It seems to be sequel season in the mobile phone world. We have just seen announcements about the Samsung Galaxy S II and the HTC Desire S, with both phones looking like they will hit the shops over here in s couple of weeks. Now there has been talk of the internet to a remake of another one of last year’s stand out phones, the Blackberry Torch.
The Blackberry Torch could be considered a sign of things to come for Research in Motion as they moved last year towards a more consumer driven approach, shifting away from the business model that had served them so well for years and years. Well as for the immediate future, the Torch is definitely the template as RIM looks to bring back their most famous touch screen phone for another crack at the other top smart phones, the iPhone 4 and the Samsung Galaxy S.
The new model is basically just an improved version of last year’s phone and this should not disappoint anyone who has used the original Torch, which was a very good phone. One area in which they have kept the phone the same is the aesthetics. From what we have gathered, the new Torch looks pretty much exactly like the old one, with the same touchscreen/QWERTY keyboard combination that proved so popular last year. It has seen its screen improved to a better 640 x 480-pixel display. The Torch 2 also packs a new and much faster 1.2GHz processor to run the hundreds of new applications which RIM intends to create for the new Torch’s release. Also, Blackberry’s award winning software also will get an upgrade, with the next model having the new BlackBerry OS 6.1.
The Blackberry World show is in May and it can be expected that RIM will announce the release of the phone then. The rumours have it that they will schedule a July US release so expect the phone to hit the shops here a month or so later.
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