BlackBerry Storm 9500 Candy Bar Touchscreen 3G mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

+ looks great, fab features-especially the facebook application! i got it mainly so i can recieve my e-mails whilst out and about at work (i'm not office based) and its great! i love that i can delete junk e-mails from my handset and computer from the handset and i can reply to e-mails instantly.

- only bad point is it took a little while to get used to writing on the touchpad as it is very sensitive and unless you have skinney minnie fingers it can take a bit of practice to text and write e-mails quickly. if it came with a stylus that would have made things easier.

+ Really cool phone with good features and good touch screen for typing on

- TERRIBLE battery life, I ended up returning it and getting another phone as it would die on me half way through the day even when I barely used it!!!

+ Email whilst out of office

- Very poor battery life and it keeps freezing!
I need someone to contact me snoot replacement!

+ the only good point is the screen is nice and big

- 1. battery life is very short 2. battery does not charge very well 3. not able to lock the phone without the pouch 4. screen keeps freezing 5. doesnt do what i tell it to do 6. only had the phone for four days and every day something went wrong with it 7. unable to transfer phonebook details from phone to sim 8. first blackberry ive ever owned and the last too, company reputation is greatly exagerated 9. touch screen is not quick enough (doesnt pick up on the fact your finger is touching it sometimes) 10. the screen scratches easily

+ camera and looks good.

- battery life was really bad. had 2 charge up 4 times a day. kept switching off. web use was bad. didnt keep phone swaped it 4 nokia 5800, much better phone.

+ Looks good

- Very difficult to use

+ Stylish, everything on that you could possibly need

- Battery life is shocking, needs charging everyday

+ Calendar. Tasks. Contacts. Phone keypad. Phone sound and software. Clock. Internet browsing. Typing letters etc (once you get used to the click screen a touch screen doesn't feel at all positive enough)

- Battery life.

+ it's all good so far,, haven't had it for very long, so see how it go's in a years time, and i'm very happy with it so far,,,

- not found one yet,,,,

+ Clear screen for reading the copiuos volume of email I have to get through each day

- It has the worst phone I have ever used on a mobile and if you rest it on your ear your more than likely to drop the call

+ Almost eveything is first class about this particular mobile.

- It doesn't seem to have much of a battery life.

+ Great phone, I would recommend it, everything it does is excellent

- The battery is aweful. expect to charge every day, and after heavy use the battery dies.

+ Style and ease of use is very good.

- Being able to get hold of accessories is proveing very difficult, and extra batteries is hard aswell.

+ Screen, E-mail facilities, Calendar. Initial concerns after reading reviews about the battery life, however on a recent holiday, the battery lasted 5 days (switching off overnight) which I thought was excellent for this type of phone.

- None so far

+ Not a lot

- Everything - I will change as soon as I can !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

+ such impressive technology; what a package!

- Sensitivity of touchscreen seems variable. Familiarity and scrupulous cleanliness helps, but this can be a nuisance. Battery life is not good enough for such a superb piece of multi-function kit. Sound quality on speaker mode and the various alarms is poor.

+ good features

- I have allresdy had 1 phone replaced and I now have not been access thed Internet on my new one for 3 days!!

+ having everything to hand, e.g email and messages etc all one one handheld. Don't hav to carry a laptop, phone and diary-all in one place. Nice and compact for carrying less.

- Battery runs out very quickly. Touch screen is a pain as sometimes 'cuts out' or hypersensitive. Buttons to small for chubby fingertips to not make mistakes all the time.

+ Looks good and carries a certain amount of respect as a manufacturer. Email is exceptional.

- Difficult to use/navigate. Some applications very slow. Battery life terrible. Not a good phone, but some good features in other respects. I wouldn't have made this choice with what I know now.

+ Email

- Battery life!!!!!

+ good sat nav system, love the word mole game! took a little while to get used to but now have it set up just how i want it.

- battery does go flat on 3g. used abroad on 2g and lasted much longer.

+ Excellent all round design. Great for anyone that needs to keep on top of emails.

- battery life could be improved

+ The phone looks and feels fantastic. I love the clickable screen.
The video and sound quality are amazing.

- The only bad points are the inconsistent battery life and it does crash a lot!

+ email and web on the move. Big memory with expander

- I'd like longer battery life and wi fi

+ looks good, and the browser is quite good.

- Not impressed with the phone at all, the battery life is the biggest let down of them all, ant the lock button is non existent.

+ the good things is it's easily to brows, download music, games, etc.

- low battery life

+ easy email access, satnav,

- battery lifeis very short.

+ has everything i need on it

- the keypad is very frustrating and alot harder to use in comparison with other blackberry handsets !! Battery life is not long enough

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- Bar battery, bad connection, screen blacks out, Vodafone customer servive

+ Image - looks smart; multi-faceted and convenient to have everything on one device.

- I am a female with small fingers but even I find it difficult to navigate the keyboard with precision and accuracy! The battery life could certainly be improved.

+ emails great to keep up 2 date as i am a nurse and never really have time to check the computer

- the batter life is appauling!!
even when switched off it seems to be able to die!! :-(

+ it is easy to use, so far, on all that i have used.

