BlackBerry has formally announced the launch of its latest 5 inch display bearing smartphone, the BlackBerry Z3, in India for Rs 15,990. The smartphone will be available for prebooking from today till July 2.
BlackBerry Z3 offers a 5-inch display with 960×540 pixel resolution. BlackBerry has powered this large screen with a dual-core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 mobile Processor which is paired with 1.5 GB RAM. In terms of hardware specifications, the BlackBerry Z3 kind of replicates what Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 offers but without the HD display.
The Z3 has 8 GB on-board storage and memory card slot to add up to 32 GB micro SD card. At the rear, it has a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and auto focus. This camera can be used to capture decent quality images and also record full HD video. It runs on BlackBerry 10.2.1 operating system.
Other significant features of the Z3 include WiFi support, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, Near Field Communication, FM Radio, GPS with A-GPS support and Micro USB 2.0 port along standard audio port. The specifications sheet also mentions a micro HDMI port to connect the phone to a large display.
BlackBerry Z3 will run BlackBerry 10.2.1 OS out of the box and it makes installing the Android apps easily. Clearly, BlackBerry banks on this capability to let the consumers enjoy best of the BlackBerry as well as Android platform.
The BlackBerry Z3 features a 2500 mAh battery and single micro-SIM card slot.