Following on rapidly
from the release of the Blackberry Q10, here comes the Blackberry Q5. Running
the new operating system (Blackberry 10), the Q5 is aimed towards a younger
market and for many this is the last major push for Blackberry launch of BB10.
The Z10 was aimed at the geekerati and the ‘modern’ smart phone crowd, the Q10
is aimed at the existing Blackberry enthusiast looking for a high end device to
help them in the business world, and the Q5 is the handset for the youth
market.
Like the majority of
mid-range Android devices, the specs of the Q5 will feel familiar to anyone
watching the modern smart phone market – a 1.2 GHz dual core Snapdragon S4, 2GB
of RAM, and 8GB of internal storage – although the specs are all very slightly
down on the Q10 (which has a 1.5 GHz CPU and 16 GB of storage, but shares the 2
GB of RAM). And like the Q10, it also comes with a physical keyboard.
Let’s start with the
keyboard, because understanding the decisions behind this device start with the
keyboard. The best thing I found about the Q10 was the keyboard. With
individually sculpted keys – each had their own independent travel, with each
side of the keyboard tilted to allow smooth ‘two thumb’ texting, and the silver
bars that separated the horizontal rows helped guide your eyes to the keys.
It’s noticeable that
the dimensions of the Q5 and Q10 are almost identical, and the space taken up
by the two keyboards are similar. I suspect that someone inside Blackberry has
decided that their had to be ‘clear air’ between the quality of the keyboards
on the Q5 and the Q10 to ensure the executives buy the Q10 and the budget
conscious buyers will be happy to choose the lower priced Q5.
Blackberry is giving
us something more to survive its market share and try to increase their sales. More
sales means users should need more applications to be developed. So, blackberry
application development services can fulfill required demand of Blackberry
users.
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