Yesterday, Blackberry has
launched a mid-budget smartphone named BlackBerry Leap which will replace the
Z3 smartphone that was launched a year ago. After unveiling this smartphone at
MWC in Barcelona, the company said that it will be available in US and Europe
with a price tag of $275 in April.
The company also said that
they are planning to launch two more models within the next two months and both
smartphone will have a keyboard. One of these device will be a high-end smartphone
which is named - a dual curve all touch display. There will be a keyboard
behind the slide. BlackBerry Chief Executive John Chen said that we don’t have
any name for this device till now but I call it “The Slide”. He didn’t tell any
specific date but he said that it will come sometime in this year.
Blackberry leap is a 4G LTE smartphone which features a 5 inch HD screen with a screen resolution of 1,280 x 720 pixels with 293ppi density. It runs on the Blackberry 10.3.1 operating system. It don’t have a physical QWERTY keyboard, so you have to use digital on-screen keyboard to write message and emails.
The device has an 8 MP camera with autofocus and LED flash. You can shoot up to 1080p video with this device. It also has a 2 MP front-facing camera for selfie lovers. The handset is powered by a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm MSM 8960 processor coupled with 2 GB of RAM. Internal memory of 16 GB is provided which can be expended up to 128 GB by using microSD card. The smartphone is backed up by a powerful 2800 mAh battery which gives you 25 hours of talk time.
Glimpses of the Blackberry
Leap specifications:
Model
|
Blackberry Leap
|
Display
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5-inch HD screen (1280x720p)
|
Processor
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Dual-core 1.5 GHz
Krait (Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus)
|
GPU
|
Adreno 305
|
OS
|
Blackberry 10.3.1 OS
|
RAM
|
2 GB
|
Storage
|
16 GB-expandable to
128 GB
|
Camera
|
Primary: 8MP; Secondary: 2MP
|
Battery
|
2800 mAh
|
Weight
|
170 gms
|
Price
|
$275
|
Blackberry which is famous
for its software security will outfit the Blackberry Leap with built-in malware
protection, encryption services and options to wipe and backup the device.
There is some more software like BlackBerry Assistant and BlackBerry's
cross-platform tool Blend. The smartphone will be available in white and grey
colors.