BlackBerry Z30 now official: 5-inches, BB10.2 & more

BlackBerry has been very silent lately, and they weren’t that aggressive in releasing new products. The BlackBerry Z30 now shatters that silence as it becomes the new flagship phone for the company, offering a 5-inch Super AMOLED display, a 1.7GHz CPU, and a very beefy 25-hour 2,880mAh battery.

Blackberry z30

Social networking & communication has always been one of the major strengths of BlackBerry, and now it seems that they are going to improve on that a lot more: BlackBerry 10 OS also gets an update in the form of 10.2 – where features such as the Hub & other social platforms are getting improvements, and BlackBerry Natural Sound is implemented with the Z30 that is going to improve your voice call & video conference experiences even at far distances.

BlackBerry Z30 specs:
5-inch display @ 1280×720 pixels
Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.7GHz dual-core Krait
Adreno 320
2GB RAM
16GB internal storage
up to 64GB via microSD card
8MP rear camera
2MP front-facing
WiFi
Bluetooth 4.0
NFC
LTE
GPS
2,880 mAh battery
BlackBerry 10.2 OS
140.7 x 72 x 9.4 mm (dimensions)

Pricing and availability in Asia is yet to be announced as it will be rolling out in Europe initially. The BB10.2 update, however, will be rolling out to BB10 devices in mid-October.

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BlackBerry Z30 shows up early in leaked video

The upcoming BlackBerry Z30 has been prematurely revealed in a leaked demo video of the handset. Originally referred to as the BlackBerry A10, the BB Z30 features a 5-inch AMOLED HD display, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 2GB of RAM and 2800mAh battery.

The hardware configuration has very close resemblance with the Z10, except for the bigger 5-inch AMOLED screen and larger battery. Here’s what we think the final configuration will be.

BlackBerry Z30 specs:
5.0 inch AMOLED HD display @ 720×1280 pixels
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro 1.7GHz dual-core processor
Adreno 320 graphics
2GB RAM
16GB of internal storage
up to 32GB via microSD card
8MP rear camera
2MP front-facing
micro HDMI
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0
NFC
HSPA+/LTE 100Mbps
GPS w/ aGPS support
Li-Ion 2,800 mAh battery
BlackBerry 10.1 OS

You can watch this 5-minute video demo to get a better appreciation of the handset (it’s in Vietnamese though):

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