BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 now official! Price, Specs and Availability

Finally! BlackBerry (formerly called RIM or Research in Motion) yesterday announced its first-ever BlackBerry 10 smartphones -  the BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10! The new BlackBerry Z10 is the first smartphone to launch with the re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented BlackBerry 10 platform, offering customers a powerful and unique new mobile experience. It is the fastest and most advanced BlackBerry smartphone yet, with a smarter experience that continuously adapts to a customer's needs. More details after the jump.

While the new BlackBerry Q10 smartphone is based on the re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented BlackBerry 10 platform and offers customers a powerful and unique new mobile computing experience. The BlackBerry Q10 smartphone will be the first BlackBerry 10 smartphone with a physical QWERTY keyboard and touchscreen, delivering a smarter experience that continuously adapts to a customer's needs.

BlackBerry 10 is a re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented BlackBerry platform that creates a powerful and unique new mobile experience. BlackBerry 10 gives customers a faster and smarter experience that continuously adapts to their needs with advancements such as:

• Peek and Flow into the BlackBerry Hub – A new mobile computing paradigm that organize the incoming messages, so users can view and participate in conversations as they happen. Finger gestures on the screen let users easily 'peek' into the Hub from any screen, keeping conversations flowing.
• Keyboard – The keyboard is no longer just about tapping letters on a screen. It's about how it adjusts to a user's typing style, whether it's a rapid or a one-handed typist. It's about the keyboard understanding what the user wants to say and creating personalized prediction and contextual auto-corrections.
• BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) – Allows customers to enjoy innovative BBM video chatting with screen sharing. Co-workers can screen share and review documents and presentations, and friends can chat about things like recent vacations, sharing pictures and video to make it a richer exchange.
• BlackBerry Balance technology – Protects what is important to customers and the businesses they work for. It separates and secures work emails, apps and content without compromising the personal experience. Personal apps and data are kept separately so once the work day is done, you can easily switch the phone's persona to "personal."

BlackBerry Z10 Specifications
4.2-inch WXGA (768x1280) capacitive display (355ppi)
1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon processor
Adreno 225 GPU
BlackBerry 10 OS
2GB of RAM
16GB of internal storage
microSD up to 64GB
8MP autofocus camera with LED flash
1080p@30fps video recording
2MP front camera
NFC / GPS with A-GPS support
Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band
microUSB v2.0 / 3.5mm audio jack
HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps, LTE
Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Li-Ion 1800mAh battery
Stand-by time up to 312 hours
Talk time up to 10 hours
130 x 65.6 x 9mm (dimensions)
137.5g (weight)
Price: $599 | Php23,400 (Taxes not included)
Availability/ Release Date: It is already available in the UK, then Canada, before heading to US. No local pricing and availability announced just yet.

BlackBerry Q10 Specifications
3.1-inch (720x720) Super AMOLED capacitive display (328ppi)
1.5GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4470 processor
PowerVR SGX544 GPU
BlackBerry 10 OS
2GB of RAM
16GB of internal storage
microSD card slot up to 32GB
8MP autofocus camera with LED flash
2MP front camera
GPS with A-GPS support
NFC / Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP
HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps; LTE
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band, Wi-Fi hotspot
Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Li-Ion 1,800mAh battery
Talk time up to 10 hours
119.6 x 66.8 x 10.4mm (dimension)
139g (weight)
Price: TBA
Availability/ Release Date: The BlackBerry Q10 is expected to hit carriers globally in April.

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