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BlackBerry Storm 9530 review: 2008 first BB touchscreen.

SpecEagle Editorial·Nov 2008·$200
Overall
60/100
Class rank
#5 of 5
Tier
Business
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

BlackBerry Storm 9530.

RIM's 2008 Storm 9530 was the first BB touchscreen — SurePress made the entire screen click down.

01Display

64/100

64/100 trails the 69-point cohort average for business phones of 2008.

TypeCapacitive TFT SurePress
Size3.25"
Resolution360 x 480

02Voice

70/100

70/100 is one of the weaker voice results among business phones of 2008 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

03Camera

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for business phones of 2008.

Main3.2 MP AF + flash

04Battery

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for business phones of 2008.

Capacity1,400 mAh

05Software

56/100

56/100 is one of the weaker software results among business phones of 2008 — 15 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

What works
  • First BB touchscreen.
  • Entire screen clicks (SurePress).
  • World phone CDMA + GSM.
  • 3.2 MP cam.
What doesn't
  • SurePress polarising.
  • BB OS 4.7 buggy.
  • No Wi-Fi (Verizon).
  • 155 g heavy.
Cross-shop it against
Nokia E66
$550 · score 68/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 5-phone cohort of business devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .