BLACKBERRY Z10 REVIEW
The BlackBerry Z10 has finally arrived after what has been a very tough year for the company and with the rumoured iPhone 6 and Samsung Galaxy S4 handsets due to land in 2013, the battle has only just begun. A large glass front is then sandwiched by two plastic ends with a slightly rubberised back covering the rear. With the functional 'substance over style. stealth-like aesthetics, the Z10 is something that we would imagine to be as comfortable in the hand of a bat-obsessed crusader as a businessman. The first new BlackBerry in a long time is also the first to be running BlackBerry’s OS 10. It’s an entirely new code base running on a 4.2-inch 1,280 x 768-pixel (356ppi) touchscreen device. The Z10 proves how good OS 10 can be, with a button-free design that keeps a central information hub present at all times, so it’s effortless to keep up to date with your email, SMS and social media networks. BlackBerry’s famous for its keyboards and the OS 10 keyboard here works beautifully once you get the hang of its flick upwards autocomplete feature. There are downsides, though. App support is still limited at launch, with popular apps such as Instagram and WhatsApp notably absent. The Z10 is certainly a solid phone. It’s also nice to have another smartphone OS option and those who love having quick direct action to their messaging and social media will love the Hub features. However, up against the heavyweights of the iOS, Windows Phone and Android worlds, it falls short.
SPECIFICATION & FEATURES
DISPLAY & SCREEN
| Type: | Capacitive touchscreen |
| Display Protection: | Contrast ratio: 1532 (nominal) / 2.051:1 (sunlight) |
| Colors: | 16M colors |
| Aspect ratio: | 15:9 |
| Touchscreen: | Multi-touch |
| Size: | 4.2 inches |
| Resolution: | 768 x 1280 pixels, 24-bit color depth |
| Pixel density: | 356 ppi, |
| Features: | Light sensor, Proximity sensor |
BODY & DESIGN
| Device type: | Smart phone |
| Operating system: | BlackBerry 10 OS |
| Dimensions: | (5.12 x 2.58 x 0.35 inches) / (130 x 65.6 x 9 mm ) |
| Weight: | (138 g) / (4.85 oz) |
| Keys and Input Methods: | On screen BlackBerry Keyboard (portrait/landscape), featuring contextual auto-correction, next-word prediction, and a personalized learning engine that gets to know the way you type |
| Dedicated keys: | Volume Up/Down, Mute, Lock (for Power On/Off) |
GENERAL TECHNOLOGY
| 2G Network: | GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900 - all versions |
| 3G Network: | HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100 - STL100-1 HSDPA 850, 900, 2100 - STL100-2 |
| 4G Network: | LTE Band-13 (700 MHz) CDMA Cell-band and PCS-band (800/1900 MHz) WCDMA Band-1 and Band-8 (2100/900 MHz) GSM/EDGE Quad Bands (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) |
| Data: | LTE, HSPA (unspecified), UMTS, EDGE, GPRS |
| Positioning: | GPS, A-GPS |
| Navigation: | Yes, (All-touch screen, with intuitive gesture based navigation) |
| SIM: | Micro-SIM |
| Announced: | 30 Jan 2013 |
| Released: | 31 Jan 2013, Available |
HARDWARE & MEMORY
| Processor: | Dual core, 1500 MHz, Krait |
| Graphics processor: | Adreno 225 |
| System memory: | 2048 MB RAM |
| Built-in storage: | 16 GB Flash storage |
| Card slot: | Removable microSD memory card, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 64 GB |
MULTIMEDIA & SOUND
| Alert types: | Vibration, MP3 ringtones, On-screen or LED indicator |
| Audio quality: | Noise -82.8dB / Crosstalk -80.5dB |
| Audio & Video formats: | 3GP, 3GP2, M4A, M4V, MOV, MP4, MKV, MPEG-4, AVI, ASF, WMV, WMA, MP3, MKA, AAC, AMR, F4V, WAV, MP2PS, MP2TS, AWB, OGG, FLAC |
| Audio & video encoding / decoding: | H.264, MPEG-4, H.263, AAC-LC, AAC+, eAAC, MP3, PCM, Xvid, AMR-NB, WMA 9/10, WMA10 professional, WMA-LL, VC-1, VP6, SPARK, PCM, MPEG-2, MJPEG (mov), AC-3, AMR-WB, QCELP, FLAC, VORBIS |
| Image formats: | BMP, WBMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, SGI, TGA |
| Loudspeaker: | Yes, (Voice 70dB / Noise 67dB / Ring 73dB) |
| Headphone: | Yes, (Integrated hands-free speakerphone, Hands-free headset capable, Bluetooth headset capable |
| 3.5mm jack: | Yes |
| Music player: Filter by: Features: | Yes Album, Artist, Playlists Album art cover, Background playback |
| Radio: | No |
CAMERA
| Camera: | Photo & Video |
| Primary Camera quality: | 8 megapixels, 3264 x 2448 pixels |
| Flash: | LED flash |
