The not so good news is that the display is a square, super AMOLED, 3.1”, 720 x 720, 328 ppi and we have all grown used to the Z10 screen (or larger if you accept that Samsung S4 and LG Optimus G 5” screens are more the norm now) and the new BlackBerry 10 interface is really better on larger screens. The question is will this be the last QWERTY keyboard model? I suspect on-screen touch keyboards on larger screens will triumph.
In other respects the phone is similar to the Z10 with the Snapdragon S4, 1.5GHz processor, 2/16/MicroSD RAM/internal storage/slot, 2/8mp camera, 4G LTE (and earlier) and 139g weight.
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What is interesting is that the unit looks more like the BlackBerry of old than the more modern clinical Z10 lines (which is very corporate) but I guess the keyboard takes up a fair bit of real estate.
The Q10 is expected to be around AU$70 to $100 more expensive than the Z10 due mainly to production costs.
If you want to know more about the BlackBerry 10 experience see iTWire article here.
