BlackBerry Q10 launched in India for Rs 44,990 only!

BlackBerry’s Q10, the latest offering from the company has been launched in India today in New Delhi. The company has launched the smartphone at a price of Rs 44,990. This means that the Q10 is in the same category as Apple’s iPhone 5 which is priced at Rs 45,500 for a 16GB version.

The smartphone will be available in 20 cities, 1000 retail outlets from tomorrow. The device has touchscreen and a QWERTY keyboard is already available online for pre-order on shopping website Saholic.comand is priced at a whopping Rs 44,999.

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Key features of the device include a 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen and a QWERTY keyboard. It comes with a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 2GB of RAM and 16GB mass memory, that is expandable to 64GB via a micro-SD slot. It has an eight-megapixel rear camera and a front facing camera as well.

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Full specs list is given below:

Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz

Memory
Internal Memory: 16 GB storage
RAM: 2 GB RAM
Hot-swappable MicroSD: up to 64 GB

Dimensions
119.6 x 66.8 x 10.4 mm
Weight 139 gm

Display
Display Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colours
Display Size 720 x 720 pixels, 3.1 inches (330 ppi pixel density)

Connectivity
2G / 3G / 4G LTE
Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth: v4.0 with A2DP
NFC
GPS
HDMI port
microUSB port

Camera
Primary 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash with geo-tagging, image stabilization, face detection
Video 1080p@30fps
Secondary Camera 2 MP, 720p

Battery
Li-Ion 2100 mAh

Sensors
Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass