BlackBerry Z10

By Sascha Segan

The BlackBerry Z10 is a thoroughly modern smartphone with a thoroughly modern mobile OS. Built well from high-quality materials, it has an strong focus on messaging. It offers better video support than Windows Phone 8, better messaging than Android, and more elegant graphics than Apple's iOS.

Somehow, though, it doesn't all quite come together as a compelling consumer alternative to market leaders like the Apple iPhone 5, HTC One, and the Samsung Galaxy S4. As just another nice black slab, the Z10's physical design is so understated that it tends to fade into the background, and while the OS has plenty of interesting ideas, it can't overcome how far behind it is in terms of third-party app support. I'd have been more profoundly moved if the first BlackBerry 10 phone was the BlackBerry Q10, with one of the spectacular hardware keyboards BlackBerry is famous for. There are no flagship smartphones with full QWERTY keyboards any more, despite the fact that physical keys are still much easier to type on than virtual ones.

Hardware and Keyboard
The BlackBerry Z10 is a medium size, rounded black slab. Although it's a high-quality build all around, it's got a generic look. The phone is mostly very high-quality plastic with a rubbery finish on the back and smooth black polycarbonate bumpers on the top and bottom. At 5.1 by 2.6 by .35 inches (HWD) and 4.8 ounces, it fits right into the middle of popular smartphone sizes, just a bit bigger than the iPhone 5. I found it very comfortable to use in one hand.

 As with most slab-style phones, the front is dominated by the 4.2-inch 1,280-by-768 LCD. At 356 pixels per inch, the display is higher density than both the iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S III$189.99 at Amazon Wireless, although it isn't the tightest screen around. (That's the HTC Droid DNA at 443 ppi.) There's a Power button on the top, volume rockers with a hardware Mute button on one side, and micro USB and micro HDMI ports on the other. Turn on the Z10 on and you'll see a sharp LCD with rich blacks, but not stunning brightness.

Peel off the NFC-enabled back panel to find a long, narrow 1800mAh battery and a microSD card slot that supports up to 64GB cards without a problem. The 8-megapixel camera lens sits on the back left corner.
BlackBerry is very proud of its software keyboard, calling it the best in the business. The innovation here is to space the four rows of keys further apart vertically than typical for more accurate typing, along with a very aggressive autocorrect system that learns from your common word sequences. Possible autocorrects and shortcuts float above individual keys as you type. The keyboard takes up less screen real estate than Windows Phone and some Android keyboards, and the keys are nice and wide. I found it more accurate than the iOS and Windows Phone keyboards over long-term use. But make no mistake, it's still a software keyboard, and longtime BlackBerry fans will miss their clicky, tactile buttons.

Specification :

Display
Form Factor	Bar
Screen Type	Capacitive Touchscreen
Screen Size	4.2 inches
Screen Resolution	1280 x 768
Number of Colours	16M
Processor
Processor	Dual Core
Speed	1.5 GHz
Memory
Internal Memory	16GB, 2GB RAM
Extendable Memory	microSD, up to 32GB
Camera Features
Sensor Resolution	8MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Features	Auto Focus, Image Stabilization
Digital Zoom	5x
Video resolution / frame rate	1080 x 720 / 30fps
Video Recording	Yes
Front facing camera	2MP
General Features
OS	Blackberry 10
Bluetooth Features	4.0
Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM, BBM 6
GPS	Yes, with A-GPS Support
USB Connector	Yes
Browser	Yes
NFC	Yes
Available Colours	Black & White
Carrier Networks
2G	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G	LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600
Speed	HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps; LTE, EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
Data
EGPRS or EDGE	EDGE
WiFi	802.11 a/b/g/n
Body
Dimensions	65.6 x 9 x 130 mm
Weight(grams)	135.4
Sound
Media Player	Music formats: MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC - Video formats: DivX/XviD/MP4/WMV/H.263/H.264
Alert Tone	Vibration, MP3
Speakerphone	Yes
Audio connector	3.5mm
Battery
Type	Li-Ion
Capacity(mAh)	1800
Talk Time with Standard Battery (Minutes)	10 Hrs (3G)
Standby Time with Standard Battery (Hours)	13 Days
Miscellaneous Features
Built in Applications	BlackBerry Hub - Contacts - BlackBerry Browser - BlackBerry Calendar - BBM - Text Messages - BlackBerry World - BlackBerry Remember - Docs To Go - Pictures - Music - Videos - Story Maker - Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn - 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
Other Features	Password Protection, Screen Lock, and Sleep Mode, Accelerometer, Magnetometer, Proximity Sensor, Gyroscope, Ambient Light Sensor
After Sales Service
Warranty Period	1 Year

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