BlackBerry Storm price reduced by 50 percent

by Stevie Smith - Jul 20 2009, 15:30

Having largely failed in its attempts to find favour with the critics, the much-maligned BlackBerry Storm handset has now been hacked down in price in an attempt to make it a more desirable product for tech consumers.

The move, presented this week through the official Web site of Verizon Wireless, sees the Storm’s price point dropped by a whopping 50 percent to $100 USD. It’s also worth noting that the price adjustment is a permanent fixture and not just a limited-time promotional offer.

Beyond the fairly lacklustre critical and consumer response that met the Storm in the latter part of 2008, the touch-screen BlackBerry will reportedly be replaced by another Storm smartphone in the not-too distant future – and has recently been overshadowed by the release of the eagerly anticipated BlackBerry Tour.

For those tempted towards a purchase, $100 USD gets you a candy bar chassis boasting an impressive 3.25-inch LCD display (at a resolution of 360 x 480), and connectivity support for Verizon’s 3G EV-DO network, Bluetooth 2.0, quad-band GSM, and 2100MHz high-speed data packet access (HSDPA).

The Storm also offers a (contentious) gesture controlled multi-touch user interface, a modest 3.2 mega pixel camera, a virtual keyboard, a wealth of e-mail and messaging functions, a built-in multimedia player, GPS navigation, 1GB of internal data storage, memory expansion via microSD and SDHC, and also a bundled 8GB memory card.

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