RIM's BlackBerry 9500 "Thunder" captured on camera?

by Chris Ziegler posted May 31st 2008 at 12:24PM

A retailer taking pre-orders for phones that haven't even been announced is considered business as usual, but there's something just a little out of the ordinary with Horizon Wireless' listing for the alleged touchscreen superphone outta Waterloo, the BlackBerry 9500 "Thunder" -- it's accompanied by a somewhat believable picture of the thing. Extreme blur always adds a healthy dose of credibility (we kid), but more importantly, the picture shows no telltale signs of being a render and looks essentially like what everyone's expecting it to look like. BlackBerry addicts who've been desperately fighting the urge to go to the dark side, consider this your shot of willpower for the day.

[Thanks, Yasim M.]

Filed under: Handsets, RIM, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Tags: 9500, blackberry, in the wild, InTheWild, rim, rumor, thunder

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Bravo @ May 31st 2008 12:43PM

I dont want it if its that grainy

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LouTreize @ May 31st 2008 12:50PM

Oh really...i'll go check them out, they're only 5 minutes from my house...And if it's bull, i'll let you know, so the whole world could laugh at them. I'll be back in a few...

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Brandon @ May 31st 2008 1:13PM

Looks huge.

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tom @ May 31st 2008 2:22PM

Must've been too close to the real thing since the page now says "Photos will be back soon - we were asked to remove them, sorry"

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shayne @ May 31st 2008 3:23PM

hello? did anyone read the post on may 13th about this phone? it is supposed to be exclusive to verizon and vodafone, so why would a little company like horizon have it now?

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waiownsyou @ May 31st 2008 4:09PM

Because Horizon rhymes with Verizon, just like Sony rhymes with Phony.

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spyder91 @ May 31st 2008 6:14PM

From the looks of their site they're not a service provider. So this is no different than the Bold selling on eBay.

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spyder91 @ May 31st 2008 6:13PM

It looks like a grainy side shot of a Moto Razr2 to me...

http://static.seekingalpha.com/wp-content/seekingalpha/images/motorola_razr2_slant.jpg

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Killer @ May 31st 2008 10:45PM

Ok, even the zoomed in part showing what appears to say blackberry is extremely blurry. Was that really necessary to do that? seriously? I'll just wait for a real picture after all I'm already hyped for this phone in september which happens to be the time I sign the new contract. Love the timing for a good smartphone. =D

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