Engaget Mobile has broken pictures of the packaging for the BlackBerry Storm 9530. The storm was formally code named Thunder and many leaked pictures have been around(Here, Here or Here). The Storm is set for an October 13th release date, but its going to be an Verizon exclusive. Hey RIM, why make an obvious iPhone competitor if you arn't going to release it on the same network that the iPhone is on? Maybe im just bitter because I'm stuck on AT&T and won't be able to get a Storm without switching networks.

As for the Thunder name, according to the blog-o-sphere, in Canada, Europe, and possibly elsewhere the 9530 will go by "Thunder". Seems as though only in the U.S. will it be named "Storm". Weird huh?

According to the packaging the phone will include a SanDisk 8GB microSDHC Card to house all of the media for the Storm. I applaud RIM for adding a decent microSDMC Card, anything smaller could have been disasterous for them.

Larger image after the break.