted to nail be for almost $600. Trying to explain all the issues I’ve had with the latest iPhone didn’t seem to matter, only the contract. The other issue here is the fact that unlike Verizon, AT&T will not offer full equipment insurance on the iPhone. I lose it, break it or it gets stolen and I’m out the money for the phone and the full cost of replacing it with another one. I’ll give the Storm a shot. I’ve been working with the BB for several years through my office and have found that even though the unit may not come out the door perfect, they are quick with updates and the support is far better then what I get now. More often than not they are rock solid devices Is it the right choice, only time will tell?
Hey… the initial reports said that they didn’t put Wi-Fi in there because there just wasn’t any room… seems like a crock to me… what do you guys think? Now that it’s nikkid for the world to see… was this really impossible? Just Verizon being A**H****?
Thanks for the great review… hopefully newer OS’s will take care of most of the stupid problems. 6 Months from now it’ll be a great phone/pim!
The Triquint TQM7M5012 IS NOT a power management device. It is a quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE RF power amplifier that should fill the “unknown” block. Triquint is not in the power management device business. There should be another unidentified device that serves as the RF power amplifier for the UMTS 2100 band in the same board section. Thanks for the review and great pics.
Bought the Storm yesterday, after being persuaded away from the iPhone—it is my my first BB, and frankly I do not like the key Pad, and the slowness of some of the applications. The weight is more than I expected, feels akward, and clumsy. As others have mentioned, the browser, seems less than, ideal, compared to the iphone. I’m returning my phone tomorrow
Thanks Rondell! I’ve updated it to reflect that. I couldn’t really find any information on the ICs TriQuint made, so it was hard for me to identify.
To address your Wi-Fi concerns, the very small PCB seems rather jam packed, so if they designed Wi-Fi into now, it might be a little difficult. The thing Boy Genius pointed out earlier, was that they STARTED the design without Wi-Fi support. It was requested by Verizon and the likes right from the start. If needed, I’m sure they could’ve found tighter chip packages and whatnot – with, of course, a higher cost.
Finally, about the processor. I’m not saying that it’s NOT CAPABLE. I was trying to point out the fact that the MSM7600 integrates SO MUCH into it that it might have trouble addressing and handling everything. Traditional BlackBerry’s have separate USB SIE/PHYs (usually a Cypress chip), separate audio codecs (usually a TI or Wolfson), and separate GPS chips. Handling all that AND extra graphical processing might make it hard for the OS to keep up with all those things running. I’m really hoping that the OS will be further optimized later on take advantage of all these, but at the moment, it lags like MAD.
Thanks for all the feedback guys! Appreciate it.
Hey, where is the GPS receiver? Or does this phone not have that?
Wow.
You have to press down the entire screen to click a single key on the keyboard.
This is why entry is so slow on the Blackberry Storm.
You can’t just touch a key to select it. You have to press then entire screen down. That’s a very large, massive screen to press down.
Try to get 60 words per minute on that.
As far as GPS goes, does the phone’s GPS receiver work with third party applications like TeleNav, or does one still need a third party SIRF Star antenna? (Has Verizon locked the GPS so it only works with Navigator?)
Where are the antenna assemblies and the weird spring connectors that seem make contact with the all metal battery door…
I am waiting for an OS Update before I return the phone, its way too slow.
Any more higher res photos ? Want to send me all the parts and peices so I can take some deeper photos?
- thanks for report.
@Big Al Vista:
From what I am seeing, the Storm’s GPS works with BlackBerry Maps and the VZW Navigator (a pay for app)
Google Maps doesn’t seem to be able to connect to the GPS and gives you the CellTower GPS.
Heres a video for a temp fix on screen not clicking on corners…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdw2tKk4l5I
All in all its an amazing device!! The typing is something to get used to but the typing on the iphone is a nightmare. I would like to know since there are gaps in the screen and the phone for the screem to move,wont dust get inside pretty easy ?
