The BlackBerry Z10 is more than just a new BlackBerry. It’s the first BlackBerry that runs on the all-new BlackBerry 10 mobile computing platform. Not one line of code from the old BlackBerry operating system is present in BlackBerry 10. It truly is the BlackBerry experience re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented.
Thanks to this fresh start, BlackBerry finally has a modern mobile platform that retains the best features of the traditional BlackBerry experience while eliminating long-standing legacy issues. It catches up to the competition in areas where BlackBerry fell behind, and with a gesture-based user interface and innovations such as the always-accessible BlackBerry Hub, is pushing the smartphone experience further ahead.
When it comes to specs of the BlackBerry Z10, they’re respectable on all fronts. In the Android race you see a lot of competition among manufacturers to constantly up the horsepower and display. With BlackBerry, it’s about the overall experience. What matters most is the performance to the user. We’re seeing much higher-end specs in BB10 devices than previous BlackBerry devices. If you think about the old platform, BlackBerry was always way behind in the specs race. Even when the specs got bumped up in OS 7, it didn’t feel like the device could take full advantage of the power due to the limitations of the OS.
With the BlackBerry Z10, you’re seeing a solid spec sheet and (more importantly) great performance from those components working together. You need to look at the total package and how the specs all work when combined together, which is a function of the OS, and then judge it. The Z10 hardware isn’t pushing the envelope in the specs race, but they’re definitely more than good enough to deliver a compelling experience.
BLACKBERRY Z10 APPEARANCE AND BUILD QUALITY
BlackBerry has an iconic design, but that iconic design has always included a physical keyboard taking up the front half of the phone and a few rows of navigation buttons and a keyboard. In a world of touchscreen flat slab phones, it’s tough to make one stand out, but we think BlackBerry’s design team has succeeded in producing an all touchscreen device that still exudes BlackBerry.
BLACKBERRY Z10 TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY
The BlackBerry Z10’s 4.2-inch display sports a resolution of 768×1280, clocking in at 356 pixels per inch. The iPhone 5 in comparison has a 4-inch display with 326 PPI. The hardened display glass features a new technology called Touch On Lens, where the touch technology is applied to the back side of the cover glass to eliminate the need for a separate touch panel. This allows BlackBerry to achieve a thin design. Under the finger, the display was always extremely responsive.
TYPING ON THE BLACKBERRY Z10
BlackBerry aims to have to the best-in-class keyboard experience, be it on touchscreen or physical keys. They’ve always had the best physical keyboards, and now with BlackBerry 10 they have the best software keyboard too. The BlackBerry 10 typing experience aims to be good enough to appeal to traditional two-thumb BlackBerry typists .
BlackBerry Z10 Memory
The BlackBerry Z10 ships with 2GB of RAM. You can tell the extra GB over what was in the Dev Alpha B helps to smooth performance, and there’s 16 GB of built-in storage. Unlike the legacy BlackBerry operating system, apps don’t get installed onto device ram and compete with system resources; they’re installed on the media memory.
Connectivity
Bluetooth 4.0 Low Power, GPS, NFC, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n are all there as you’d expect in the BlackBerry Z10. Mobile Hotspot functionality supports up to 8 devices and is easy to setup.
Conclusion
Overall, BlackBerry 10 feels super, super responsive. The 1.5 Ghz dual core processor matched with 2 GB of RAM tied to BB10 OS delivers a very fast and fluid response. There’s no lag whatsoever as you flow through the OS. There’s really no comparison to be made to BlackBerry 7 and older devices. The Z10 kicks things up to a whole new level of performance. Older BlackBerry smartphones would just see a bump up in specs, but somehow always felt limited by the architecture of the OS. It feels like BlackBerry 10 fully leverages the hardware available. No official price yet for the blackberry Z10. We will let you know as soon as it is announced.
Source: Crackberry
