BlackBerry was once one of the top five smartphone manufacturers in 2012. As at Q3, 2012, they have lost that position to the likes of Huawei, ZTE, Sony, Samsung, Apple and HTC. Even the troubling HTC! BlackBerry 10, a unique mobile phone operating system that debuted on the Z10 and on the Q10 is BlackBerry’s foray back in the market to take back the honor. How well will that go?
I have the privilege of being one of the first folks to experience BlackBerry 10 on the Z10 /zee ten/ in Nigeria. What’s my take? First let me introduce you to the phone, the specs and look, after which I’d do a follow up post with a details as to a personal review–what I think about the device.
Specifications
Size: All touch screen with intuitive gesture based navigation
- Height 130 mm / 5.12 in
- Width 65.6 mm / 2.58 in
- Depth 9 mm / 0.35 in
- Weight: 135.4g / 4.78 oz
Keyboard: contextual auto-correction, next-word prediction, and a personalized learning engine that gets to know how you type.
Display: Resolution 1280 * 768 at 356 PPI 24 bit color depth
Screen size 4.2″ diagonal 15:9 aspect ratio
BlackBerry 10 OS Operating system.
Desktop Software: BlackBerry Link software for your computer to enable synchronization of data and media.
Performance: Dual Core 1.5 GHz. Memory 2 GB RAM 16 GB Flash. Expandable memory of up to 32 GB. HDMI for connection to your HDTV or projector.
Power: Battery 1800 mAh REMOVABLE Battery. 1O hours of talk time on 3G.
Camera: 8 Megapixel auto-focus
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Before my review is ready, you should know that I am surprised by the leap BlackBerry has made with the BlackBerry 10. And if you want to depend on the way BlackBerry is marketing the product, which to me is very boring, you may not want to take a second look at this phone. Stick around for my detailed review.
