Overview:
| Category | Smartphones > BlackBerry |
| Name | BlackBerry Classic |
| Manufacturer | BlackBerry Limited |
| Release Date | Announced: February 25, 2014 Availability: December 17, 2014 |
| Price | $449.99 |
Description:
BlackBerry Classic is an upgraded version of BlackBerry Bold 9900. Classic is a 3.5 inch square shaped touchscreen display smartphone with 720 by 720 resolution at 294 PPI. It is powered by 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, has 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage. Storage can be expanded up to 128 GB via MicroSD. It comes with 2 Megapixel front facing camera and 8 Megapixel rear camera with enhanced optics and upgraded imaging sensors.
It will be easy for the users to navigate to various places with its physical QWERTY Keypad. It runs BlackBerry 10 OS 10.3.1 operating system, which has fast and beautiful web browser and many BlackBerry features like BlackBerry Blend, BlackBerry Assistant and BlackBerry Hub. When compared with BlackBerry bold 9900, this device has 3X faster browser, has 60% more screen space and gives 50% longer battery life.
Users can download various applications through BlackBerry world or through Amazon App Store.
Specifications:
| Network | Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia LTE : 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20 (2100/1900/1800/850/2600/900/800 MHz) - Cat 3 HSPA+ : 1, 2, 5/6, 8 (2100/1900/850/900 MHz)-DC 42Mb DL(Cat 24), 5.76 Mb UL(Cat6) Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) Canada, Latin America, United States (LTE/HSPA+) LTE : 1, 2/25, 4, 5, 7, 13, 17 (2100/1900/AWS/850/2600/700/700 MHz) - Cat 3 HSPA+ : 1, 2, 4, 5/6 (2100/AWS/1900/850 MHz) – DC 42Mb DL (Cat 24), 5.76 Mb UL(Cat6) Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) |
| Display | 3.5 inch square shaped Corning Gorilla Glass 3 touchscreen display with 720 by 720 resolution at 294 PPI |
| Processor | 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon |
| Operating System | BlackBerry 10 OS 10.3.1 |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | Internal: 16 GB External: Expandable up to 128 GB via MicroSD |
| Camera | Rear: 8 megapixel with auto-focus Backside Illumination Flash continuous and touch to focus Image and video stabilization 5 element F2.2 lens 5x digital zoom 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps 2DOF video stabilization Front: 2 megapixel fixed-focus camera with 720p HD video recording capability 3x digital zoom |
| Sensors | Accelerometer Magnetometer Gyroscope Proximity Ambient light Hall sensor |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 bgn 2.4GHz 802.11 an 5GHz 4G Mobile Hotspot Miracast |
| GPS | Assisted, Autonomous and Simultaneous GPS and GLONASS Preloaded with BlackBerry Maps Maps application Support for User Plane and Control Plane A-GNSS |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy (LE) and EDR |
| NFC | BlackBerry Tag with NFC technology enables communication between BlackBerry smartphones and other NFC-enabled devices with a tap |
| Battery | 2515 mAh non-removable Lithium Ion battery Up to 22 hours mixed battery life Up to 17.2 hours GSM talk time Up to 15.2 days GSM standby time Up to 11.7 hours UMTS talk time Up to 14.5 days UMTS standby time Up to 70 hours audio playback Up to 13.7 hours video playback |
| Dimensions (H x W x D) | 131 mm x 72.4 mm x 10.2 mm |
| Weight | 178 g |
Gallery:
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Videos:
The new BlackBerry® Classic. Familiar Design, Faster Results
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR9mz12NdEY
Official BlackBerry Classic Unboxing Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Djje12RkaQ
Buying Options and Pricing:
| Seller | Price | |
| Amazon | $449.99 + FREE Shipping | Buy Now |
| BlackBerry Store | $449.00 | Buy Now |