1. zten's Avatar
    I was looking at the phones, and the z10 has a screen size of 4.2 " while the z30 has a screen size of 5 ".

    So I did some calculations, and it seems the z30 is just a 20 % bigger z10.

    Coincidentally 10 + 20 is equal to 30, so z10 + 20 is z30.

    If you take 4.2" z10 and multiply it by 0.20 (20%) you get 0.84".

    If you add 0.84" to 4.2" you get 5.04" which is the screen size of the z30.

    So what do you think is this a coincidence or was the z30 named in proportion to the 20% increase in screen size to the z10?

    (Although being an engineer, im a firm believer that when it comes to mathematics there are no coincidences.)

    Not trolling, just genuinely intrigued.

    I love the z10, q10 and have not tried the z30 yet.

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  2. anon5759238's Avatar
    Lol that's an awesome find you did there! Could be why they named it the Z30... Z30 also has a couple extra hardware differences like miracast and USB on the go

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    01-25-14 02:41 PM
  3. zten's Avatar
    Lol that's an awesome find you did there! Could be why they named it the Z30... Z30 also has a couple extra hardware differences like miracast and USB on the go

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    Oh I know that, guess I should have worded my title differently.


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    01-25-14 02:47 PM
  4. Knightcrawler's Avatar
    Haha interesting find!



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    01-25-14 02:51 PM
  5. jojo beaconsfield's Avatar
    Z30 is much more than just screen size ,it has 3 speakers and a lot more .I want one ,but my contract has got me by the boys, for now.good find though
    01-25-14 02:59 PM
  6. serbanescu's Avatar
    Silly me, I thought that 10 + 20% = 12 !

    But the OP, "being an engineer", managed to bring me onto the right path!


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  7. zten's Avatar
    Silly me, I thought that 10 + 20% = 12 !

    But the OP, "being an engineer", managed to bring me onto the right path!


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    I'm not sure what your are trying to prove here,

    10 + 20% is 12, 10 + 20 is also 30, 4.2 + 20% is also 5.04 since the z10 has a 4.2" screen not 10" so I don't know why you are multiplying 10 by 20 %. You aren't adding 20% to 10 you are adding 20% of the z10 screen size of 4.2" onto it's self which equates to 5.04".

    The math works out..

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    01-25-14 03:02 PM
  8. spikesolie's Avatar
    Lol guys chill. This does sound very intriguing. Lovely discovery even if we have to patch things up to make it make sense...fun to think about

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    01-25-14 03:04 PM
  9. serbanescu's Avatar
    I'm not sure what your are trying to prove here,

    10 + 20% is 12, 10 + 20 is also 30, 4.2 + 20% is also 5.04.

    The math works out..

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    Of course, there is nothing to prove on my part, your demonstration is flowless and humbles me, sir



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    01-25-14 03:06 PM
  10. zten's Avatar
    Of course, there is nothing to prove on my part, your demonstration is flowless and humbles me, sir



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    I'm not sure if there really is anything to prove on anyone's part, it's just basic math and an interesting result whether you like it or not.



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    01-25-14 03:12 PM
  11. Andrew4life's Avatar
    If you take today's date: January 25, 2014

    01/25/2014 add up the numbers 1+2+5+2+1+4, you get 15.
    Then multiply those digits with each other, 1x5=5
    Add that to today's date and you get the 30!

    I predict they will release the Z30 to all carriers that don't already have it, today!!!

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    01-25-14 03:20 PM
  12. FrankIAm's Avatar
    If you take 2014, subtract the five years obama's been president, divide it by 666 you get 3.01651651651..

    That loosely resembles pi, so it has to be true.

    Therefore we are able to know the world will end in the third month (March), the first day, at 6:51GMT. 651 then repeats itself to infinity to remind us of the impending doom and gloom.

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    01-25-14 03:25 PM
  13. bigbadben10's Avatar
    It is 19% bigger

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    01-25-14 03:26 PM
  14. serbanescu's Avatar
    I'm not sure if there really is anything to prove on anyone's part, it's just basic math and an interesting result whether you like it or not.



