BlackBerry Z10 Specifications, Price and Launch Date

30 January  has become a significant date for RIM when it launched its 2 brand new flagship devices Z10 and Q10 running on the brand new operating system Blackberry OS 10. With this, the company Research in Motion or RIM has changed its name to Blackberry, the brand name of its devices by which it’s known around the world.

The whole new operating system is the outcome of 2 years of hard work, thinking and development by Blackberry’s over 10 000 employees across the world. Along with this, they have partnered Qnx software systems based real-time operating system for its future, and that’s what makes Blackberry OS 10 powerful and real multitasker where current task never stops when you switch between apps.

The brand new operating system has all the features and capabilities which today the high end smartphone user love and the professional office personnel ask for.  The Blackberry z10 comes with some breakthrough features like Blackberry peak, Blackberry Balance and the buttery user interface with intuitive gestures and just no physical button except power button.

Well, In the beginning user has to learn but with enough use it becomes spontaneous to the thumb. The phone is so designed that you can control everything with just your thumb, even typing with keyboard which according to blackberry is the most advanced and easy typing keyboard on any smartphone.

New OS platforms especially smartphone platform have to cross one barrier to attract customers, ie. App store with plenty of apps, blackberry has also updated its app world to Blackberry world with apps more than any one’s expectation for the new platform, all credits to the developers contribution.

SEE ALSO:  BlackBerry Q10 Specifications, Price and Launch Date

Moreover you can even purchase music, movies and shows. The device has gone beyond everyone’s expectations for the 1st generation device on Blackberry os 10. The Blackberry OS 10 also has deep integration of its own search and its own voice controlled intelligent personal assistant. Here is the quick spec sheet.

BLACKBERRY Z10

Built quality and design

Body

Neat plastic body with removable backplate and rubberized coating

Dimensions

130 mm long   65.6 mm wide and 9mm thick
weight 138 grams
Hardware buttons Volume keys and unlock/power button ( screen can be unlocked just by swiping up on the screen without need to use unlock button)
Body colors Black  white

Hardware

Processor 1.5 GHz dual core S4 plus snapdragon processor MSM8960 on krait architecture by qualcomm
Graphics Adreno 225 GPU
Sensors Accelerometer  Gyroscope  digital compass  proximity sensor and light sensor

Display

Screen size 4.2 inches
Screen technology LCD
Resolution 1280 X 768 pixel
Pixel density 356ppi
colors 16 million colors
Touchscreen type Multi touch
Protection Glass is covered with an outward covering frame

Storage and memory

RAM

2 GB
Internal storage 16 GB
Expandability Up to 64 GB via micro SD  micro SDHC  micro SDXC card

Camera

Rear camera 8 MP
Enhancements LED flash and F2.2 aperture size
Video recording 1080p FULL HD with resolution of 1920 X 1080 pixels
Front facing camera 2 MP
Video recording 720p HD recording

Software and OS

Operating system Blackberry OS 10
Multi-tasking Real time multi-tasking without pausing any app
Operation Gesture based system without need of any physical or capacitive buttons
Notification LED support with Blackberry Hub
Apps store Blackberry world
Browser Blackberry OS 10 web browser supports HTML5
Voice command yes

Battery

Capacity 1800 maH user replaceable
Technology Li -ion
Stand by time 300 hours in 3G
Talk time 9 hours in 3G

Connectivity

Mobile technology GSM  UMTS  CDMA  LTE
Data network GPRS  EDGE  HSPDA  3G  4G
Bluetooth 4.0 version
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with Wi-Fi mobile hotspot
USB Micro USB2.0 with charging  mass storage  micro HDMI  synchronisation
NFC Yes

GPS

A-GPS
Other feature OTA sync and tethering

Availability and pricing

Not available

Officially Announced

30 January 2013


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