- the signal is very intermitent and on 3g is virtually non existant.
would be of more help if the user manual explained more than the basic telephone uses that every phone has and more on the newer features

+ The phone looks fantastic and has a handy holder to stop it getting bashed about in your bag. The keyboard works in portrait and landscape which is really useful and the touch screen is easy to use. Email access is excellent .

- The internet access is a bit gimicky and can be a bit fiddly

+ loads of great functions. great screen.

- the fiddly keyboard.

+ A very good all round phone

- The battery life is awful! Its not much of a mobile phone as you have to keep it plugged in all the time. This really lets the whole package down

+ It is a fantastic looking phone that does a lot.

- Problems I've encountered, lack of instruction, I'm still trying to work it out, Battery life is not so good either.

+ the storm is great for email and web browsing, it,s visually stunning and feels very nice in your hand, i just love this phone.

- a bit slow sometimes but as long as you dont leave the applications running it's ok, the only bad point is the battery life it needs to be charged everyday.

+ All of the features are outstanding.

- Battery life could last longer, then it would be a perfect smartphone.

+ Does absolutely everything
Pocket friendly
Good build quality, feels solid

- Battery life is poor

+ Stylish, Functions are great, Email system is good.

- Texting difficult

+ Easy to use

- Camera and music are poor

+ It looks good and is easy to use

- No fm radio and poor battery life

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- vodafone not able to provide me any network abroad

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- Camera could be better.

+ able to retrive my emails download music, take photos and stay in touch with my friends

- battery doesn't last long when I'm downloading

+ Very quick with email

- Freezes alot, especially when receiving phone calls.

+ Ease of use and getting on with the phone is excellent. The qwerty keyboard is quick and easy. It is clear and easy to read script like e-mails and is good for looking at photos. The camera takes good photos, which are easy to load onto a computer. Like the positive touch screen and the fact that it is touch sensitive .

- None, so far

+ allows portability, good features.

- fiddly to type meesages

+ Good synchronisation with email,good camera

- Battery life is awful,only rings a couple of times before going onto answerphone,the navigation /keyboard is difficult to use.

+ graet looking phone fairly easy to use once you get use to it love it !!!

- im sorry its got to be battrey life once you start using applications

+ The Blackberry Storm phone is excellent, good sound quality, qwerty keyboard and applications are all brilliant but the icing on the cake is accessing any email account wherever you are.

- Sometimes the phone requires a soft reset as the software freezes but it's really easy to do and doesn't happen that often.

+ I am very happy with my phone I am still learning it however.
I like the touch screen

- When the bluetooth is on the battery flattens very quickly.

+ Good phone all round

- No real bad points but the battery life could be better

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- Battery is rubbish

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- I couldnt mms picture messages or video, in 2 weeks had phones and niether worked.
Apparently it an major fault.

+ I have been using blackberry's for over a year now, and so im used to batterylife issues. Getting my email where ever and being able to reply is perfect. The web browser on your network is fast like described. Being able to produce documents and email them to people or to adjust document people send to me.
The new touch screen took a day to get used to and I love it. It's sleek and the photo gallery is impecable with the slide and pan options. Being a business woman i need a phone that can do nearly everything a computer can do, and this is very very close. Very happy with this phone and have reccomended it to everyone.

- The only bad point on this phone is the signal. At times it goes to SOS but within a minute its back to normal. Just gets annoying when your texting/emailling. But used to it now and it's not really an issue. Many people complain about battery life but if you actually charge it for 18 hours when you get it and then charge it everynight you will never have a problem. Also turning the phone off for 2 hours on a red battery, the phone somehow gives you 2 bars when you turn it on.

+ Clarity of video
Landscape viewing option
qwerty keyboard

- takes getting used to placing your fingers on the correct keys/options to make the right selection#
no wi-fi

+ Menu system is good. Camera is very good. Email menu very useful.

- Battery life is poor - especially if you use it as a phone! Sometimes the clarity of calls could be improved. Seems to lose the network in certain areas for texts and emails, but reconnects when you try to make a call.

+ coll gadget

- hard to figure out

+ Near enough everything

- Battery life not to good

+ The blackberry looks great, the menu screen is good for accessing the web, music, or camera.

- The key pad is a nightmare to use. Even with the biggest keyboard my fingers are too fat (I'm only 5'10" and 12 stone!) and I find writing texts takes at least three times as long as my old nokia. Phone features are difficult to access and I haven't found a quick way to get to dial common numbers.

+ Great looking, and easy to use after getting used to it.

- Awful battery life and occasionally freezes

+ E-mail

- Often freezes when trying to answer or make a call or send texts/e-mail. Battery life. Bluetooth. Navigation.

+ i like the phone because its like a laptop on the go

- i think it is a bit to big

+ Screen is awesome and the touch/click keyboard is very easy to use

- Not as many useful/cool apps as the iphone. This is both a good and a bad thing :) Not v easy to customise sound/ringtone profiles

+ once you master the touch pad, very easy to use.

- would not connect to the PC, and the software on the cd didn't install or work properly.

+ really jazzy, fun to use. good internet access.

