BlackBerry Thunder: after the storm
We caused a little commotion when we posted the above shot last week. No it’s not a mock-up, dummy. But, there have been a flood of questions about the BlackBerry Thunder (remember, this is still a codename) so we’ll answer the most important ones for you. First off, yes there is a SIM card slot and it is under the battery of the device. Under the battery is also a microSD slot, so don’t expect it to rock a ton of internal memory out of the box. As far as release date is concerned, we’re still hearing Q3 of this year on Big Red. The cool part, though? It looks like the chip they are using supports almost everything. CDMA 1x, EV-DO, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, and HSPA. Any other questions? We’ll be here all day! Just drop a comment.
Verizon Guy… and what did you mean by “Y’all are missing one key feature that’ll be another first for Verizon…”?
Is this every going to come out for At&T?
@ Jonas
Thanks! Well put.
Wish they would hurry, this will be my first Blakberry. Have a Treo 700P for almost 2 years and that contract runs out soon.
Marketing-VZW customers, don’t forget the LG “Dare” will be coming out soon as well. From what I understand that is supposed to be around the same time the new iPhone drops for AT&T. Being its another full touch screen phone, will it delay the release of the “Thunder”? Or will they release at the same time….which VZW is notorious for rolling out several phones at the same time? Also, wouldn’t it make more sense for RIM to release it around the same time as the new 3G iPhone? Perhaps stealing Apples “thunder”? Soon to be taken over by “Storm” (storm=code name for Thunder w/ sliding keyboard)? Maybe RIM is going to make this a much more aggressive approach than we think finally putting an end to….who makes a better phone?
Okay, maybe to good to be true but it does make sense….I’m just sayin.
I will definitely be signing up for one of these as soon as they are available. It is going to be awesome.
Who is “Big Red”?
What kind of keyboard do you think it will have? Physical or Virtual?
@ Elemental Mojo
….. Verizon.
will there be a status light? i don’t see one on the picture…
Yes…in the logical world you are correct, however, BlackBerry does not separate their quarters the same way we do here in the states. They begin Q1 in December. There is your lesson for the day, sweetheart. =)
Do you know if there’s a much improved browser on this phone? The browser on all the blackberries suck. Not sure what better speed does for you if you don’t want to browse.
BG, did you forget about us?
We are starving for more information here!
Q1
Quarter End: May 31, 2008
Reporting Date: June 25, 2008
Q2
Quarter End: August 30, 2008
Reporting Date: September 25, 2008
Q3
Quarter End: November 29, 2008
Reporting Date: December 18, 2008
Q4
Quarter End: February 28, 2009
Reporting Date: April 2, 2009
This is straight off the RIM website. So if Q3 is its release, and it’s going by the RIM fiscal year, it could be almost December before it comes out.
I heard the new Thunder device will enable the userto trade stocks and see quotes in real time without 20 min. delay. Is this true?
I hope this times they don’t mess up the design again…if this is meant to be an answer to the iphone they have to improve their design quickly…
jj
hey i just wanted to know if tmo was gonna get this phone or not so that i dont waste time waiting for it thank you
Thats the BlackBerry Bold
are you serious it wont be gettin a thunder cause that would be tight
It doesn’t matter where they open. What matters is how much they sell worldwide.
so its possible to get the phone on verizon.
then unlock it ..
to use for tmobile ?
the real name of this phone is the BlackBerry Storm, nickname Thunder. It will be released Nov.14 in the U.K. and Nov. 21 in the U.S.
the thunder will not be unlockable but possibly with a turbo sim it can be used for at&t or tmmobile?