RIM is storming with its most wonderful OS, Blackberry 10. RIM introduced 2 phones running on Blackberry 10. One is touch based Z10, which is different from its traditional touch based and the second one Q10 is keypad based. This may be RIM’s last attempt to come back to smart phone market.
Let’s have a flash look on the OS features along with a comparison Blackberry Z10 Vs Apple iPhone 5.
| Blackberry Z10 | Apple iPhone 5 | |
| CPU | Qualcomm 1.5GHz dual core | Dual Core A6 1.3GHz |
| Voice Command | Voice Control – commands type | Siri – Conversation type |
| Video recording | 1080p HD video | 1080P HD video |
| OS | BlackBerry 10 | iOS 6 |
| Display | 4.2 inch wide screen multi-touch. 1280by768 pixel. resolution at 355ppi |
4-inch wide screen multi-touch 1136by640 pixel resolution at 326 ppi |
| New OS features | Blackberry Balance – for office and personal accounts. Gesture based controls & Flow concept navigation. Blackberry Hub for social inbox. BedTime Mode. Blackberry protect for remote wipe. Blackberry messenger (BBM) for voice & video chat. Storymaker apps for integrating voice, video & text. Supports multiple email, social accounts and calenders. |
Time shifted multiplayer gaming, Lightning connector, Passbook, Icloud, FaceTime, AirPlay, Lost mode. |
| Video chat | BBM | FaceTime |
| Wireless | LTE HSPA+ UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA GSM/EDGE. 802.11b/g/n wiFi Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology. NFC. |
LTE HSPA+ UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA(850, 900, 1900, 2100MHZ) GSM/EDGE. 802.11b/g/n wiFi Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology. |
| Camera | 8 megapixel camera TimeShift mode for selection of best picture. Image Editor. Video recording HD 1080p. 2MP front camera. |
8 megapixel camera 3264×2448 Panorama mode LED flash Video recording HD 1080p. HD facetime camera. |
| Main Apps | Blackberry Maps, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Kindle and more apps through Blackberry World. | Apple Mapps, Facebook, Twitter and more apps through iStore. |
| Power and Battery | Talktime: Up to 10 hrs 3G talk time. Standby time:304 hrs. |
Talktime: Up to 8 hrs 3G talk time, Upto 8 hrs of LTE or 3G browsing, Upto 10 hrs of Wifi browsing. Standby time: 225 hrs. |
| Browser | Flash & Webkit support. HTML 5 support |
Safari |
| Dimensions | height:129.8mm width:65.5mm thickness:8.9mm weight:135gms. |
height:123.8mm width:58.6mm thickness:7.6mm weight:112gms |
| Price | $199 with Contract | $199 for 16 Gb, $200 for 32 GB, $399 for 64 GB. with Contract |
The availability is expected from march on wards in US. Let’s see the New Blackberry 10 OS will bring back the cheers for RIM.