BlackBerry Storm - such a weird phone

The BlackBerry Storm came out in 2008, the same year as the iPhone 3G. It features a 3.25 inch capacitive touch screen and that screen is also a large... button. Yes.. in order to select items and even select keys to type you click the whole screen.
This phone has limited software and I could not even find a web browser or wifi on it, so it totally relied on the network for anything web related.
It has a 3.2MP camera which is pretty bad, but considering many phones had 2-3 MP cameras in 2008 its not surprising.
If you load the phone with too much, it will freeze frequently and has to be rebooted by taking the battery out.
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[@pegcity4eva]

I just watched blackberry the movie. Came here right after.

[@Ang_Way]

Lol me to

[@velvetrooster5569]

Me too I heard they nearly all of these were either sent back for a refund or sent back for a replacement, kinda like the original version of the Xbox 360

[@MrRice18]

Same here. Had no idea it had a clicking screen until I saw the movie.

[@ekodualim]

Me too, from review of the film 😢

[@velvetrooster5569]

@@MrRice18 my sister had one of these right before she switched over to iPhone. She had worked with a company that gave all employees Blackberry phones. So I can remember her having Blackberry phones the entire time she's been working there until they switched over to Apple iPhones. So I remember one time she came over and she had the Blackberry Storm. I played around with it for a few seconds and decided I hated it immediately. I had played around with a few other Blackberry phones before that and they were always really good and I like them all but the Blackberry Storm was awful. I asked my sister about that phone a few years back and she said she vaguely remembers it being the worst phone she's ever had. She also said that the company was giving everybody the newest BlackBerry phone every year but in less than half a year her company switched over to iPhone because of the Blackberry Storm and how terrible of a phone it actually was. Blackberry should have made a sliding phone or a side flip. I know Blackberry did make one of the most beautiful flip phones of all time. Still I think making a touch screen phone that could slide up and reveal a keyboard would have been much better because that technology had already existed and blackberry could have just done it better than everyone else. Blackberry could have made a phone that opens up to reveal a full keyboard with an inside screen for messaging while having the outside screen be a touch screen. I know Blackberry could have done this because so many other phone manufacturers did these exact same things much better than the Blackberry Storm but not at the level of iPhone but still incredibly better than Blackberry Storm. We know this because LG and Samsung were making phones with touch screens on the outside that could either slide up and reveal a keyboard or open up and reveal a keyboard and a second screen. Samsung and LG were already doing this and it was possible for Blackberry to just do it better but instead they went with that stupid ass Center pivoting clicky touchscreen piece of garbage

[@wolflupo6988]

Blackberry is the greatest Canadian movie ever made

[@craigkemery]

No.

[@Shubham-qm3zu]

Who is here after watching blackberry movie?

[@corporatemcmahon2815]

😢 here

[@MitchCairns]

I had this phone. I thought that the typing experience was actually enhanced by the clicking combined with the touch screen. the worst part was the performance of the phone- constantly would freeze and require you to pull the battery. Booting up would literally take more than 5 minutes.

[@stever089]

I miss the clicker to

[@nextsegment78]

That's what the movie shows 😄 Nokia was no different. Karma is a teacher and Like a Boomerang

[@Spencer900]

I had one my sr year of highschool. I finally had a income of my own. Not many people had smartphones yet. This brings back memories.

[@layzie45]

Yeah, this was my phone back when I was a junior in 2008. I had good memories with this phone.

[@CSneedInc]

The BlackBerry movie is awesome. I a must see. I just came to this video because I forgot how much I missed my BlackBerry and I wanted to see it in action. Thanks Ian for making this video.

[@TakeMeOffYourMailingList]

This is a throwback, used to have one of these years ago, I do miss it tbh

[@corporatemcmahon2815]

Me too man 😢

[@gigilaco]

I remember the marketing around this phone. They were saying stuff like “The storm is coming - are you ready?” and hyped it up to be the iPhone killer. Shit is hilarious 😂

[@almostkanye]

I loved my Storm!

[@volvo09]

Same here. One of the easiest to use touchscreen experiences. I still hate picking up my phone and selecting something, and that was why i loved blackberrys and got me to absolutely love the storm. I reluctantly switched to android when i needed decent app support, but truly miss hardware keys (or that clicky screen) to this day.

[@erickestrada4501]

just saw the blackberry movie its was amazing so i wanted to know a little more and i get here xD

[@kelevera92]

This phone came out when I was 14-15 years old. I remember seeing commercials for this phone, and I wanted one SO bad!

