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Do you think BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 is compelling enough for consumers to make the switch? 

Posted: 3:05 am, January 31, 2013 by Amarendra Bhushan

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To revive the flagging Research In Motion, RIM has unveiled a touch-screen phone called “BlackBerry Z10″ and a version with a physical keyboard named “BlackBerry Q10″, both of which will run on BlackBerry 10 operating system (OS).

A last-ditch effort to regain relevance, the company has also announced that it has changed its name to “BlackBerry” by dropping its 25-year-old name.

With plummeting market share, the biggest challenge for BlackBerry will be to win new consumers and retain old ones.

Funny, When many Android smartphones are available for $99, $49 or free —- Z10 will cost you $149 to $199 with a wireless contract.

Do you think BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 is compelling enough for consumers to make the switch rom existing platforms such as Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Google Inc.’s Android?

BlackBerry-Z10

BlackBerry Z10 tech specs:

  1. U.S. wireless carriers: It will be available at Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile and others.
  2. Operating system: comes with BlackBerry 10 OS
  3. Display: 4.2-inch (diagonal) (1280 by 768 pixels / 356 pixels per inch resolution)
  4. Keyboard: available only in Touch screen
  5. Memory capacity: 16 gigabytes, expandable with microSD card of up to 32 gigabytes.
  6. Size: height: 5.12 inches; width: 2.58 inches; depth: 0.35 inch (130 x 65.6 x 9 mm)
  7. Weight: 4.78 ounces (135.4 grams)
  8. Cameras: 8-megapixel camera on back, 2-megapixel on front.
  9. Video recording: high-definition for rear camera (1080p — comparable to the resolution of a 40-inch flat panel TV); lower resolution for front (720p)
  10. 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.

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BlackBerry Q10 tech specs:

  1. U.S. wireless carriers: It will be available at AT&T, Sprint and others.
  2. Operating system: comes with BlackBerry 10 OS
  3. Display: 3.1-inch (diagonal) (720 by 720 pixels / 330 pixels per inch resolution)
  4. Keyboard: available in Touch-screen & 35-key physical keyboards (back light with QWERTY and AZERTY)
  5. Memory capacity: 16 gigabytes, expandable with microSD card of up to 64 gigabytes.
  6. Size: height: 4.71 inches; width: 2.63 inches; depth: 0.41 inch (119.6 x 66.8 x 10.35 mm)
  7. Weight: 4.90 ounces (139 grams)
  8. Cameras: 8-megapixel camera on back, 2-megapixel on front.
  9. Video recording: high-definition for rear camera (1080p — comparable to the resolution of a 40-inch flat panel TV); lower resolution for front (720p)

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Amarendra Bhushan
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A journalist, author and serial entrepreneur- Founder and CEO of CEOWORLD Magazine and Lucentbyte Media Technologies LTD. (amar@ceoworld.biz)

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  • Caissie

    BB10 looks attractive and the software looks well polished. They have copied many elements of Windows Phone…

  • Valinda White

    I don’t care about the name change. I hope it’s the start of a comeback for RIM, uh, BB.

  • Becks

    Looks like a nice phone with some nice features.

  • Nichole

    RIM has a very good marketing strategy this time and the B10 is wll-known before it is available to the market…

  • Madison Montana

    RIM is in it’s death throes, unless it can junk the HW and deliver BES Messaging as an App for IOS, Android and WP

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