New York, Feb 7: Research In Motion (RIM) recently showed off two new BlackBerry phones - the all-touch Z10 and the physical keyboard based Q10. In case you missed it till now, here's a quick look at what the phones bring -
BlackBerry Z10:
- Display: 4.2-inch (diagonal) with a resolution of 1280 by 768 pixels (356 pixels per inch)
- Keyboard: Touch screen only
- Memory capacity: 16 gigabytes, expandable with microSD card of up to 32 gigabytes.
- Price: Varies by carrier, some of which have yet to announce details. Verizon Wireless says it will sell it for $200 with a two-year service agreement.
- Height: 5.12 inches; width: 2.58 inches; depth: 0.35 inch (130 x 65.6 x 9 mm)
- Weight: 4.78 ounces (135.4 grams)
- Cameras: 8-megapixel camera on back, 2-megapixel on front.
- Video recording: high-definition for rear camera (1080p - comparable to the resolution of a 40-inch flat panel TV); lower resolution for front (720p)
- Battery life: talk time is up to 10 hours on 3G. Up to 60 hours of audio playback and 11 hours of video playback. Battery can be replaced by user with a spare.
- US wireless carriers: Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile and others.
- Operating system: BlackBerry 10
- Near-field communications: A chip lets the phone act as a credit card at some payment terminals and share data wirelessly when tapped against some other phones.
BlackBerry Q10 tech specs:
- Display: 3.1-inch (diagonal) with a resolution of 720 by 720 pixels (330 pixels per inch)
- Keyboard: Touch-screen and 35-key physical keyboards. Physical keyboard will have back light, with language-specific keyboards such as QWERTY and AZERTY depending on market.
- Memory capacity: 16 gigabytes, expandable with microSD card of up to 64 gigabytes.
- Price: Not yet announced.
- Height: 4.71 inches; width: 2.63 inches; depth: 0.41 inch (119.6 x 66.8 x 10.35 mm)
- Weight: 4.90 ounces (139 grams)
- Cameras: 8-megapixel camera on back, 2-megapixel on front.
- Video recording: high-definition for rear camera (1080p - comparable to the resolution of a 40-inch flat panel TV); lower resolution for front (720p)
- Battery life: Not yet announced.
- US wireless carriers: AT&T, Sprint and others.
- Operating system: BlackBerry 10
- Near-field communications: A chip lets the phone act as a credit card at some payment terminals and share data wirelessly when tapped against some other phones.
