Vodafone Now Accepting Pre-Orders for the BlackBerry Storm 2

Vodafone is the first to take pre-orders for the upcoming BlackBerry Storm 2 and they plan to deliver on October 26th.  We had a feeling Vodafone would be the first to make an official announcement.  A couple of early week stories predicted this and it’s just the first of many official announcements to come.

It looks they will offer the phone for free on a 2 year contract with a monthly fee £35 or more.  The Vodafone Storm 9520 will be slightly different from other carriers but for the most part all features are the same as the 9550.  Customers in the UK and Ireland will be the first to get their hands on the new Storm 2.  Shortly after it become available in Germany, Netherlands and Spain.

Pre-Order the BlackBerry Storm 2 (9520) from Vodafone

From the Press Release:

London, UK and Waterloo, ON, October 15: Vodafone and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry® Storm2™ smartphone for customers in seven European countries as well as South Africa.

The second generation of RIM’s innovative and award-winning touch-screen smartphone, the BlackBerry Storm2 significantly improves the BlackBerry® touch-screen platform with new technology and new features to let customers stay easily connected to the people, places and things that matter most.

In the busy holiday gift buying period, customers in the UK and Ireland will be able to get the new smartphone first through Vodafone, and it will be offered exclusively by Vodafone in Germany, Netherlands and Spain. It will also be made available in France, Italy and South Africa in time for Christmas.

The BlackBerry Storm2 with BlackBerry OS 5 evolves the BlackBerry touch-screen platform with hundreds of hardware and software enhancements.