BlackBerry Thunder 9500 surfaces, taking on iPhone 3G

08 July, 2008
The full touch-based BlackBerry Thunder 9500 has been awash in rumors online. Now several official photos have leaked to prove that the Thunder is a real deal and...

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  • haseious
  • Y7B
  • 08 Jul 2008

hmmm. interesting. the 2.5" screen isn't too impressive though, i must say. why not make it bigger? And i wonder what they're going to do with the inseparable qwerty keyboard of theirs. accelerometer, anyone?

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    • F tha Iphone
    • Rm9
    • 08 Jul 2008

    cdma huh? count me out

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      • Silence
      • 258
      • 08 Jul 2008

      GreedyRem, 08 Jul 2008And I agree, just because it has a touch screen doesn't mak... morei m agree with it , if we r talking abt touch screen phone the iphone is still the best phone

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        • Dani
        • nEw
        • 08 Jul 2008

        Thats a Nice phone.....

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          • GreedyRem
          • NRH
          • 08 Jul 2008

          And I agree, just because it has a touch screen doesn't make it an iphone-killer? Considering pretty much anything has been an iphone killer when it comes to people who know about phones and don't just follow hype. Iphone was dead to a alot of people a loooooooooooooooooooong time ago. All it had was a good browser, that really is it.

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            • GreedyRem
            • NRH
            • 08 Jul 2008

            The biggest thing with Blackberry was their push email function but pretty much any other windows mobile phone can do that now as I can attest with my HTC touch cruise.

            So why all the fuss because blackberry finally caught up to where HTC, ASUS, Imate and everyone else has been for over a year now?

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              • Shadow
              • jrY
              • 08 Jul 2008

              Anonymous, 08 Jul 2008This was obviously a joke :))Actually ur very wrong... not all touch screen devices want to be like the iphone... thats like saying every data device with a touch screen and full keyboard wants to be a palm... its a fact that companies are making phones that people want and people want more touch friendly phones so hush up blackberry knows what it is doin and it really doesnt matter if u dont buy it because alot of folks will

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                • joshm
                • YgJ
                • 08 Jul 2008

                to bad its stuck on verizon, i wish ATT would have more iphone competition i hate the iphones

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 0Bi
                  • 08 Jul 2008

                  neonoafs, 08 Jul 2008i think this is too much for blackberry (8 MP)This was obviously a joke :))

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 258
                    • 08 Jul 2008

                    it does have 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels camera...have a look here
                    http://sntradersonline.com/phone_details.php?product_id=snp914

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                      • Bill
                      • 0RD
                      • 08 Jul 2008

                      Sorry, but the IPhone is simply tripe and already rendered obsolotete, I really don't see what al the fuss is about. As for this, an IPhone killer? This is more like the 'real thing' and flagship of all smartphone hysteria. I don't even ackowledge the IPhone at all, all hype, no substance. If this is reliable, then I'd wager it's gonna be aiming for the HTC Diamond and SE XPERIA as well as Nokia Tube.

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                        • Nishith
                        • iiV
                        • 08 Jul 2008

                        arjun, 08 Jul 2008can't be 2.5". g900 is 2.4". thats too small. must be 3.5".Right- 2.4" seems too small, The screen in the photo looks much bigger. Anyways looks great and will be good for the market. Cheers

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                          • malevo
                          • LEA
                          • 08 Jul 2008

                          unfortunately, it won't have an 8MP camera, i'll at the most 3.15MP
                          i mean, look at iPhone, it only has a 2MP camera and not even flash nor auto-focus, these category of devices are not focused on the camera (sadly)

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                            • Anonymous
                            • QsU
                            • 08 Jul 2008

                            I agree 2.5" is too small to be realistic. But I'd be really interested if it was that small.
                            If it's actually 3.5", then I think it'd be too big; would probably be a lot bigger than the iPhone, which is a turn-off for me since I think the iPhone is huge.

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                              • mulanadiesal
                              • nCb
                              • 08 Jul 2008

                              man, the display looks like its atleast 2.8inches,2.5 not possible unless the phone is smaller than your palm

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 5%r
                                • 08 Jul 2008

                                Anonymous, 08 Jul 2008The camera is not the focus of this phone :S its simply to ... moreHonestly not every damn touch screen phone is an iphone imitation, theres only so much you can change with a phone when it comes to being touch screen. Basically its a big screen. Not much to work with except where you put the buttons which are normally placed where it would be most efficient.

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                                  • neonoafs
                                  • PYh
                                  • 08 Jul 2008

                                  Anonymous, 08 Jul 2008The camera is not the focus of this phone :S its simply to ... moreeven if this phone wont compete with iphone, some ppl will buy this cellphone 'cause this is for corporate ppl.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 2CJ
                                    • 08 Jul 2008

                                    The camera is not the focus of this phone :S its simply to try imitate the iphone and hope people buy it. It will never be as good as the iphone, cuz apple make mac, apple made itunes and apple know how to market their products. This will be a flop... goodbye black berry

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                                      • neonoafs
                                      • PYh
                                      • 08 Jul 2008

                                      Anonymous, 08 Jul 2008at least 8 MP :))i think this is too much for blackberry (8 MP)

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                                        • walabadoobe
                                        • jnN
                                        • 08 Jul 2008

                                        nice, looks great