Jamee:
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:58 am
Hey guys! GREAT review! Totally interesting to see all those complex components, because RIM isn’t really typically too hot on implementing so many boards. Hmm, you think they could’ve used a different metal plate for hitting the button? Seems rather heavy and unnecessary.
Hmm… Do you think? that the ‘heavy metal plate’ could possibly be for RF shielding?
Great great review here. Very thorough analysis on phone components and diagram that cannot be found elsewhere. I’ve looked at your review of the Bold and the Storm, and I thank god I’m on AT&T cause I cannot wait to get the Bold. I hear there will be an amazing Black Friday deal I am waiting on for it! I always go to the gym and bring my Blackberry and Ipod and from your review it sounds like the multimedia performance on the Bold with fast transfers and great media player all I will need is my Blackberry.
Did anyone see this article on EETimes?
http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212002500
Bold is even better than Iphone! From sounds of it, the Storm cannot match this, can you confirm this DrWreck?
Also, I amcurious about the Storm and its push button and touchscreen, I’d like to play with it to see how it feels, your review is a great analysis oh how it works, but I’d like to tinker with it myself and some of the settings I’ve heard about for text response time.
It is awesome that an organization does what I would like to do, but can not afford. I thoroughly enjoy tearing things apart to gain knowledge. When in doubt smash it open.
Just a comment to let you know I have linked this article to one of my posts. (In case you don’t get a pingback)
Dr Wreck,
FYI
The UMTS 2100 Power Amplifier for Storm is made by Anadigics (part # AWT6241). The Bold also uses the same power amplifier for the UMTS 2100.
@ John: Thanks! I’ve updated both places to reflect the parts.
@ Joey: Yeah I saw that article… keep a lookout for Dr. Phone’s next article. We’re doing a very in-depth comparison between the Bold and the Storm. We cover pretty much everything!
@ GPS folks: Google Maps DOES work with GPS. But it’s not on by default, because Verizon wants you to use their VZ Navigator. Its in the options somewhere. Also, the GPS receiver seems to be embedded into the MSM7600 processor according to the datasheet – it also has gpsOne functionality.
Thanks for this post!
I recieved my storm a few days ago, and I really like it so far… At first the glitchy OS really bothered me but now that its been updated to .75, the phone runs much more smoothly. The press screen also took some getting used to, but now I’m typing pretty fast. The media features are great, as good as the iPhones, but I will admit that the browser is not nearly as user-friendly as the iPhones, but still useable. Hopefully it will be upgraded in the future. If not I will download another browser like Opera. Verizon 3G service is great in my area so the load time is fast. Even with the setbacks, this phone has a lot of potential. I think i’ll keep it.
Why couldn’t the camera be identified?
I think I have a pretty good idea of who did it. OmniVision Technologies came out with a technology not long ago called TrueFocus. Basically, it was intended to be able to immediately focus all fields instantaneously. It’s why the video capture works so well. Conventional autofocus simply cannot focus in the way that the Storm’s camera is able to.
Here’s a promo video for TrueFocus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw9IEosccuM
Here’s a video showing how the Storm’s camera is probably TrueFocus since all fields are in focus all the time and instantly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJsiPWn2QPc
Love your teardown! (An easy way to see if it’s TrueFocus or not is to see if it has an “inverted” lens curve. It’s actually a cubic phase mask.)
No comments on the antenna questions I had ?
Also, what is the CPU Speed of this baseband processor ?
9500 vs 9530.. I tried to run qpst with 9500 plugged, somehow it detects that there is a CDMA chipset MSM7600 inside the 9500(gsm only. They also detect the esn number inside the 9500 rom. Are they the same exact machine(9530-cdma/gsm and 9500-gsm only)?
