Blackberry Q10 Smartphone Review

Specifications and Features

The classic BlackBerry keyboard, re-engineered for the most effortless typing experience. Plus with Instant Action it allows you to type and perform tasks faster by using shortcuts directly from the homescreen.

Design

Size

Height 119.6 mm / 4.7 in
Width 66.8 mm / 2.62 in
Depth 10.35 mm / 0.40 in

Weight

139g / 4.90 oz (2g / 0.07oz battery)

Navigation

QWERTY keypad and touch screen with intuitive gesture-based navigation

Keyboard

Physical BlackBerry® Keyboard, featuring contextual auto-correction, next-word prediction, Instant Action typing shortcuts and a personalized learning engine that gets to know the way you type

Dedicated keys

Volume Up/Down, Mute, Lock (for Power On/Off)

Display

Resolution

720 x 720 resolution, at 330 PPI
24-bit color depth
Super AMOLED

Screen size

3.1″ diagonal
1:1 aspect ratio

OS & support

Operating system

BlackBerry 10 OS

Desktop software

BlackBerry Link software for your computer to enable synchronization of data and media

Learn more about BlackBerry® Link

Performance

Processor

Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ S4 processor with 1.5 GHz dual-core CPUs

Memory

2GB RAM
16GB Flash

Expandable memory

Removable microSD memory card – slot under battery door (Up to 32 GB)

USB Ports

USB 2.0 high speed port – allows charging and data synchronization of the device with a USB cable

HDMI Port

Micro HDMI for connection to your HDTV or projector

Power

Battery

2100mAH removable battery

Battery Life

Up to 13.5 hours talk time (3G)
Up to 14.8 days standby time (3G)
*Note: Battery life claims are for Model SQN100-5

Camera & video

Rear camera

8 megapixel auto-focus camera
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
Hybrid absorptive IR filter
Time Shift mode for pinpointing and adjusting individual elements of your picture

Front camera

2 megapixel fixed-focus camera
Image and video stabilization
3x digital zoom
720p HD video recording

Multimedia

Image formats

BMP, WBMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, SGI, TGA

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

Apps

Pre-loaded apps

Music, Videos, Pictures, Camera, Picture Editor, BlackBerry^® Story Maker, BlackBerry^® Hub, Universal Search, Email & Social messaging, BlackBerry^® Calendar, Contacts, BlackBerry^® Browser, Text Messaging, Messages, Clock, Calculator, Documents To Go™, Print to Go, File Manager, Adobe^® Reader, BlackBerry^® Remember (memos/tasks combo), Phone, BBM, BlackBerry^® World™, Facebook^®¹, Twitter^®¹, LinkedIn^®¹, Foursquare^®, Games, YouTube^®, Weather, BlackBerry^® Maps, Smart Tags (NFC), Setup, Help, BBM™ Video

Security

Password protection, screen lock, and sleep mode
BlackBerry^® Balance™ technology offering dedicated profiles to keep work and personal data separate and secure

Alerts & notifications

Tone
Vibrate
On-screen or LED indicator (Notification options are user configurable)

Voice input/output

Integrated speaker and microphone
Hands-free headset capable
Bluetooth^® headset capable
Integrated hands-free speakerphone

Network & connectivity

Network Bands

4G
Quad band LTE 2, 5, 4, 17 (700/850/1700/1900 MHz)
Tri band HSPA+ 1, 2, 5/6 (850/1900/2100 MHz) @ 42mbps
Quad band EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)

Wi-Fi®

802.11 a/b/g/n
2.4 GHz / 5 GHz
4G Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth®

Bluetooth, Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy (LE)

GPS

Assisted, Autonomous and Simultaneous GPS
Preloaded with BlackBerry Maps application
GLONASS support

NFC

BlackBerry® Tag with NFC technology enables communication between BlackBerry smartphones and other NFC-enabled devices with a tap

Sensors

Advanced Sensors

Accelerometer
Magnetometer
Proximity sensor
Gyroscope
Ambient light sensor

Accessibility

BlackBerry® Magnify

Adjustable screen brightness, scalable fonts
Teletypewriter (TTY) Support –
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