Phones & Tablets

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.

 

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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

 

Performance

Processor

  • Qualcomm Snapdragon

    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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