RIM has opened a new chapter in the history of its platform with
the release of its first to BB10 OS devices, the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10.The new
OS is centered around touch gestures, even the Q10, which has a hardware
QWERTY.
The BlackBerry Z10, however, joins the ranks of the touch-only
army with a 4.2” WXGA screen (1,280 x 768, 356ppi pixel density). A dual-core
Krait CPU at 1.5GHz has been enlisted to run the new OS and there’s 2 gigs of
RAM to make sure there’s room for multitasking, which plays a huge part of the
new experience.
The
company also made sure the Z10 is capable in terms of multimedia with an 8MP
main camera that has TimeShift (Scalado-powered tech) and shoots 1080p video
and an HDMI port. The phone packs 16GB of storage and you can throw in a
microSD card (up to 32GB) to expand it.
On the
connectivity side, there's LTE (market dependent), Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0
and NFC.
The
Z10 boasts an advanced touchscreen keyboard, which should completely make up
for the lack of hardware keyboard.
And if you still need a physical keyboard, the BlackBerry Q10 is
the one you should be looking for. The smartphone keeps the trademark hardware
QWERTY keyboard. It has a touchscreen too - it's a bit unorthodox, a 3.1"
square with 330ppi pixel density
The
chipset of the Q10 is the same as the one on the Z10.
The BlackBerry Z10 will launch in UK first (tomorrow!) from all
the major carriers. It goes to Canada on February 5 for $150 (with three-year
contract). US consumers will have to wait until March though. Then they'd be
able to snag it for $200 from AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint(with a
two-year contract).
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