Blackberry Z30 Review

Thought Blackberry is going to give up after relinquishing of BBM on Android and Iphone, don't ken that they are going to keep the competition going with their rivals. The BlackBerry Z30 launches in time of crisis and will be looked upon as the savior, or end up as the one that witnessed the company's undoing. Market share has hit the fan, as RIM of old which stood for innovation and vision, has turned into the mazuma-losing, job-cutting, CEO-swapping, rescue-deal-awaiting BlackBerry that we have now.

Yet, in the middle of all this, another flagship gets unleashed to hopefully avail and turn around the shrinking market share and facilitate the pressure from all sorts of competition. The BB 10 OS was indeed a great comeback, especially from such a conservative company, but the Z10 failed to become the kick-starter many thought - hoped - it would be. It's now the BlackBerry Z30's turn but the company may have already lost the smartphone battle and now running in survival mode

Features

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, penta-band UMTS/HSPA, penta-band LTE

• 5.0" 16M-color 720p Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

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• Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait, 2GB RAM, Adreno 320

• 8 megapixel auto-focus camera with face detection and Time Shift; LED flash, 2MP front facing camera

• Full HD (1080p) video recording at 30fps; 720p recording with front-facing camera

• 16GB storage, microSD card slot; built-in Dropbox and Box integration

• Ability to side-load and run Jelly-Bean-compatible apps

• Dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot; Wi-Fi sync

• Bluetooth 4.0

• NFC

• Standard microUSB port, USB host, microHDMI

• 3.5mm audio jack

• GPS receiver with A-GPS and GLONASS

• BlackBerry 10.2 OS

• Office document editor

• BlackBerry Hub with extensive social networking connectivity

• BBM with video chat and screen sharing

Main Disadvantages

• Below-par screen resolution, the competition has 1080p displays

• The UI poses a steep learning curve

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• Thick and heavy, not quite up to the usual high standard of design and finish

• BlackBerry Maps fall short of the competition

• Camera offers little control over image quality

• Audio quality degrades with headphones plugged in (as opposed to an external amp)

Conclusion: BlackBerry 10 is still a toddler compared to iOS and Android, but the others can certainly learn an artifice or two. And you can't inculpate BlackBerry of not endeavoring either. Many popular apps missing at the premiere of the OS are now available in the BlackBerry World. Popular Android and iOS games are making their way to the platform additionally.

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