- INCREDIBLY poor battery life. constantly charging up my phone. RIDICULOUS!

+ Everything about the phone is pretty good, looks, easy to use, and quality.

- Battery life is faily poor particulaly when web browsing.

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+ It's easy to use and it looks great and you get Blackberry instant messaging with other blackberry users.

- If you use most of the features on the phone allot you could end up charging the battery most nights, if not then definitly every other night.

+ Easy to use, even for a technophob like me

- I think full excel and word access should come as standard I.e creating documents.

+ Easy to use and stylish.

- Battery life is poor

+ The phone looks great, stylish and slick. I love the way people can get in contact with me in a number of ways by using either: facebook, email, text, instant messanger and phone. The ring tones are funky and catchy too,loud enough to never miss a call. The camera isnt bad either, especially appreciate the function that allows me to send instant photos to friends and family.

- If I browse the net and use the phone a lot in one day, which I tend to do, the battery doesnt really accomadate my excessive usage, which is a shame as they provide so many features, they should expect them to be used. I suppose I need to invest in a car charger, that would help. No other bad points.

+ I love habing me email with me everywhere I go. The phone looks great and is reliable. Very handy to have a built in GPS too!

- Battery life aint great. Hard to get used to the floating screen at first.

+ easy to use, big screen for watching movies, great music player, and great sound.

- Still not very many additional apps, and the ones that there are in the app store are pretty poor.

+ I cant fault it, absolutely love it!

- battery but its not as bad as people make out! When you get it the battery is dire but let it run right down then charge it fully, mine lasts for nearly 2 days now with decent use.

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- wi-fi no included

+ it looks great you have email texting and calling so depending on what kind of mood your in you have the choice what to do

- it can be quite difficult gettin your finger on the right part of the screen when you are texting so it can take a while for begginers but im sure i will get the hang of it

+ does what i want it to ie email text make calls

- battery is pretty poor, i expected better from blackberry!!

+ Phone is great

- Only availiable on Vodafone and there customer service is lacking in quality. This brings my rating for what is a good phone down. And this is why I would not recomend it.

+ Large screen, clear photos, alternative keypads, good appearance

- Difficult to get started with navigation. instruction booklet could be more comprehensive.

+ I love the BB Storm, it's the best thing I've bought in a long time. It's reasonably easy to get the hang of as long as your prepared to play with it for a while to understand its features / functions. Email is a doddle to set up and makes life a lot easier to stay up to date on the move. Web browsing is generally very good too.

- I'm not too keen on 'sureclick', I'd have preferred a touch sensitive screen, but then many people buy the BB Storm because they prefer the exact opposite. Many of the apps are produced for the US market and aren't compatible for the UK (or don't have quite the same level of functionality). The only major downside to the phone is that the battery life is poor especially if you use it for web browsing.

+ The phone is really good value for money compared to other iPhone alternatives.

- The downloading from the blackberry app store is complicated and doesn't explain the problems well.

+ clear, colorful screen; easy to use

- don't really have any

+ Theres great applications, great for email and web-browsing. And alround great phone!

- I found the phone hard to use at first, but once i got used to it, its great now :)

+ very good fhone as soo happy.

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+ Good all round phone. Still preferred my Apple iPhone though for apps and ease of use will probably revert back to it when present contract expires.

- Very poor battery life.

+ nothing just good for the bin, I want my money back andd am calling to complain this week end when i have time. I had better sound quality on my first mobile phone in 1997. The keyboard just doesn't work and the screen jams.

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- i found it hard to use the screen, sometimes when i press the screen instead of carrying out my command it magnifies the screen. which can get very frustrating.

+ Beautiful to look at with great features. I particularly like being able to access my emails at any time. Although I have 2 ipods for my music listening, I like being able to transfer some of my itunes to the phone. The battery life really depends on the amount of usage. Initally it seems fine. Love the phone.

- Takes time to get used to the touch screen keyboard for typing txt msgs. No other problems that I have encountered.

+ large screen which helps with internet

- typing texts, getting used to the flat screen rather than button on traditional phones

+ Big sceen makes everything readable

- does not synchronise easily with other devices

+ Excellent phone. Great with e-mails

- Finding it hard to play video.

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- touch screen is terrible

+ Positive touch screen

- occasional freezes

+ looks fab & easy to use

- bluetooth compatibly have trouble connecting to other bluetooth handsets

+ good points are its sleek and easy to use,

- bad points when im using tyhe phone on conversations the battry life isnt very good.

+ Keeps all my work info on it

- bluetooth does not seem to allow sending contacts or the like from old phone to it....
scrolling requires constant movement as opposed to setting it off... letting it run and being able to stop it at the required spot.

+ Good camera, good sounds, easy email, wonderfull organiser, preinstalled usefull programs.

- Bad headphones, get freezed sometimes, does unlock itself when not in use, uncomfortable browser.

+ the phone is good with everything on it. its brilliant x

- i just dont like all the touch screen as ive got fault with mine and cant seem to get it sorted i been in touch with you and i was given a number but they cant help and took it to phones for u shop and they cant do nothing cause had it off line and vodefone said i got go back to u about it im gutted too be honest with u