[saintforlife]

The Z10 appears to be a solid phone, but it�s a little bit faceless and could easily get lost among the Apple, Samsung, Motorola, Google, and HTC smartphones of this world. That�s OK though. BlackBerry has a secret weapon: the unassuming, late-arriving BlackBerry Q10. Not convinced? Here�s a few reasons why if anything is going to stop (or at least significantly slow) BlackBerry�s descent into oblivion, it�s the Q10.

We�re always calling for smartphones to be different or to stand out from the crowd, and bizarrely as it sounds for a phone which could be viewed as staid, the QWERTY Q10 is the different phone we�ve all been harping on about. Here are some of the current choices for those who want a physical keyboard on which to type: The Samsung Galaxy Chat, with its single-core 850MHz processor, the Nokia Asha 302 which runs Series 40, or the HTC ChaCha, which is now two-years old (and has one of the world�s stupidest names for a smartphone).

By choosing the Q10, the physical keyboard � which just happens to be made by the QWERTY masters, don�t forget � is only part of the package. It�s accompanied by a dual-core, 1.5GHz processor and 2GB of RAM, a 3.1-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen with a 720 x 720 pixel resolution, an 8-megapixel camera and 16GB of storage space. As you can see from the above examples, that�s light years ahead of anything else on the market.

The BlackBerry Q10 could be BlackBerry's knight in shining armor | Digital Trends

[moegrand]

If 6% of the market says that a physical keyboard is the all or nothing feature then BlackBerry can heap these sales on top of whatever they can muster from the touch screen slab market (10%? ) and have a very profitable company. Nokia is making money with the low single digit % windows phones.

Also makes sense why releasing the z10 may be smart. The keyboard folks will wait for the Q10 so get in the slab market asap.

Anyway, ignore random opinions as desired......

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[Plazmic Flame]

I think that BlackBerry is going to see quite the surge in sales once they release the Q10:

1. Some BlackBerry users haven't pulled the trigger on the Z10 because they refuse to leave the physical keyboard.

2. Past BlackBerry users who are on other platforms want to go back to the physical keyboard.

3. BlackBerry is the only one now that makes a physical keyboard for devices with a modern OS.

[jethrodood]

Keyboards rule!

[Bbnivende]

It will be the first QWERTY device where BB did not cheap out on the specs. For example, users still want expandable memory, fast processor , long lasting removable battery , sharp display and a fantastic camera. If it works well we should see owners trade up from older iPhones and Blackberries. The only potential problem appears to be the swipe gestures on the small screen . When you build a great phone, customers will come. The 9900 is a good phone but not a great phone when compared with the top of the line smartphones today or even when it was introduced. Customers do not want to "settle". BB took its customers for granted.


As I have said many times in this blog - they did cheap out on the screen size - should have been 720 X720 3.5 inches - what a great sales feature to have the same screen diagonal as the original smartphone. There will be folks here who say that 70 mm would have been to wide. I say no, a bigger phone would have appealed to the largest audience. Who knows, maybe they will build my QWERTY super phone next year. You know that if the Q10 is a success that we will see larger screened copies from Samsung and Nokia.

[shooptek]

If 6% of the market says that a physical keyboard is the all or nothing feature then BlackBerry can heap these sales on top of whatever they can muster from the touch screen slab market (10%? ) and have a very profitable company. Nokia is making money with the low single digit % windows phones.

Also makes sense why releasing the z10 may be smart. The keyboard folks will wait for the Q10 so get in the slab market asap.

Anyway, ignore random opinions as desired......

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I think you really hit the nail on the head here.

[anon(3310921)]

Q10 will definitely be a unique device in the space but what Samsung and Apple have proven is that unique isn't all that desirable on the consumer side. . .time will tell but one thing is pretty certain. . .anyone clamoring for a QWERTY will probably be picking up the Q10. . .and that isn't a bad thing at all

[saintforlife]

This seems like such a long time ago from a completely different time. Sad day indeed.


BlackBerry Q10 sales have 'hit the ground and died' according to WSJ | The Verge now.