Battery Life
We would like to do more testing before giving our final word here, but we can say that with light usage the Storm showed 3.5 out of 5 bars of battery life after 7 hours of being unplugged. After heavy data usage and making a few calls over the course of six hours, the Storm had less than 50 percent of its juice left. You’ll need to recharge the Storm daily if you use the browser and GPS often.
Verdict
The BlackBerry Storm is an ambitious device, and we generally like the design and what RIM was attempting to accomplish with the interface. Plus, the GPS performance, call quality, and loud speaker are major pluses. But we’re disappointed in the sluggish performance and buggy software, and the one thing that most BlackBerry users have grown accustomed to—a superior keyboard—is frustrating to use on the Storm. Our recommendation right now would be to hold off on purchasing this smart phone until Verizon Wireless and RIM can work out the kinks.
