BlackBerry Classic specification and prices
The Classic by BlackBerry was announced on June 2014 and on sale it appeared on December 2014. This mobile belongs to the lowest price range: the BlackBerry Classic price in USA for today is $154.99. The mobile is on sale from carriers including AT&T Wireless, Sprint, Boost Mobile, Verizon Wireless as well as retail stores like Target, Wal-Mart.
The mobile runs on BlackBerry OS 10.3.1, upgradable to v10.3.2 - one of the not popular operating systems. The Classic has Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait CPU that shows an outstanding performance. The mobile phone has 2 GB RAM that is a common amount of memory for normal usage.
This mobile has nice 8 megapixel rear camera. It will produce pictures and videos of a rather good quality but you won't be able to get really stunning content. To take really great pictures Specspro advices you to check the BlackBerry flagship Keyone . The camera has aperture size 2.2. It is a rather large aperture for a mobile phone and it will allow the BlackBerry Classic to let in more light to capture nice pictures at night. Rear camera of BlackBerry Classic can capture full HD high quality video, which image is not so awesome as 4K but is also very bright and clear.
The mobile phone has a rather small 3.5 inch display. It means that a lot of users will easily use the mobile phone with one hand.
This mobile has non-removable Li-Ion 2515 mAh battery, which can provide up to 365 hours of standby time, about 17 hours of talk time and up to 70 hours of playing music. It is satisfactory battery life results.
The mobile phone's weight is 177 grams (6.24 oz), it is 131 mm (5.16 in) high, 72.4 mm (2.85 in) wide and has a 10.2 mm (0.40 in) depth what means that this mobile phone is thick.
You can purchase Classic in Black, White, Blue, Bronze or Cobalt blue colors.
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- 2014, June
- Available. Released 2014, December
- BlackBerry OS 10.3.1, upgradable to v10.3.2
- Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
- Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait
- Adreno 225
- 8 MP, f/2.2, 31mm, autofocus, LED flash
- 2 MP
- 1080p@30fps
- Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
- 3.5 inches
- 720 x 720 pixels (~294 ppi pixel density)
- Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Corning Gorilla Glass 3
- Yes
- Non-removable Li-Ion 2515 mAh battery
- About 348 h / About 365 h
- About 11 h 40 min / About 17 h 10 min
- About 70 h
- 131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm (5.16 x 2.85 x 0.40 in)
- 177 g (6.24 oz, 0.39 lb)
- QWERTY
- Nano-SIM
- Black, White, Blue, Bronze, Cobalt blue
- 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
- microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot
- v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
- Yes, with A-GPS
- Yes
- FM radio
- microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort)
- Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
- SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM, BBM 6
- HTML5
- Yes
- Yes
- GSM / HSPA / LTE
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - USA model HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
- LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700), 17(700), 25(1900) - USA model LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
- HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
- Yes
- Yes
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