[@CB-uq6mx]

It was 2008 and I was 16 years old. I was the first person to own a BlackBerry in my high school and probably one of the first with a data plan too. I had no one to add on bbm. This phone was so shitty that I got rid of it in 2010 before the crazy explosion of BlackBerry's popularity in 2011-12.

[@selormselorm]

My first Blackberry. Lots of memories

[@j-bonesmith8811]

It's so funny how tiny it is now. I loved it. The texting format was the best and I liked the flick screen

[@somecuntxxx]

my dad had one it was LEGENDARY. he LOVED it.

[@ankitrawal5931]

This was my first phone got from my Dad in 2011. That BabylonAD video in the media was also there in my Storm as well haha😂😂 feeling Nostalgic.

[@kevinclavijo6954]

I think the biggest reason they didn’t make it actually touch was because of the iconic blackberry clicking Noise and feel. I loved mine haha

[@Voujdjr]

I truly hated this phone, Verizon gave me about a million replacements. It drove me to the original OG Moro Droid

[@dennisorantes34]

This was a garbage phone

[@CSneedInc]

Hahaha me too

[@Itsunclegabby]

Omg I haven't thought of this phone in years!! I had one of these when I was in college!

[@TheSkinnyZ]

My best friend had this and I always thought the clicking touch screen was so fkn cool!

[@IamTHEONLYgus532]

Storm 2 did not have a clickable screen, but haptic feedback...and wi-fi. At the time, a lot of people were not used to typing on hard glass, but rather preferred physical buttons. Having a clickable screen was RIM's way of addressing that issue.

[@CSneedInc]

Yes. My favorite feature above all else.

[@ModricoYT]

Nobody: 4 year old me: Dad LOOK I Peeled the buttons off your phone! Dad at 3 am: WHAT THE HECK DID YOU DO TO MY PHONE!? True story. 2008 to be exact. I went to Soos Creek Elementary for preschool at the time

[@ctk4949]

This is like a mechanical touchscreen. I really liked mine!! lol

[@adikapidzic5132]

best part of this entire video was the 15 seconds we got see your cat :)

[@flintston3r]

I played the entirety of Doom and Doom 2 on this phone. Blew my mind as a teenager.

[@SimbaTheGreat]

I had a Storm 1 and a Storm 2. The Storm 2 was such a massive improvement but still lacked the needed hardware to be competitive. It was about 3 years behind the iPhone.

[@nextsegment78]

To use this phone is like being a masochist. The cat is the sweetest part of the video

[@FerbyArisaka]

Looks chunky 😁 I've using it too back in 2009

[@dadaonly5134]

lmfao.. I had this fucking phone in early 2009 and would charge people to "jailbreak" it while in Army AIT so they could have custom backrounds and ringtones via battery pull and other things.. what a fucking throwback

[@geminye79]

The other phone does work. They used pizio tech in the screens. When it’s on and a voltage is applied across the screen it’ll click, when you turn it off it stops clicking.

[@fbaguy5661]

Only the goats remember playing brick breaker on here

[@CSneedInc]

That’s what I did with my commute to work. That and text

[@lukebrown2790]

Both my parents had this phone. It didn't take long for it to be riddled with issues. My mom eventually had to buy an external battery charger and a second battery because the phone stopped charging.

[@Valefrescoyabish]

1:17 I remember my cousin having one. And it was an awesome experience I love it.

[@FortWorthRaised]

I don’t know what made me want to watch a Storm review in late September 2023, but I remember hating this phone 😂 It was my first smartphone and recessed screen was a terrible idea for a 20-21 year old. My now-wife and I went out to a club in our college town and she accidentally spilled a drink on it that permanently stained the screen🤦🏿‍♂️ At the time the camera was pretty good though. And BBM was like iMessage. I used to play Chop Sushi on there which I wish still existed.

[@piotrtokarz4764]

Its obvious that apple has stolen 3d touch from Storm ;) Black berry was ahead of its time ;D

[@AQ-101]

... You're not lying tho,apple did steal 3d touch from blackberry...

[@sombongkualat]

3d touch in iphone what??

[@IamTHEONLYgus532]

I really liked the email application and it was not a terrible phone. However, RIM's number one competitor was Apple and the one feature that I think that put iPhone 3g over the Storm was wi-fi. Granted, my cell carrier was Verizon, which had very good coverage, there were still dead zones. Wi-fi would have been nice.