Perhaps, phonewreck should tear down the 9500 to see what they have inside…
I have had my Storm for 10 days. Is there a learning curve? Yes. However, hands down, it’s the best “SmartPhone” I have owned and I’ve had my share. It does most everything well, and once you’re used to it, it is superb. Once you familiarize yourself with the screen, it just seems right. I have an iPod Touch, which is excellent and gives me the idea of what the iPhone is like. I like the Storm’s screen a tad better. I’m also thrilled to be done with the Archaic, Windows Mobile 6.1. My last phone, a Samsung SCH-i760, although very useful, is like a Ford F-350, compared to a MBenz SL550.
Are there some things to be improved? Yes-and I look forward to updates to come and more apps. Fortunately the firmware update recently applied has help this phone enormously. Can’t wait for the “Holy Grail!”
I’ve had my Storm for about 3 days and it is still taking me a while to get used to it. I’m a BB virgin so I’m trying to give it more time since I am not used to all of the bells and whistles. I LOVE the screen, especially when I am on the internet. I do NOT like the keyboard when in landscape. I am a big texter and it takes entirely too long to just type short messages. Because of that, I have no desire to email anyone! There is a significant lag when I try to select certain apps. There were also some significant (yet trivial) differences I noticed from my old phone: cute icons on the contact list no longer exist, tip calculator is gone. I am also disappointed that there was no ‘how to’ manual. Just a thin ‘tips’ book. Trying to navigate through the online help is a pain in the butt so I don’t even bother. I will give it a few more days but I think I will be returning it and getting a Curve although I really don’t like the trackball.
I’m disappointed because I was really looking forward to having/using this phone. Maybe after they work out the kinks, I’ll switch back.
Great Review. To all that have clicking problems please check out Crackberry.com Forums. There is a Torx fix and Felt Pad fix also. Both combined will make that Storm click like a dream. Its a great find and helped a lot of people out including me.
Thanks for the great pics! I am trying to pinpoint the location of the internal antenna so I can install an RF shield … can you help me out? I don’t see it labeled on the pictures … I am trying to locate where on the face of the storm I can affix a waveshield gold to have the most effect of blocking radiation from my face when I am talking on it.
Thanks!
Sorry for getting back to you guys so late.
@ David: The RF Antenna is actually right on the bottom of the device. If you can find something to cover the entire area right underneath the buttons, then that should work.
@ theberryblack: Unfortunately, we don’t have access to a 9500. If you randomly have one in pieces, send it over!
@ Dustin Finn: If you need some high-res photos, I’d be happy to supply. Give me an e-mail at phonewreck@gmail.com. We’re actually not too sure of the clock speed of the CPU processor. The number I have posted on the Wiki is actually a guesstimate from something I found on the web.
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Hey;
So I get that the main processor is a bit crowded…but is there a physical way to install wi-fi on this thing…it is the only thing that is preventing me from naming my first born after it
Thanks
Free wallpapers for the BlackBerry Storm http://www.freeupmobile.com
This is my first BB and I am very disappointed with the screen on my BB Storm. So I’ve heard the screen is meant to be scratch resistant and you are meant to be able to clear the finger smudges easily. Well I have had mine 2-3 weeks and already the screen seems scratched and I can’t get rid of the smudging. Is there a reason for this and also if I remove the protective film from the screen will it void the warranty of my handset ??
Sometimes when my storm rings, the software freezes up and it doesnt unfreeze til it says Missed Call.
What kind of phone has problems answering a call?!
the storm is way better than the lame iphone
As a Blackberry Enterprise Technican in training and a Apple Certified MacIntosh Techician moving up from ACT. I have both the iPhone 3G and the Blackberry Storm 3G I my hands. The Blackberry Storm is put toghter so cleaply that it feels like a toy and the touch screen is so punching that when you touch one another one will go to. The camera is more pixels than the iPhone but it’s mechincs are useless. The iPhone though a little touchy on the pad is far and away better product. Anyone who thinks the Storm is better than the iPhone has never used an iPhone. So if you would like the whole break down on my tech findings see posts in the Apple forums by theblueantfixer.
dear,
where is the IC ROM?
I have storm get restarted by itself and unable to boot up.
thanks