| Aperture size: | F2.2 |
| Features: | Auto focus, Touch to focus, Digital image stabilization |
| Video: | 1920x1080 (1080p HD) (30 fps), video stabilization |
| Features: | Digital image stabilization |
| Primary camera: | Yes (8 megapixels), autofocus, LED flash |
| Primary camera features: | --Back Side Illumination for better low-light performance --5-element F2.2 lens --Dedicated ISP (image signal processor) with 64MB frame buffer Flash, continuous and touch to focus, image stabilization --Enhanced Super Resolution Digital Zoom (5x) --1080p HD video recording --4 DOF (Degrees of freedom) video stabilization --Time Shift mode for pinpointing and adjusting individual elements of your picture |
| Secondary camera: | Yes (2 megapixels), 720p@30fps |
| Secondary camera features: | fixed-focus camera Image and video stabilization 3x digital zoom 720p HD video recording |
CONNECTIVITY
| WLAN: | Wi-Fi 802.11 (a/b/g/n, dual band) |
| Bluetooth: | Yes (v4.0 with A2DP, LE) |
| USB: | Yes, (USB 2.0 high speed port – allows charging and data synchronization of the device with a USB cable) |
| Connector: | microUSB |
| Features: | Mass storage device, USB charging |
| NFC: | Yes, (BlackBerry® Tag with NFC technology enables communication between BlackBerry smartphones and other NFC-enabled devices with a tap) |
| GPRS: | Yes |
| EDGE: | Yes |
| Speed: | HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps; LTE, EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps |
| HDMI: | Micro HDMI for connection to your HDTV or projector (Type D) |
| Other: | Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync |
APPS
| Pre-loaded apps: | BlackBerry® Hub, Contacts, BlackBerry® Browser, BlackBerry® Calendar, BBM, Text Messages, BlackBerry® World, BlackBerry® Remember, Docs To Go™, Pictures, Music, Videos, Story Maker, Facebook®1, Twitter®1, LinkedIn®1, Foursquare®, BlackBerry® Maps, Games, YouTube®, Voice Control, Weather, Clock, Calculator, Compass, File Manager, Box, BlackBerry® Connect for Dropbox, Print To Go, Smart Tags, Settings, Adobe® Reader, Phone, Camera/Video Camera/Time Shift, Setup, Help, SIM Toolkit, Search |
| Software platform: | BlackBerry® Link software for your computer to enable synchronization of data and media |
| Security: | Password protection, screen lock, and sleep mode BlackBerry® Balance™ offering dedicated profiles to keep work and personal data separate and secure |
FEATURES
| OS: | BlackBerry 10 OS, upgradable to v10.1 |
| Chipset: | Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 |
| CPU: | Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait |
| GPU: | Adreno 225 |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, proximity, compass, Magnetometer, Ambient light sensor |
| Messaging: | SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM, BBM 6 |
| Browser: | HTML5 |
| Phone Book: | Yes |
| Charging: | Charger |
| Call Records: | Yes |
| SMS: | Yes |
| MMS: | Yes |
| E-Mail: | Yes |
| Instant Messaging: | Yes |
| Predictive text input: | Yes, T9 input |
| Voice message: | Yes |
| Voice dialing: | Yes |
| Voice commands: | Yes |
| Voice recording: | Yes |
| TTY/TDD: | Yes |
| Radio: | No |
| GPS: | Yes, (Assisted, Autonomous and Simultaneous GPS Preloaded with BlackBerry Maps application GLONASS Support) |
| Accessibility features: | --BlackBerry® Magnify, for customers with partial vision --Face-to-face video chat with BBM™ Video --Voice Control for sending messages, placing calls, search and more --Adjustable screen brightness, scalable fonts --Teletypewriter (TTY) Support --Certain models rated for use with hearing aids |
| Java: | Yes, MIDP 2.1 |
| Colors: | Black, White |
| Notifications: | Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone |
| Others: | --SNS integration --HDMI port --BlackBerry maps --Organizer --Document viewer --Photo viewer --MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player --DivX/XviD/MP4/WMV/H.263/H.264 player --Voice memo/dial --Predictive text input |
BATTERY
| Battery Type: | Li-Ion battery |
| Capacity: | 1800 mAH removable battery |
| Stand-by time: | Up to 312 hours (3G), 19.0 days |
| Talk time: | Up to 10 hours (3G) |
| Battery life: | Endurance rating 46h, Battery life claims are for Model STL100-2 |
BLACKBERRY Z10 PRICE
Price in USA $480
Price in UK £330
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