1. Easy-G's Avatar
    I don't know about you guys, but looking at the spec sheet and price point, I feel like the Z3 will be a hit in the market segment. I know that being a developing market device will do little to help things in terms of North American uptake, but it should create some positive buzz if nothing else - and positive buzz is what BBRY needs.

    5" screen, bonkers battery life, BlackBerry 10.2.1 OS, $150 - $200. I think it's a great way to get a pile of users on board

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    02-16-14 08:31 PM
  2. Elite1's Avatar
    I was impressed by the battery for sure. Hopefully the BB10 UX doesn't suffer with lower processor and RAM, but really it shouldn't. Still respectable stats. This isn't a flagship.

    I think they should have made it a bit smaller. 5" with that screen res is a little low pixel density.
    02-16-14 08:44 PM
  3. SalMan50's Avatar
    I was impressed by the battery for sure. Hopefully the BB10 UX doesn't suffer with lower processor and RAM, but really it shouldn't. Still respectable stats. This isn't a flagship.

    I think they should have made it a bit smaller. 5" with that screen res is a little low pixel density.
    Yea that resolution on that gage screen would greatly reduce the ppi number. Then again, I'd just have to sir this out and get a unit on hand to see how washed out/sharp it really looks

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    02-16-14 08:50 PM
  4. BoldBigWorm's Avatar
    Bullshart price that will not be the price. Look at the ridiculous price that the q5 is.
    02-16-14 09:17 PM
  5. The Big Picture's Avatar
    Bullshart price that will not be the price. Look at the ridiculous price that the q5 is.
    This is John Chen not Thorsen Heins. Ill take a wager it will cost less than $199.
    wtrmlnjuc and Kashan Osama like this.
    02-16-14 09:30 PM
  6. Brutal Efficiency's Avatar
    Bullshart price that will not be the price. Look at the ridiculous price that the q5 is.
    Where have you been?

    Foxconn deal ftw!

    Posted via my Z30.
    Viktor_Volkov likes this.
    02-16-14 09:32 PM
  7. The Big Picture's Avatar
    I don't know about you guys, but looking at the spec sheet and price point, I feel like the Z3 will be a hit in the market segment. I know that being a developing market device will do little to help things in terms of North American uptake, but it should create some positive buzz if nothing else - and positive buzz is what BBRY needs.

    5" screen, bonkers battery life, BlackBerry 10.2.1 OS, $150 - $200. I think it's a great way to get a pile of users on board

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    Ive done a pretty thorough comparison of price/performance ratios to other market offerings and I agree with you its looking good. Got to launch today!
    02-16-14 09:33 PM
  8. Bbnivende's Avatar
    Some good news today after a visit to my local Costco and finding out that they no longer carry BlackBerry.

    I would name it the Z3 Jakarta for the Indonesia market.

    Sent from my Nexus 7 using CB Forums mobile app
    Last edited by Bbnivende; 02-16-14 at 10:05 PM.
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    02-16-14 09:42 PM
  9. mithrazor's Avatar
    The thing that surprised me is the screen resolution.

    I don't know how it'll work because BB10 only supports 720 by 720, 1280 by 768 and 720p? Nothing under it.

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    02-16-14 10:52 PM
  10. Easy-G's Avatar
    It's hard to ignore the PPI issue of a less than stellar resolution on a big display. It's an area where costs must be cut in order to deliver a budget price. Competitors put sub-"Retina" PPI devices out at bottom of the barrel prices all the time, though rarely at 5".

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    02-17-14 04:42 AM
  11. antoscimento's Avatar
    Yes from what I have seen so far 5inch screen with such specs especially the battery... CLEAR WINNER. I hope the design would be a little different than the leak though.

    Posted via my Q10/Playbook/Curve
    02-17-14 06:56 AM
  12. chrizrun30's Avatar
    Indonesian will love these battery & screen size. They don't really care about the screen resolution, as long as the price stay cheap and reasonable, they will be pleased with this device
    RedFoxOne and Kashan Osama like this.
    02-17-14 07:04 AM
  13. chrizrun30's Avatar
    And don't forget the 'thing' that makes Samsung did well with their Galaxy devices

    *clue: 9 words starts with M ends with G*
    Kashan Osama likes this.
    02-17-14 07:11 AM
  14. RedFoxOne's Avatar
    Only concern is probably the 8GB harddisk size, unless if future OS can make us store apps in SD card. And maybe the 1.5GB memory too.
    02-17-14 07:13 AM
  15. The Big Picture's Avatar
    And don't forget the 'thing' that makes Samsung did well with their Galaxy devices

    *clue: 9 words starts with M ends with G*
    Now im curious whats that word?

