Blackberry Thunder / Storm, It’s Boxy But Good

Their first touchscreen handset is still RIM’s worst kept secret ever, with the Thunder name and specs leaking way before anyone was supposed to know anything. Well, the trickle has been slow and steady and this latest one reveals the truth (?) behind it’s renaming and release networks.

Boxart courtesy of Engadget bears out these rumblings (for Verizon network customers in the US, at least), revealing the phone as the Blackberry Storm 9530, the screen emblazoned with unfathomably jubilant models, underlining RIM’s rebranding exercise of phones being for play and work!

Looking at the side of the boxart leaks the contents of the package for the ‘global smartphone,’ and it is admittedly pretty stacked. An 8GB microSD card, 3.5mm headset, SIM card included and international travel charger all show how committed Blackberry is to making a media heavy phone for the world traveller, whether in a suit or sandals.

Since eXpansys let slip briefly there has been little word of a UK release, but this image shows that a US date could be around the corner…

Tags: 9530, BlackBerry, storm, thunder