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idssteve TS, you naturally know your situation and needs better than anyone providing "free advice" in a forum. That said, my "free advice", fwiw, would be to consider possible privacy issues with the "soft end" configuration of the Q10.
Long story short, my firm lost a BIG client after he stayed on the line and listened to his, and his competitor's, order being discussed and processed. One of our best crew members had failed to get the call disconnected on her Q. A first for her but something we had just laughed off several times before.
Obviously "operator error" was identified as root cause but Q10's "soft end" was the significant contributing factor. We immediately returned to our hard key "end" 9900s and have experienced ZERO "end" failures since. We've since restored that client's confidence, also.
I don't believe the industry at large has adequately identified, nor addressed, possible privacy & security issues of the "soft end" trend. IMO.
The only thing my firm values more than a swappable battery is the privacy assurance afforded by physical "end" key. Since Classic is the only BB10 device providing physical "end" key, we've adopted it while continuing to explore mitigations for the fixed battery nonsense. Classic's usb location is pretty friendly to charging cradles. Qi is another possible, if partial, mitigation.
Classic's endurance IS remarkable but we still occasionally seek power by end of our 12hr shifts. A headache we're willing to endure for the sake of Classic's "end" key.
Just some thoughts for your consideration.