Tuesday 13 August 2013

5-inch BlackBerry Z30 leaks in another video (Not the device BB should be planning at the current stage)

After seeing it in leaked images next to the BlackBerry Z10 and all on its own, and then watching it start in a brief video (recently pulled), we know get to see the BlackBerry Z30 (previously A10 or Aristo) in a longer clip.
The video shows the device from top to bottom and is more of a detailed hands-on than a quick peek. The device is going to sport a 5" 720p display and a dual-core Krait chipset. In the detailed walk though the hardware and the software features of the device are shown off. This one has a placeholder as the BlackBerry X00 rather than the previously seen Z00 on the back of the device, behind the battery cover. Apart from these nothing new in this leak.Here's the video itself. The device has an AT&T logo on it, which gives us the first availability info, although we are yet to learn any dates.
In a peek at the back of the device you can clearly make out two specs printed next to the battery compartment. First, the Z30 features a 5-inch HD AMOLED display. That could mean that it’s using the same 1920×1080 panel as the Samsung Galaxy S4, though HD doesn’t always mean 1080P.
BlackBerry says the Z10 is HD, too, and it’s got a 1280×768 pixel display. That’s a resolution that can work on a 5-inch phone, as long as the panels are of good quality — and BlackBerry has been doing a good job of picking screens for its devices ever since the PlayBook started shipping.
Also noted on the back is that the Z30 packs a 2800mAh battery — which is slightly larger than the one in the GS4 and quite a bit bigger than the HTC One and Moto X. There’s also a micro SD expansion slot, HDMI output, and micro USB port like the Z10.Other reported specs include a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, and an 8-megapixel rear camera. The Z30 has surfaced before, too. The same site that recorded this new hands on had a strikingly similar (read: identical) phone that it was calling the A10.The A10′s name has been popping up in rumors for months, sticking with Z for all-touch phones and Q for QWERTY certainly makes sense.
The big question is whether a phone with last year’s specs and an OS that has now slid into fourth spot behind Windows Phone will be enough to attract consumers. The Moto X showed that there are other ways to drum up sales, but based on the video the BlackBerry Z30 doesn’t have nearly as much going for it.
The Z30 really doesn’t look like the phone BlackBerry needs right now.

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