Blackberry is still popular among Filipino users but its market share it getting smaller and smaller. Hopefully, the new Blackberry Z30 can spark your interest with Blackberry phones and consider it to be your next smartphone.
Blackberry Z30 offers a larger 5 inch display and a newer Blackberry 10.2 version of the company’s own operating system.
| Blackberry Z30 smartphone features a 5.0-inch display and Blackberry OS version 10.2. Photo: Blackberry |
| Blackberry Z30 showing its power button at its top side. |
The updated operating system of Blackberry Z30 brings several improvements like being able to reply to messages from the notification and view previews in the lock screen. There’s also a Blackberry Priority Hub to manage all your messages, notifications and emails.
Inside the 5-inch Blackberry Z30 is a 1.7GHz dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 320 graphics processor. It’s not quad or octa core but those are only needed by Android.
Most notably, Blackberry says Z30’s battery can last up to 25 hours of mixed usage. It’s a 2,880 mAh standard Li-ion battery which is the largest ever fitted in a Blackberry handset.
| BBM Video Chat using a Blackberry Z30. |
Blackberry Z30 still has the premium feel of Blackberry Z10 but with a larger display fit for those who want it. It’s larger battery didn’t even made much effect with its thickness – just bumped up by 0.1mm.
The high definition 5-inch Super AMOLED display is stunning at 294 pixels per inch. It’s intuitive swiping navigation is still there so don’t ask me where’s the home button.
For the camera, there’s an 8 Megapixel one at the back and a 2 Megapixel at the front to cater you BBM video chat needs.
Blackberry Z30 is LTE capable with 3G and quad band GSM network. That should cover your needs but Blackberry also improved the antenna of Blackberry Z30 giving you better network reception.
Its update to Blackberry 10.2 also enabled WiFi Direct giving you the ability to transfer files via WiFi to other phones with WiFi Direct without the need for another router.
| Blackberry Z30 audio system. |
Blackberry highlighted the Stereo audio and Blackberry Natural Sound features of Blackberry Z30. It’s supposed to make calls seem more natural like you are talking to someone in the same room instead of being away from each other.
Blackbery Z30 will be available starting September 26 in the UK and Middle East and other parts of the world in the succeeding weeks.
There’s no word yet on the pricing but we’ll update this posts as soon as it is announced. Meanwhile, what do you think of Blackberry Z30? Share your thoughts in the comments.