    Q10SQN100-3/10.2.1.2141, Z30, Z10, iP5, SGS3
    02-17-14 07:15 AM
  16. antoscimento's Avatar
    And don't forget the 'thing' that makes Samsung did well with their Galaxy devices

    *clue: 9 words starts with M ends with G*
    M_ _ _ _ _ _ _ G hmmmmm


    Posted via my Q10/Playbook/Curve
    02-17-14 07:19 AM
  17. lnichols's Avatar
    I was impressed by the battery for sure. Hopefully the BB10 UX doesn't suffer with lower processor and RAM, but really it shouldn't. Still respectable stats. This isn't a flagship.

    I think they should have made it a bit smaller. 5" with that screen res is a little low pixel density.
    That processor and GPU should perform as well as the Z10 does. Newer Gen Dual core Krait and I think a better GPU than the Z10 too. I don't see my Z10 jump over about 1.1 GB of RAM so it should be OK there too, may just not be able to run as many active frames.

    Now what they should do IMO for developed markets budget phone is to make an updated Z10 with new Gen processor, AMOLED screen, better battery, maybe bump the screen size to 4.5, but the current size would be acceptable, and sell it for $299 unlocked.

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    02-17-14 07:53 AM
  18. Patrick Pierobon's Avatar
    I think it will be like the older BB5 phones. Man those were bad screens.
    02-17-14 09:00 AM
  19. RedFoxOne's Avatar
    Now im curious whats that word?

    Q10SQN100-3/10.2.1.2141, Z30, Z10, iP5, SGS3
    Not sure if you're really asking, but it's MarketinG
    02-17-14 09:09 AM
  20. guygardner73's Avatar
    Instead of a Z3, wouldn't you just buy a Z10? Same price range, better specs.

    Z10STL100-2/10.2.1.2141 O2 UK
    Fnen90 likes this.
    02-17-14 11:25 AM
  21. rayzian's Avatar
    Instead of a Z3, wouldn't you just buy a Z10? Same price range, better specs.

    Z10STL100-2/10.2.1.2141 O2 UK
    4hrs of battery life vs a whole day?

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    02-17-14 12:23 PM
  22. antoscimento's Avatar
    Instead of a Z3, wouldn't you just buy a Z10? Same price range, better specs.

    Z10STL100-2/10.2.1.2141 O2 UK
    Stay with the same device for over a year and keep on working on it... why blackberry fans don't realise that the Z10 was a flop! yes it was a nice phone with nice specs, and yes it was unfair that it sold that bad. But we cannot stay mentioning it even after a year of its release. The new Z3 as seen so far might be a real nice way to do a come back or stop the shrinking sales for abit.

    Posted via my Q10/Playbook/Curve
    wincyUt likes this.
    02-17-14 02:42 PM
  23. guygardner73's Avatar
    4hrs of battery life vs a whole day?

    Posted via CB10
    I get 10-12 out of mine and I'm always on It so you're talking rubbish.

    Z10STL100-2/10.2.1.2141 O2 UK
    brout and OMGitworks like this.
    02-17-14 03:38 PM
  24. guygardner73's Avatar
    Stay with the same device for over a year and keep on working on it... why blackberry fans don't realise that the Z10 was a flop! yes it was a nice phone with nice specs, and yes it was unfair that it sold that bad. But we cannot stay mentioning it even after a year of its release. The new Z3 as seen so far might be a real nice way to do a come back or stop the shrinking sales for abit.

    Posted via my Q10/Playbook/Curve
    So please tell me again why one would pay the same money for a Z3 even though the specs are below a Z10?

    Z10STL100-2/10.2.1.2141 O2 UK
    02-17-14 03:40 PM
  25. RubberChicken76's Avatar
    The thing that surprised me is the screen resolution.

    I don't know how it'll work because BB10 only supports 720 by 720, 1280 by 768 and 720p? Nothing under it.
    Likely it has a newer build that does.
    02-17-14 04:39 PM
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