[@To-mos]

Blackberries QNX RTOS (Blackberry 10) was installed on their phones for a while after they ditched BlackBerry OS (this java version). For reference QNX is what they use to drive subways, elevators, medical equipment, and really anything else an RTOS is needed for. When this OS would release a new update the phone would hold a longer charge and run faster. It was an amazingly fast and stable OS, they even added an android and iOS emulator to it so people could run other apps on it. Sadly the emulators were janky and it was hard to maintain an RTOS for a phone so they switched to Android when they released BlackBerry Secure OS.

[@Isiahy91]

I had this phone when I was a junior in high school lol I loved this phone besides it freezing sometimes. Most kids had iPhones and razors I was the only one with this phone lol

[@CSneedInc]

I remember the Razor. The thinnest flip phone. I got mine in pink then got a BlackBerry

[@parteibonza]

@@CSneedInc I loved the razr

[@aliasunknown7476]

I had the storm and it was great!

[@RYTHMICRIOT]

I got this phone at launch. I was wowed by it in the store but grew to despise it shortly after. The clunky interface with the screen, and the app store which never materialized were an utter disappointment.

[@12bakd75]

Had BB10 (z10,q10) come out during this time, bb may have had more of a fighting chance.

[@krylonblue]

I had this phone because I was switching from T-Mobile to Verizon. I had an HTC G1, the very first Android phone, but it wasn’t compatible on Verizon. I was familiar with Blackberry and since this was a touchscreen I wasn’t concerned about switching. …what a mistake. I switched carriers because service with T-Mobile was poor in terms of 3G. I think I had this phone replaced several times under warranty with many of them having an overly sensitive or extremely tight screen click. Verizon tech support went over a fix with me which involved breaking through the warranty sticker and tightening or loosening these little screws. I was reluctant, but desperate, so I did it. Fixed the screen click issue but the phone was far from decent. It was only months later that Verizon allowed many, including myself, to do an exchange to the new BlackBerry Tour. I took that deal immediately and never looked back.

[@spirg]

Another “ IPhone killer “😂 What a disaster!!!! I had the back off every day for a reset . RIM = RIP

[@CSneedInc]

Yes, for all of us BlackBerry lovers and owners who were not ready for a full touch screen experience (of the new iPhone) without the tactile functionality, this was a great resolution. I needed my QWERTY keyboard and I needed my click. It why this phone has so many of us in love until it froze all over the place. Lol I had a side kick then like 4-5 Blackberries. I got a iPhone and returned and went back to BlackBerry. But after taking my BlackBerry to the AT&T for the to fix so many times. Sometimes 2x in one week, I caved to iPhone. I have 4-5 iPhones LOL. I am completely an iPhone lover now.

[@josephtafur]

The Rubber Reversion on back

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

That was the cnn storm spy double agent so they could use the points on the white apart of the flag as a double agent to cover tulip mouth blade with mouly bread cover to cover the toasts 😭😂

[@francomarchesotti7746]

The concept of pressing the screen harder than usual to perform some actions on this phone was reused by Apple on the iPhone 6S. Remember 3D Touch?

[@jaredchampagne2752]

Yea but it wasn’t mandatory to do any task, this phone on the video was just a gimmick.

[@bedwarsn7671]

Cute cat (:

[@do4173]

My first verizon phone. How far phones have come since then.

[@bryantcreech7423]

I loved mine

[@itr0863]

I do remember getting this in college and the iPhone came out as well only on att. I was on Verizon I remember. I didn’t have any money back then so I don’t know if this phone was expensive or not.

[@CSneedInc]

Me too. I remember this phone was like $299 and iPhone was $799. At the time, it was the most expensive phone on the market. I also remember people getting robbed for their iPhones.

[@MrBhart2408]

I had one and I was always tempted to throw it out the car window!😆

[@CSneedInc]

This made me laugh so hard. Because this was me with my BlackBerry before I switched to iPhone. Hahahahaha. I tried so hard to hold on and every time I did I would grow more frustrated. Lol

[@Acm075]

This was the death of blackberry and the birth of the iPhone

[@jayclarke9831]

I had this phone on release. It broke 4/5 times in one month. Eventually the phone company said that instead of fixing it they would offer for me to get out of my contract for free and swap to a different phone. I went for the IPhone 3G and I vividly remember the difference absolutely shocking me how much better the IPhone was instantly. It's no wonder Blackberry as a company suffered.

