Blackberry Z10 [Review]

As part of a major comeback attempt into the fiercely competitive, RIM has renamed itself Blackberry and come up with two new handsets – Blackberry Z10 and the Blackberry Q10. The Z10 is a full-touchscreen phone while the Q10 comes with the famous Blackberry QWERTY keyboard. In this article, we’ll be looking at the specifications and features of the Blackberry Z10.

Blackberry Z10

Features:

Powered by: Blackberry 10 operating system

Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor

Clock Speed: 1.5 GHz

Graphics Processing Unit: Adreno 225 GPU

Internal Memory: 2 GB RAM

Dimensions: 130 x 65.6 x 9 mm

Weight: 137.5 grams

Display: 4.2 inches Capacitive touch screen display

Resolution: 768X1280 pixels with a pixel density of 355 ppi (points per inch)

Sensors: Accelerometer and Proximity Sensor

Camera: Rear- 8 Mega Pixel with LED Flash, built-in image and video stabilization
Front- 2 Mega Pixel

Video Resolution: Rear- 1920X 1080 with frame rate of up to 30 frames per second.
Front- 720p at frame rate of up to 30 frames per second.

Other features of camera:  face detection, geo-tagging, smile shot, different photo modes, multiple resolutions and much more.

Battery: Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery which provides stand-by time of up to 312 hours and talk time of up 10 hours

Blackberry Z10

It looks amazing and is easy and comfortable to hold and operate. It has a pixel density of 355 ppi, which is higher than all the phones present in the market, resulting in sharp and crisp display. The rear side 8 Megapixel camera is an auto-focus camera and has the ability to shoot photos of 3264 x 2448 pixels. The front camera can be primarily used for video calling and self-portrait photos.

Furthermore,  the 2 GB of RAM provides an extremely smooth user experience while multi-tasking apps. The Blackberry 10 operating system brings along an amazing user interface which is fast, smooth and easy to use. There are a host of inbuilt applications like Blackberry Maps, Document viewer and editor, photo viewer, organizer, music player, video player, calculator, compass, Blackberry Messenger 6 and much more. Internet access is possible through the HTML5 web browser which provides bookmarks, tabs, etc.

Release

The Z10 is already available in the UK through all major retailers and is expect to reach UAE and Canada in early-February. Users in all other countries will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on this beautiful handset.