Blackberry Classic, a new kind of mobile phone

Blackberry Classic, a new kind of mobile phone

10 months ago, when Blackberry published Passport, another Classic that inherits the Classic keyboard lineage was also unveiled. It was not until today that this mobile phone was officially launched, with its "classic" banner and appetite for raspberry powder.

"During my first 90 days of taking over the BlackBerry, I have been hearing the enthusiastic raspberry powder saying that keys and touchpad are an important part of the BlackBerry QWERTY experience, making their BlackBerry a productivity tool, I hope these consumers will know that we have listened to their voice, and this new mobile phone is built for them." At the press conference, BlackBerry CEO Cheng shouzong explained the origins of Classic.

Blackberry Classic is like a follow-up product of Bold 9900. It not only returns to the popular Bold and Curve Design Styles, but also the Classic QWERTY and navigation keys. It is equipped with a 3.5 inch 720x720 resolution touch screen, equipped with a 8 million pixel rear camera, front 2 million pixel camera; the device runs the Blackberry 10.3.1 operating system; built-in Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 1.5 GHz dual-core processor with 2 gb ram, 16 GB body storage, 2515 mAh battery capacity, $499.

The volume key and mute switch are on the right side of the Classic body. The nanoSIM card slot and microSD card slot are placed on the left side of the body. You need to use the tools to open the card tray. The front of the fuselage is the power supply/unlock key, the left side is the 3.5 audio interface, and the bottom is The microUSB interface. Similar to iPhone 4, although the bottom of the body looks like two symmetric speaker structures, it is actually only equipped with one speaker.

After the edit of Crackberry opened the Classic package, he was told to return to the day when using Bold 9900 at first glance. "Give people a strong and reliable feeling ."

Classic is a little older than Passport with a resolution of 1440x1440. However, compared with Q10, Classic has a slightly larger screen. the Crackberry editor believes that if you transition from Q10 to Classic, there will be no problems. Although its PPI is not high enough, the display area is improved.

The full keyboard design is undoubtedly the soul of Claasic. Classic inherits the Classic QWERTY keyboard layout of blackberry, including two shift keys, one ALT key, and one symbol key. However, the difference is that the Classic keyboard is not arranged in a traditional arc structure, but straight. In addition, the keys of Classic are slightly larger than those of Bold and Curve.

Like using the Classic Blod and Curve in the past, Classic supports unified shortcut operations, such as clicking B in the system to open the browser, and clicking C to write text messages. In the mail application, click R to directly reply to the email, and then click L to reply to all emails. This is due to the new version of BlackBerry OS, which gradually improved its support for the keyboard.

Blackberry's traditional navigation keys are also back. When using an optical touchpad, visual prompts on the screen can tell users the area of the screen that is being noticed. In browser applications, you can also use the pointer mode, this helps you quickly locate and select text. When writing text, the touchpad can also help you precisely move the cursor position.

Blackberry has spent a lot of efforts to improve the performance of the touchpad on the BlackBerry 10 system. However, when it comes to compatible Android applications, the support is not so perfect.

Like Passport, Classic has built-in Amazon Appstore. the Crackberry editor mentioned that running Android applications on Classic still encounters some problems, especially those applications from non-Amazon Appstore, however, the situation has been improved.

Taking photos has never been the focus of blackberry, and Classic is no exception. The imaging quality cannot be the same as that of most 800-pixel smartphones. However, if it is compared with its own Bold 9900, it will still be better.

It is worth mentioning that Classic has built-in BlackBerry's Classic game brick breaker.

Generally speaking, as defined by CEO Cheng shouzong, Classic is a product designed for loyal fans and productivity-focused business users who are still sticking to the BlackBerry position. It was born in the declining mobile Internet era of blackberry, indicating the end of an era, but it is new and old, the latest BlackBerry 10 system is integrated while maintaining the traditional product form and interaction form. Perhaps, as its name suggests, as an epoch-making Classic machine, the value and significance of blackberry Classic cannot be measured in the commercial and technical dimensions of the mass market.