[@volcanictruth]

By the time i had earned enough to afford a blackberry, Iphone was released and never experienced the blackberry. So had jumped from a Nokia directly to iphone

[@jamezday]

The screen clicks, what the hell 😂 How did this get through product design, love to know the failure rate on that screen

[@MantisBk]

Literally more than 50% of the copies sold were returned because of factory failures

[@Laura-xd1ng]

Does this still work now? In Jan 2021? bout to by a secondhand one offline, and apparently so??

[@CSneedInc]

BlackBerry closed its doors. So it will not longer work.

[@craigt9415]

I had the 9550 and I loved it. Great phone for the time but it received a lot of hate. One feature it had that I have not had since is auto on/off via timer. You could turn your phone off at night to save battery but it would turn on before your alarm to wake you up.

[@JoeyMartz]

Drinking game idea: drink whenever you say the word weird....

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Uploader where have i seen you before? Ramadan kareem ☝️😂

[@griffin20]

I thought this phone was awesome when I had it in high school

[@parteibonza]

I wanted one so bad. my boss said he heard some bad things and wouldnt let me get it. They got me the Droid instead, which in hindsight was superior in all ways to iphone and blackberry.

[@dogwu2099]

Had this phone in 2009, it was novel at first but horribly unreliable. Switched to the Torch. A much better phone that I kept for 3 years and only had to change the flex once.

[@typicalprocrastinator_1395]

Say what u want I got so much attention with this legend than any other smartphone i used.. It was not very popular for obvious reasons but it used to blow people's mind that despite being a touch screen u had to literally click for everything.. 😂 Used to drive me insane to just send a simple text but boiii i would gladly go back to this era.. companies weren't afraid to throw anything and everything at you to see what sticks.. Good times..

[@CSneedInc]

Right?! True innovation. Now I feel like it’s just here’s a new new camera resolution and more colors. Innovation is gone. There’s nothing new.

[@brandonbaker5994]

I had this phone in like 2010 my first smartphone and I hated it😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@johnpen269]

You know whats the problem with a minute? there is only one minute in a minute

[@dennisorantes34]

This was such a garbage phone, I was so happy when I got rid of it and got an android phone

[@jaredchampagne2752]

The whole screen being a giant button is hilariously bad, imagine having to click a giant button everything you press one letter to text? What were they thinking?

[@MantisBk]

They were trying so hard not to lose their essence sadly

[@GGori_99]

It was basically "force-touch" just like the iphone

[@sajjadalivlogs360]

Bro do you have this phone storm 2 at this time

[@IansTech]

I do. Been meaning to review it

[@sombongkualat]

@@IansTech great. 9550 is the best phone ever before galaxy note

[@Mmmgregmmm]

The texting part of it was like the most annoying!!

[@kingmiller1982]

It definitely wasn't a weird phone.

[@freemasonry666]

Click because resistive

[@IamTHEONLYgus532]

It was not exclusive to AT&T.

[@stm885]

One off phone. Immediately after you say they made a bb storm 2... Smh

[@thatleeburton]

I had a Storm and liked it, but the big flaws were the lack of WiFi and that the screen had a gap around it which allowed dust and lint to get inside. The traint for the clicker screen is because it didn't want to alienate BlackBerry users who were used to the physical clicks of a keyboard, so it's logical but unusual compared to other touchscreen phones. It's a nice idea in theory, but it's looking backward rather than forward.

[@freemasonry666]

Made in china?

[@joemarserolf2644]

I have my phone

[@biscariot1074]

This is triggering my ptsd. Worst phone I've ever owned. Usually I'll feel nostalgic about a phone I used during my early college years but this one was so bad I feel nothing but hate. Good riddance blackberry.

[@denysatriyo]

is It support whatsapp or something like it ?

[@biscariot1074]

Are you kidding? It barely supports voice calls.

[@giltomas1]

Not Whatsapp. At the time Whatsapp was only on iOS and android and it cost 1 dollar on iOS a year. It had BBM the incredibly chat messenger used at the time. Also it had MSN messenger also a popular messenger texting for computer.

[@sajjadalivlogs360]

Hi

[@kevinklare6436]

This is by far the worst phone I’ve ever owned. Forget the apologists saying that RIM missed the mark. The hardware and software were absolutely horrendous. The Storm was a piece of garbage.

[@sajjadalivlogs360]

Do you have this phone?

[@IansTech]

Sajjad Ali yes

[@sajjadalivlogs360]

I want this phone? But how

[@joemarserolf2644]

@@sajjadalivlogs360 u want this phone .me i have phone

[@betaomega04]

Far and away the worst phone I have ever owned.

[@alexandraszmutko9770]

Thank u for your service sir 🫡