Blackberry Z10 announced: 1280 x 768 4.2-inch display with 1.5Ghz dual-core CPU running BB 10

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RIM, who have just re-branded their company as Blackberry have just announced the long expected Blackberry Z10 which will obviously come loaded with the new BB 10 OS. There is a gallery below if you are just here to see the pics, but if you want some specs then check out the list below or click on the specs for a full list.

  • 4.2-inch display with 1280 x 768 resolution(356ppi)
  • Dual Core 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor
  • 2GB of Ram
  • 16GB built in storage with MicroSD slot
  • 8MP rear facing camera with 1080p video
  • 2MP front facing camera with 720p video
  • 1800mAh battery
  • WiFi A/B/G/N and Bluetooth 4.0
  • NFC
  • Notification LED

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Design

Size

  • Height 130 mm / 5.12 in
  • Width 65.6 mm / 2.58 in
  • Depth 9 mm / 0.35 in

Weight

  • 137.5g / 4.85 oz

Navigation

  • All-touch screen, with intuitive gesture based navigation

Keyboard

  • 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)

Display

Resolution

  • 1280 x 768 resolution, at 356 PPI
  • 24-bit color depth

Screen size

  • 4.2″ diagonal
  • 15:9 aspect ratio

Operating system

  • BlackBerry 10 OS

Desktop software

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

Processor

  • Dual Core 1.5 GHz

Memory

  • 2GB RAM
  • 16GB Flash

Expandable memory

  • Removable microSD memory card – slot under battery door (Up to 64 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

Battery

  • 1800mAH removable battery

Battery Life

  • Up to 10 hours talk time (3G)
  • Up to 13 days standby time
  • *Note: Battery life claims are for Model STL100-3

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
  • 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

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

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®, BlackBerry® Newsstand, 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

Security

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

Alerts & notifications

  • Tone
  • Vibrate
  • On-screen or LED indicator

Voice input/output

  • Integrated hands-free speakerphone
  • Hands-free headset capable
  • Bluetooth headset capable

Network bands

Z10 (4G)

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

Z10 (4G – Verizon)

  • Up to 4G LTE
  • 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)

Wi-Fi®

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

Bluetooth®

  • Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy (LE)

GPS

  • Assisted, Autonomous and Simultaneous GPS
  • Preloaded with BlackBerry Maps application

NFC

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

Advanced Sensors

  • Accelerometer
  • Magnetometer
  • Proximity sensor
  • Gyroscope
  • Ambient light sensor

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The Z10 will be available in the UK tomorrow and is launching near the end of the Week in Canada, the US will be getting the device around mid-march.

Craig O'Sullivan

Creator of Geektech.ie Passionate about Technology and always looking for that next cool gadget or app

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