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    Well, the idea is that if math would have been involved in a "true" sense, (and following your 20% hypothesis) they would have called it Z12.

    My opinion is that they chose to name it Z30 because:

    1. they needed to show it was an all-touch device like Z10 (so they kept the "Z" prefix - the "Q" being used for physical keyboard devices)
    2. they needed to show it was a superior device to Z10 (so the suffix must be higher than 10)
    3. "Z15" would have seemed like a Z10 iteration (so not so much a "premium" device), while "Z20" looks a little lame (I don't know if this is an universal perception - it does look lame to me. I also believe I am not the only one: numbers like 1, 3, 5 or 7 are in general prefered in various cultures - it probably has to do with how the brain works)

    So the first good number was 30: Z30

    This is my opinion about how Z30 was baptized.



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  15. zten's Avatar
    If you take 2014, subtract the five years obama's been president, divide it by 666 you get 3.01651651651..

    That loosely resembles pi, so it has to be true.

    Therefore we are able to know the world will end in the third month (March), the first day, at 6:51GMT. 651 then repeats itself to infinity to remind us of the impending doom and gloom.

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    Pi is 3.14159265

    3.14159265 x 666 is 2092.32

    2092.32 - 2009 is 83.3 years,

    Your erroneous calculation is funny



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    01-25-14 03:36 PM
  16. zten's Avatar
    Well, the idea is that if math would have been involved in a "true" sense, (and following your 20% hypothesis) they would have called it Z12.

    My opinion is that they chose to name it Z30 because:

    1. they needed to show it was an all-touch device like Z10 (so they kept the "Z" prefix - the "Q" being used for physical keyboard devices)
    2. they needed to show it was a superior device to Z10 (so the suffix must be higher than 10)
    3. "Z15" would have seemed like a Z10 iteration (so not so much a "premium" device), while "Z20" looks a little lame (I don't know if this is an universal perception - it does look lame to me. I also believe I am not the only one: numbers like 1, 3, 5 or 7 are in general prefered in various cultures - it probably has to do with how the brain works)

    So the first good number was 30: Z30

    This is my opinion about how Z30 was baptized.



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    Or knowing the screen size difference between a five inch phone and a 4.2 inch phone is approximately 20%, some lazy designer just added 20 to 10 and called it z30.

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    01-25-14 03:38 PM
  17. FrankIAm's Avatar
    Dude I said loosely. I was trying to point out how you were relating stuff out of the blue.

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  18. zten's Avatar
    Dude I said loosely. I was trying to point out how you were relating stuff out of the blue.

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    Out of the blue?
    It works out mathematically, and Is just interesting.

    Yours was neither.


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    01-25-14 04:08 PM
  19. bungaboy's Avatar
    OP, I am curious. What discipline of Engineering did you graduate?
    01-25-14 04:32 PM
  20. zten's Avatar
    OP, I am curious. What discipline of Engineering did you graduate?
    Electrical Engineering - Waterloo U

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    01-25-14 04:33 PM
  21. RubenDM's Avatar
    If you take the z10's price now it is 3 times less the money than a z30.
    Soooo 3x z10 : z30....



    (i am kidding, you know....)
    01-25-14 04:51 PM
  22. propeller10's Avatar
    I can't wait for Blackberry to release Z90.
    01-25-14 04:53 PM
  23. collinc93's Avatar
    he did put it in the form of a question and its a hypothesis...no need to be snide and snippy with the remarks, would totally prefer people to just point out the beauty that is the Z30 against the beauty that is the Z10....
    01-25-14 06:20 PM
  24. MichealBerry's Avatar
    I could be wrong but isn't 20% =. 2, therefore 10 + 20% = 10 +. 2 = 10.2?
    01-25-14 06:34 PM
  25. anon(5906760)'s Avatar
    I could be wrong but isn't 20% =. 2, therefore 10 + 20% = 10 +. 2 = 10.2?
    Yes

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    01-25-14 06:59 PM
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